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Usually, anyway. After all, every child knows that. Far less popular than \"more\" is the realization that \"more\" can also be more. The quartet Evelyn Kryger from Hanover, Cologne, and Hildesheim impressively demonstrates on their new album \"III\" that you can put everything you have into a project and end up getting even more out of it than you expected. And that's a good thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut first things first. After their live album \"Live At JazzBaltica 2021,\" saxophonist Christoph \"Cito\" Kaling, keyboardist Arne Dreske, bassist Jonas Holland-Moritz, and drummer Hannes Dunker had to cope with the departure of violinist Rebecca Czech. Should they now look for a new violinist after the initial painful loss to fill the void appropriately? Or would perhaps another instrument set a new accent? The four convinced artists chose a different path. 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This time, they did not rely on a fixed line-up that would be heard on the entire album and then go on tour, but surrounded themselves with a variable host of guests who provided individual timbres and nuances, moments of tension or changes of direction in the different songs. Guitarist Omar Gudjonsson, well known from the Icelandic post-rock band ADHD, had long been envisioned as a guest by the guys from Evelyn Kryger. Brazilian rapper Laíz sets unusual vocal accents, combining the flow and urgency of hip-hop with the power and force of Latin American rhythms. Trumpeter Tom Trabandt and saxophonist Richard Häckel, like Evelyn Kryger, come from the jazz scene in Hanover. Venezuelan percussionist Nené Vásquez contributes to the rhythmic accentuation. Last but not least, the familiar sound of the violin should not be missing from Evelyn Kryger's overall picture. In the American Roland Satterwhite, who plays in the Berlin jazz-rock band Tolyqyn, among others, they found the right voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany names, but here it's not about quantity, but about precision. Because - and this is Evelyn Kryger's great achievement - none of these contributions sounds like a gimmick or stands out particularly from the album's sound. Each fits into the logical flow of the overall concept as if it had always been part of the band. A higher degree of integration is hardly conceivable, as if the band were the valley and the guests the river flowing through the valley. Evelyn Kryger consciously works with contrasts that are always brought together to form a unity. None of the songs in this context can be imagined even a fraction differently than it is presented here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stylistic diversity of the CD is as great as the list of performers. 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