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Harben Kay Quartet: Golden Sands Revisited Multi-award-winning saxophonist Harben Kay continues to curate “Jazz Thursdays” at the Queen’s Hall and on 13 February they’ll be reprising their widely praised second album, Golden Sands, in the company of pianist Peter Johnstone, bassist Calum Gourlay and drummer Alyn Cosker. In support is the folk-transformative duo of Shetland saxophonist Norman Willmore and drummer Corrie Dick. Kay will launch their follow-up album, The World I Live In, at the same venue on 16 October. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 13 February