Kairos 4tet at PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

After a very successful gig at the Pizza last summer (ranked as one of the TOP 5 concerts of 2014 at Marlbank.net!) Kairos 4tet come back to present some of the new material from the upcoming album.
Fronted by saxophonist and composer Adam Waldmann, Kairos 4tet are one of a kind – bridging the gap between classic and contemporary; the jazz idiom and the lineage of song; intelligent and delicate grooves, burning improvisations and melodies that linger long after the music stops. With Waldmann, a graceful player, described as “one of the most distinctive saxophonists in the UK” (Manchester Evening News) on breathy tenor and quirky soprano, bassist Jasper Høiby’s muscular low ends (Phronesis, Shai Maestro), Ivo Neame’s dazzling piano (Cinematic Orchestra, Marius Neset) and Jon Scott’s hypnotic drumming(Mulatu Astatke, Dice Factory) the quartet allow the warmth of their communal spirit and of the now improvisational edge to shine through. ...

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After a very successful gig at the Pizza last summer (ranked as one of the TOP 5 concerts of 2014 at Marlbank.net!) Kairos 4tet come back to present some of the new material from the upcoming album.
Fronted by saxophonist and composer Adam Waldmann, Kairos 4tet are one of a kind – bridging the gap between classic and contemporary; the jazz idiom and the lineage of song; intelligent and delicate grooves, burning improvisations and melodies that linger long after the music stops. With Waldmann, a graceful player, described as “one of the most distinctive saxophonists in the UK” (Manchester Evening News) on breathy tenor and quirky soprano, bassist Jasper Høiby’s muscular low ends (Phronesis, Shai Maestro), Ivo Neame’s dazzling piano (Cinematic Orchestra, Marius Neset) and Jon Scott’s hypnotic drumming(Mulatu Astatke, Dice Factory) the quartet allow the warmth of their communal spirit and of the now improvisational edge to shine through.
"…ferociously inventive foursome… Wayne Shorter-influenced blend of wild improvisation and sonorous grooves" The Independent

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