FOUR KATS JAZZ QUARTET (AKA ORIOL BORDAS-IGNASI TERRAZA FOUR KATS)

Although the current jazz scene is truly exciting in terms of the large number and the quality of classical jazz groups made up of young Catalan musicians, we must not lose sight of the fact that this was a very different picture just twenty years ago. The work of the various schools and workshops where this style of music is taught has made its mark. But we believe that the greatest merit belongs to those musicians who, having begun their career in the latter decades of the 20th century and who didn’t follow the mainstream or get support from the media, chose to follow the path of classical jazz not through simple imitation but with a determination to make their own contribution to the renewal and revitalisation of the traditional language of jazz. The Four Kats Jazz Quartet is probably the most remarkable example of this generation of daring, enthusiastic Catalan read more...