The admirable politics and confidence of this quartet cannot be faulted, nor can the good sense of the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival (EJBF19) planners who have programmed a popular band to draw in the young, awakening-to-jazz, crowd. As to whether this is actually jazz – who cares! Jazz is a broad church that welcomes most comers, with tonight’s concert being a brash, at times almost aggressive display of Shabaka Hutchings’ personal, highly-informed politics and widespread musical tastes.

From the start Hutchings was to the fore, sharing mostly moderate tempo, dance-along, perhaps slightly samey melodies, from the award-winning album Your Queen Is A Reptile. A little too infrequently for this reviewer, such as during the encore, he showed his fast and furious tenor sax chops.

Other highlights included David Attenborough-style warring walruses’ duets between Hutchings and Theon Cross’ tuba. More of this, please.

Meanwhile the two drummers, Tom Skinner and the impressively – coiffed Eddie Hick had the notoriously reserved Edinburgh audience jumping, with their loud and irresistible grooves.

The penultimate tune ended with minimalist drums and whispered sax, a relief after the preceding uniform calling to arms, suggesting that as Sons of Kemet further matures, this band (and its target audience) could evolve a taste for a more highly varied emotional palette.