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((grosskopf)) … who’s that? you might say that ((grosskopf)) – meaning “big head” - is a kind of funnel where you put in all kinds of influences and musical styles and out of his saxophone’s bell comes his music … jazz-funk spiced with drum’nbass and ambient sounds! in fact this stylistic description of ((grosskopf))’s work is too narrow if you look at his diverse projects and the compositions of the last years. the juries, awarding him the “leipzig jazz-award 1999”, the “art-award of the city of friedrichshafen 2002” and the scholarship for the “skidmore jazz institute new york”, did so because of the huge stylistic diversity in playing and composing. his projects include musicians by the likes of percussionist hakim ludin, new york-based singer miles griffith, singer lois from vienna – austria, dj raphneck from leipzig and hungarian drummer kaszas peter from budapest among others. ((grosskopf)) is a player by instinct. nevertheless he’s too curious not wanting to know what that m...