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GRAND CENTRAL has a program that exclusively consists of original compositions and arrangements The music of the quartet combines elements from Modern Jazz , Funk, Latin and Rock. GRAND CENTRAL is:
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born in 1964, studied Jazz guitar und music at the University of Mainz and at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He studied with a.o. Greg Hopkins, Brett Willmott, Ken Pullig, Ray Brown, Bob Mintzer, Chuck Wayne, Joe Pass, Joanne Brackeen, Jerry Bergonzi and Pat Martino. In 1993 he wrote a Ph.D. dissertation on the music of jazzguitarist Pat Martino. He has played with a.o. Leszek Zadlo, Christopher Hollyday, Snapshot, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Mike Keneally, Denny Walley, Bobby Martin, P-Connection, Midnight Blue, Nightpassage and Sheik Yerbouti. He teaches Jazz harmony and arrangement at the University of Mainz, jazzguitar, ensemble and transcription at the Frankfurter Musikwerkstatt (FMW) and is also active as a guitar teacher and studio musician.
born in 1965, studied saxophone with Wilson De Oliveira at the University of Mainz and with Dave Liebman in the USA. He has played with
a.o., Jiggs Whigham, John Rocco, Dave Liebman, Bobby Shew, Bob Mintzer, Peter Weniger, Don Menza, Landesjugendbigband Hessen and
Hartmut Hillmann's Eclectic Band. He also leads his own Quartet and is a member of the Frankfurt Jazz Big Band. He teaches saxophone at
the jazz department of Mainz University.
born in 1980, studies at FMW (Frankfurter Musikwekstatt) with a.o. Hanns Höhn, Rüdiger Weckbacher, Daniel Guggenheim and Michael Demmerle. He has played with a.o. Mickey Simmonds and Barry Palmer (Mike Oldfield), Mats Leven (Yngwie Malmsteen), and played bass in Olaf Lenk's AT VANCE from 2002 to 2003. He teaches bass and drums at Ingelheim's TAM TAM music school and is also very active as a freelance musician in various styles of music.
Born in 1963, he has played with A La Carte, Nightbirds, Cosmic Brothers, Andreas Hertel, Ute Jeutter and Deep 'n' Back and he is furthermore teaching drums at various music schools.