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Brian Kellock Trio/Carol Kidd & Brian Kellock, The Hub, Edinburgh

SATURDAY night's concert at The Hub was always going to be a game of two halves, thanks to the unusual programming which meant that the hugely popular singer Carol Kidd – who hasn't appeared in Edinburgh since last year's festival – was only going to perform one set.

And so, there was a real sense of expectation about her appearance – especially since it was to be a rare duo set with pianist Brian Kellock, whose trio’s bop-oriented opening session didn’t pander at all to the Kidd crowd’s more mainstream taste.