John Hadfield (musician)

[13]Paris Quartet, was hailed by one of the leading Belgian daily newspapers, Le Soir, as "very successful, the musicians are in perfect osmosis, the Rhodes developing its atmospheres, the sax its volutes, the percussion its rhythms, the base its counterpoints.

"[14] Hadfield has composed for many projects, including Heard by Others, a duo with Lenny Pickett,[15] For James, a collaboration with Ron Blake,[6] Believers, a trio with Brad Shepik and Sam Minaie,[16] the electronic group Earspeak with Boris Skalsky,[17] as well as the feature-length documentary After Spring.

Using a hybrid kit of traditional drumkit pieces and mounted percussion, he spurs on the ensemble with sensitive, yet infectiously grooving layers.

"[19] In 2021, reviewing the Believers’ album, All About Jazz wrote, “Hadfield's contributions belong among the more rhythmically engaging cuts of the spectrum.

First ostinato-based, then loudly improvised, "Seven Crotales" unveils groovy bass lines and spacey guitar work which is elaborated on again later, throughout "Nomadic Days.”[16] The same year, French Jazz website Citizen Jazz published a review of Hadfield’s single For James honoring James Baldwin, poetically noting that he “deployed a clever and joyful beat, .