Fynn Großmann Quintett
Sketch of a Pyramid
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2021 / nwog 037
Line-Up:
Fynn Großmann
Phillip Dornbusch
Clara Däubler
Marko Djurdjevic
Johannes Metzger
Many albums build bridges from jazz to other genres, attempting to bring those with little listening experience (or even strong reservations) into the world of jazz. Großmann and his crew take a different approach, by throwing themselves fully into the jazz idiom. Here, there’s no need to lead the listener to the music. Instead, the band uses the wide spectrum of artistic expression inherent in jazz music to bring the listener as close to the action as possible. Großmann’s motto is an invitation: “I don’t want to distance myself from listeners, who don’t have a jazz education. Personally, I prefer music that encourages me to participate and seeks a connection.”
In other words, Fynn Großmann and his quintet only create music that they would also listen to.
Originally from Flensburg, Großmann grew up with the sounds of the far north. He loves jazz from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, but instead of the notorious nordic melancholy, he adopts a hanseatic cheerfulness and civility.
The carefree lightness of the music gives the world a fabulous aura of wonder, where there is no right and wrong. He brings with him the deep seated, raw desire for pure musical expression that most children lose in elementary school. The positivity of the music comes from a conviction that we are defined by the actions we take, and never by those we do not.
Fynn Großmann and his quintet are ambassadors. Heralds for the good in jazz, music, and the arts in general. With four instrumental tracks, they capture the precise sentiment the written words often so painfully struggle to express…and then they started playing, and everything was okay.
