Flaneur (hatOLOGY745) is getting much attention around the world, including a five-star review from a German jazz magazine called Jazz N' More. Adkins talks about the new record, "The recording session was done at Avatar studio in New York City with an incredible engineer named James Farber. This recording documented the work I was doing with Paul Motion, Russ Lossing, and Larry Grenadier. The album is really about a shared vision we were expressing through the music. It's very subtle and invites the listener in." The process of creating Flaneur was centered around focused listening. "As a saxophonist I was working with the process at the piano and documenting my ideas over several months, writing things on paper. It was like refining musical ideas that would create a unique sound to improvise through in a small group context. The group process was about sympathetic listening and intent focus, while allowing the direction to move freely. "

Michael Adkins Quartet - Rotator