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...Wallen’s trumpet soared over flamenco rhythms, Rollins’s stop-time breaks had bite and drummer Shane Forbes’s press rolls and broken-beat thumps brought the set to a peak....
...The whole is underpinned by Errollyn Wallen’s music, mood-enhancing but never intrusive....
...Trumpeter Christian Scott is recommended on Sunday 27, with former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings providing competition on the same night. Mike Hobart edinburghjazzfestival.com...
...Highlights included Byron Wallen’s soulful flair on trumpet, trenchant sax from Nathaniel Facey, and Jean Toussaint’s unpicking of Monk’s harmonies. And King matched all for contemporary edge....
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