SURELY the greatest crime for any creative musician is to stand still – to churn out more of the same, ad infinitum (which, it has to be said, some recording artists are content in doing). But not so, in the case of venturous sax player Adam Waldmann’s ‘Kairos 4tet’. Since their highly promising 2009 debut, ‘Kairos Moment’ and sparkling 2011 follow-up, ‘Statement of Intent’, they have continued to push jazz frontiers to successfully forge a distinctive, progressive path for themselves.

Read my full review at LondonJazz News…

Available at Bandcamp.

Adam Waldmann saxophones
Ivo Neame piano
Jasper Høiby bass
Jon Scott drums
with guest vocalists
Emilia Martensson
Marc O’Reilly
Omar

kairos4tet.com

Nail Label – naimcd191 (2013)