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101st Airbourne
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Jazz and funk with a Hendrix twist from guitarist Aki Remally and his four-piece band.
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8 May26 Jun Tue 11.30pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet
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Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet. Simply outstanding! This modern day Scottish Grappelli, on violin, along with virtuoso guitarists Ged Brockie and Mike Nisbet, and legendary double bassist Kenny Ellis, perform truly exciting, intoxicating and inspirational Hot Club jazz. Laced with swing and Latin rhythms and Celtic gypsy flair. 'Brilliant, don't miss them! Outstanding jazz musicianship.' (Turin International Jazz Festival). 'They will swing you into good health!' (BBC Radio 3). 'Alex…
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10 Aug 8.30pm Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Alina Bzhezhinska & Niki King
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Award-winning vocalist Niki King and acclaimed harpist Alina Bzhezhinska collaborate on songs by Brel, Nina Simone, Bonnie Raitt and others.
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21 Jun 6pm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Alina Bzhezhinska and Niki King
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New collaboration from Perrier Jazz Vocalist award-winner Niki King and harpist Alina Bzhezhinska, covering musical ground from Jobim to Jack Brel, Nina Simone and Bonnie Raitt.
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21 Jun 6pm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Carol Kidd Sings Gershwin
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Renowned, award-winning jazz vocalist Kidd performs the music of George and Ira Gershwin with pianist Brian Kellock.
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31 May 8pm The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Click Clack Club
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Funky experimental music club.
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21 Jun 8pm
Featuring World Wide Spider and Trio Velcro.
The Third Door, Edinburgh
David Macgregor
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Acoustic, electro and jazz guitar from David Macgregor.
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8 Jun 7pm The Jam House, Edinburgh
David Paton, Safehouse, Kenny Herbert & Rab Howat and Soulussion & The Soul Power Horns
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Craig Hill hosts this night of jazz, funk, indie and folk with a raffle and auction in aid of Alzheimer Scotland.
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21 Jun 7pm The Jam House, Edinburgh
David Vernon and Dick Lee
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David Vernon, Dick Lee. This brilliant accordion and clarinet duo perform an eclectic mix of music with infectious enjoyment - French, jazz, Jewish, traditional, Balkan, Tango etc. 'They combine wonderfully superb musicianship - a great double act' (Scotsman). All ages.
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9 Aug27 Aug Not Tue, Wed & Sat Valvona & Crolla Caffè Bar, Edinburgh
Dinner with Cole Porter
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Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band. Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band return with their sell-out show of the music of iconic songwriter, Cole Porter. Enjoy a three-course dinner in critically acclaimed Valvona & Crolla VinCaffe, with three delicious dishes to choose from for each course (please inform us in advance of any dietary requirements). Live jazz will be played throughout the evening. Philip will join the band after dinner to perform your favourite songs from one of the…
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12 Aug26 Aug Sun 7–10.30pm Valvona & Crolla Vincaffè, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
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Scotland's biggest jazz festival presents over 100 concerts in ten days all over the capital, in parks, churches, clubs and concert halls. The 2012 festival will take an Italian focus,with a programme featuring all jazz styles from early jazz to the avant garde, and several world premières, new bands, and new collaborations.
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20 Jul29 Jul Times vary Various venues, Edinburgh
Evan Parker presents Self Organising Systems
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A new improvisational project from legendary saxophonist Evan Parker and an ensemble that includes Germany's John Eckhardt.
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13 Jun 7.30pm Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
Fiona Rutherford & Amy Duncan and Lorna Brooks
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New folk for the Scottish harp from Rutherford, joined by multi-instrumentalist Duncan as they launch their mini album Quirk.
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31 May 8pm The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Future Heroes
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Groovy funk four-piece with ace guitarist Aki Remally.
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10 May28 Jun Thu 11.30pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Hot Tin Roof
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Jazz/blues duo.
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27 May24 Jun Sun 6pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
16 Jun 8pm The Ale House, Edinburgh
Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer
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Jazz Improv from the Edinburgh-based two-piece.
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7 Jun Jun 7, 8pm Studio Theatre at Norden Farm Centre For The Arts, Maidenhead
8 Jun Jun 8, 8pm–10.30pm, doors 7pm Basement Studio at The Firestation, Windsor
In A Sma' Room
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Jazz and folk music blended with drama to reflect the life of Scottish poet William Soutar.
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21 Jun 8pm
House gig, tickets can be reserved by emailing douglasinscotland@blueyonder.co.uk.
42 Royal Park Terrace, Edinburgh
Jazz Lunchtime, Jazz Dinnertime
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Ian Millar and Dominic Spencer. Sell-out shows 2007-2011. Saxophone and piano duo playing standards and melodic originals with inspiring video backdrop of Scottish scenery in an intimate jazz club setting. Due to success of previous years, we've added early evening shows Thursday to Sunday, as well as Jazz at Lunchtime every day! Good food. Good music. Good atmosphere. Eat or just listen! Box office (tickets for all shows) open from one hour before shows start. All ages.
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3 Aug27 Aug Mon–Wed 12.30–2pm; Thu–Sun 12.30–2pm & 7–8.30pm Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh
6 Aug7 Aug Mon & Tue 12.30–2pm
Two-for-one ticket offer available.
Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh
Jazz on the Mound
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A selection of cool local jazz acts.
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17 May29 Jul Thu–Sat 9.30pm; Sun 7.30pm Whiski Rooms, Edinburgh
JM Bellish
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Pianist channels the spirit of one of the most renowned virtuosi in jazz, Art Tatum.
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1 Jun29 Jun Fri noon Henderson's @ St John's, Edinburgh
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
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John Hunt / 21st Century Blues Legends. Returning from last year's full-house run. 'Hunt, the master of slide-guitar. John has mojo. He launches into a gritty number, a priest, who bribed by cheese and beer, tried to baptise him on the Isles of Scilly, and a funky version of Got You Under My Skin' ★★★★ (Scotsman). 'Boogie-boss blues legend, Hunt, builds cannibalised guitars. Alongside his famous papier-mache guitar, Hunt has developed a guitar with a built-in solar-powered PA' ★★★…
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4 Aug26 Aug Fri–Sun 4–5pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Jools Holland & His Rythmn & Blues Orchestra
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Holland and his ever popular Rhythm & Blues Orchestra punt their feel good R&B, swing and pop standards featuring guests Gilson Lavis, Gregory Porter, Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall. Part of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.
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29 Jul 7.30pm The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
Late'n'Live
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Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs.
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25 May15 Jun Fri 11.30pm–3am
Featuring The Soul Foundation (25 May), funk/soul/rock eight-piece The Blueswater Collective launching their…
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
26 May16 Jun Sat 11.30pm–3am
Featuring reggae from The Foundation (26 May), Afrobeat from Diwan (2 Jun), ex-Codeine Velvet Club vocalist…
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Les Yeux De La Tete
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Prog/jazz/noise/rock French instrumental trio.
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19 Jun 7.30pm Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
Liebe, Lust and the Lost Lederhosen
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Antonius Players. Brand new, interactive, musical mystery tour, with virtuoso jazz pianist Matt Platt, operatic tenor Martin Quinn and Germanic flautist Ilone Antonius. Join our quest for love, lust and a missing pair of trousers. Unbelievable! Unpredictable! Unmissable! Ages 14+.
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19 Aug25 Aug Mon 10.45–11.55am & 8.30–9.40pm; Tue & Fri 3–4.10pm; Sat 10.45–11.55am; Sun 5.45–6.55pm Valvona & Crolla Caffè Bar, Edinburgh
Lorna Reid
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Jazz from the Edinburgh-based vocalist.
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6 Jun Jun 6, 8.30pm, doors 7pm Pizza Express Jazz Club, London W1D
Main Street Blues
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. One of the top blues bands coming out of Scotland in recent years brings together a powerful mix of up-tempo electric blues material, mixed with a wide range of rhythm and blues numbers. The band, which is well known around blues festivals for putting on a very energetic live show, will be playing numbers from their latest CD. 'Great live blues band, pleased to have you back for more' (Dexters Bar Dundee, 2012). 'Top-class show' (Jam House Edinburgh, 2011). 'Best support band we've had on…
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9 Aug23 Aug Thu 7–8pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Main Street Blues Band
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Mix of modern and classic blues.
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7 Jun 7.30pm Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh
Meridianne
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The two-sax frontline of Michael Magg and Nicky Psaila play the music of Wayne Shorter and other jazz greats.
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14 Jun 8pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Moishe's Bagel
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Jazz inflected klezmer and Balkan dance music.
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19 Aug 8.30pm
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Neapolitan Songs
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Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band. Torna a Sorrento - Philip Contini takes you back to his roots with songs and stories beloved by his Neapolitan father, Carlo. He will present some of the oldest Neapolitan songs as well as songs composed in the 1950s. 'Contini is loveable and entertaining … gave his enthralled audience an evening to remember' (ThreeWeeks). Ages 12+.
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4 Aug27 Aug Not Wed & Sun Valvona & Crolla Caffè Bar, Edinburgh
New Phoenix Jazz Band
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Swing, Dixieland and New Orleans style jazz from bassist Jerry Forde's sextet.
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30 May 8pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Nova Scotia Jazz Band
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The Edinburgh-based band plays trad jazz.
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6 Oct Oct 6, 8pm–10.30pm, doors 7pm Village Hall, Boston Spa
Out of Abingdon
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Out of Abingdon. All the way from Brisbane, Australia, Out of Abingdon travel 10,000 miles to make their much anticipated return to Edinburgh. Check out their very aptly titled debut CD, Journeys, and all their festival dates at outofabingdon.com.au now. ★★★★★ 'Superb! If you like jazz, blues, soul music you'll love this duo. Great dynamics, lots of feeling and sensitivity to their playing. I was mesmerized – could have watched them all night'(Jools, Lovefringe.com). ★★★★★ 'Just spent an…
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10 Aug19 Aug Times vary The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Places & Spaces
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Guitarist Haftor Medbøe and singer Anneke Kampman play a musical response to the Scottish National Gallery's Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe exhibition. Abstract sounds from the natural world and daily human life form a backdrop to the performance of special musical composition, ahead of the release of an album.
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21 Jul 1pm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Preston Reed
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Fusing blues, folk, funk and jazz to create aural pictures of Americana, the Girvan-based American is widely recognised as one of the world's most gifted acoustic guitarists.
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25 Aug 8.30pm
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Ron Carruthers
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Popular pianist.
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21 May25 Jun Mon 6.45pm Henderson's Vegetarian Restaurant, Edinburgh
Roots Showcase
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Roots, R&B and blues from Toby of Black Diamond Express and friends.
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3 Jun 8pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Rose Room
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Rose Room. Rose Room comprises virtuoso violinist and vocalist Seonaid Aitken, Jimmy Moon on double-bass, with guitarists Tom Watson and Tam Gallagher completing the line-up on solo and rhythm guitars respectively. The music embraces many of the songs of the swing jazz era but the gypsy swing jazz of the Hot Club de Paris is their forte. '…vigorous and vivacious…' (Radio Scotland). '…they manage the feat of making music that's essentially rooted in the 1930s sound both fresh and true to its…
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8 Aug10 Aug Wed–Fri 10.30–11.30pm Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Rosie Nimmo and Stuart Allardyce
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A mix of jazz standards, blues and original material, based on a summer theme.
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7 Jun 6pm Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Simon Jackson/Torpedo Buoy, Poetry Book and Album Launch
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Multi-talented Simon Jackson, aka Torpedo Buoy, launches his poetry book Fragile Cargo and his new album Tomorrow when I awake as god. Live music, poetry, drink and biscuits are all on hand.
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23 Jun 2pm Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
Sophie Bancroft and Tom Lyne
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Sophie Bancroft and Tom Lyne. Dynamic and intimate interpretations of jazz songs, new and old, performed with a wonderful musical telepathy between voice/guitar and double bass. Sophie is a jazz vocalist, guitarist and songwriter from Scotland and Tom is a Canadian-born bassist and graduate of the McGill Music Programme in Montreal. 'Hip, cool and simply beautiful' (Big Issue). 'Their performance, imbued with warmth and humour, was delightful' (Herald). 'Comparisons to world-class artists…
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12 Aug14 Aug Mon, Tue & Sun 7.30–8.30pm Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Stretch Dawrson & The Mending Hearts and Jetta Wren & The Wranglers
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Scotland's king of Western swing performing with The Mending Hearts.
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30 May 7.30pm Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
The Sunday Sinners
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Motown style funk/soul from this six-piece fronted by Fiona Lynch and Joe Early.
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13 May24 Jun Sun 11.30pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Sweethearts of the 40s
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Blitz Sisters / Free Festival. The Blitz Sisters are bringing wartime nostalgia to Edinburgh, dressed to impress, singing songs from the 40s and 50s. Step back in time and remember some of the artists that lifted spirits and brought people together throughout the hardships of war. Combining their classic pin-up style with jazz, swing and traditional wartime songs, relish in a timeless musical experience. Get up and dance and enjoy a slice of vintage entertainment with The Blitz Sisters. All…
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2 Aug26 Aug Mon–Sun 4.30–5.30pm Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, Edinburgh
Temperance Seven
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Popular, fun ensemble, mixing early jazz and music hall songs with witty musical repartee.
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26 Jul 7.30pm Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh
Whatever Next
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Live Sunday jazz session.
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17 Jun 7pm Café Grande, Edinburgh
The Wolf Sessions
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Baz Simpson hosts these blues/folk open sessions.
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27 May29 Jul Sun 3pm The Ale House, Edinburgh
World Premiere Quintet
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A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal.
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12 May30 Jun Sat 8pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

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