GILDED SPLINTERS

Classic New Orleans Rhythm & Blues nine-piece featuring some of Edinburgh's top players who all have one thing in common. The music and traditions of New Orleans.

From The Meters to Jon Cleary, from Prof. Longhair to Dr. John, from Allen Toussaint to the awe-inspiring chants of the Mardis Gras Indians. The Gilded Splinters have it all!

Happy Mardis Gras Y'awl!

Nicole Smit - Vox
Jed Potts - Guitar/Vox
Mike Kearney - Piano/Keys/Vox
Vid Gobac - Drums
Rory Clark - Tuba
Charles Dearness - Trumpet
Sam Irvine - Sax
Paddy Darley - Trombone

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FUNKZILLAZ

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From Electronic Dance Music to hard hitting funk. This new outfit has a single purpose, to keep you on the Jazz Bar dance floor. See you soon!

Davide Rinaldi - Drums
Tom Wilkinson - Bass
Dave Wallace - Guitar
Mike Kearney - Keys
Jonny White - Sax
Chris Small - Trombone/Vox

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FLEX

Powerfunk quartet featuring Harry Higgs(Guitar), Dougie Coulter(Bass) and Ben Collard(Drums). FLEX features my Fender Rhodes which, it was discovered after its restoration during 2020 lockdown, is a hybrid of at least 3 seperate pianos of various marks and years.

Repertoire includes a collection of 80s funk and pop (Michael MacDonald, Steely Dan, Earth Wind and Fire), as well as some classic 70s funk (Maceo Parker, The Meters, Funkadelic).

Did someone say, "Yacht Rock"?

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JELLYFISH JIGGLERS

Heavier latenight grooves from Edinburgh funk veterans - Jamie Graham(Drums, Tom Wilkinson(Bass), Jed Potts(Guitar/Vox), Mike Kearney(Keys/Vox).

Expect almost completely off the cuff mayhem and nonsense. Jellfish Jigglers: SQUISHY BUT DEADLY!

READY PLAYER 7

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Drummer Vid Gobac launched his new band at November 2023's Jazz Weekend. Commisioned by the Edinuburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Ready Player 7 takes the much loved themes from classic video games such as Zelda Ocarina of Time, Super Mario Brothers, Mario Kart, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter 2 and Castlevania to name a few, and reinterprets them through a plethora of musical styles including samba, funk, and heavy rock.

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DELOREAN

DeLorean is a cyberband launched during the COVID pandemic. As lockdown 2020 slowly became lockdown 2021 and the world was tentatively opening up, my work with the StreamCycle team was finally getting some tangible results. Mark II of StreamCycle saw the launch of 2 new cyberbands; Zeitgeist - a 7-piece vehicle for fortnightly guest singer-songwriters from across the globe; and its counterpart, DeLorean - featuring Ben Collard(Drums), Dougie Coulter(Bass), Andy Chisholm(Guitar) and Chuck Dearness(Trumpet).