It feels like
a flickering light at dusk,
soft shadows on the pavement,
a beating heart,
pressing against the ribs.
It does not urge. It waits,
weaving through silence,
pulling the quiet close
until it dissolves into sound.
Sounds collide,
thoughts rush in,
sharp and breathless.
They tumble and vanish
before we can hold them.
No quiet explanation.
No myth to cling to.
Yet it breathes with us,
between each echo and the next sound.
Roger Kintopf’s passion for music began at an early age, growing up in a family where music was a central part of their lives. As a child, he spent countless hours more or less consciously listening to and eventually developing a deep connection with music.
In recent years, Roger has established a strong voice as a double bass player and composer in the German jazz scene, sharing the stage with renowned musicians such as Johanna Summer, Felix Hauptmann, Leif Berger, Pascal Klewer, Phillip Dornbusch, Christian Lillinger, Kit Downes, Loren Stillman and more. He’s also had the honor of playing as a sideman in both small and large ensembles (e.g. Pascal Klewer BigBand or PERCUSSION) featuring guests like Christopher Dell, Cory Smythe, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, and many others.
Since 2016 Roger works as a bandleader and composer with his ensemble STRUCTUCTURE (former known as „First Circle“), consisting of some of his closest friends Asger Nissen, Victor Fox and Felix Ambach.
With this band he released the albums gläüö, STRUCTUCTURE, Good Vibes Vol. 1 and STRUCTUCTURE II and played tours in Germany, France, Poland and Czech Republic.
As an solo artist, he made his debut recording and releasing his album „solo“ in 2021 and „solo II“ in 2024.
Have you ever heard of the legend of Big Breeezy?
No?
Then I’ll tell you about it…
…there are many stories about this creature, but nobody knows if they are true.
Legend has it that there was once a man who was so obsessed with being able to play the sharpest sound with his saxophone
He was prepared to do anything for it, so he made a pact with the devil.
The devil himself would give him a saxophone forged in the embers of hell with the sonorous sound of a thousand cursed souls, so sharp that it could even be used to make precise cuts at long distances.
In return, the man would have to place himself in the service of the devil for eternity and fill the people of earth with his infernal sound so that they would be hypnotized and join his infernal army. The man, who was prepared to trade his soul for success, accepted the devil’s offer.
But he hoped to use a ruse to deceive the devil so that he would not have to serve him.
He holed himself up in a small cave underground where he secretly worked on his music with his new instrument.
It didn’t take long for the devil to track down the apostate.
He punished the man by burning him alive.
The man begged for mercy and promised to serve him this time. His plea was granted and the devil showed mercy.
The man’s life was spared, but his face and body were completely disfigured by the flames, so that the man could no longer bear to look at his own mirror image.
He therefore made himself a mask so that he would never have to show his face again. From then on, the man became a cursed creature.
A creature that served the devil, roamed the land to fill people with the sounds of hell and recruit them into the army of hell.
It is even said that it once cut a man’s eardrum with the sound alone, causing him to go completely insane.
The creature usually only comes to the surface at night to commit its diabolical deeds. No one in their right mind has ever laid eyes on it.
And so it will go on and on, because the creature will only be released from its curse when it has brought the devil a million souls…
Big Breeezy (ca. 2000 AD) is a “creature” of the German improv and avant-garde scene.
She plays both saxophone and bass clarinet and her music serves as the mouthpiece of hell. Her earthly projects include the quartet Mumble Jazz feat. Roger Kintopf, Fabian Dudek and Joshua Knauber as well as her own solo program.
The music of “Mumble Jazz” combines classical jazz structures with contemporary music and is a clear reflection of Generation “Z”; this music is easier to communicate thanks to its rhythmic and melodic elements, music for the heart.
The solo project, on the other hand, is an experiment in which no musical comfort zones are created. By using unusual playing techniques and preparations, the creature is able to produce the paranormal sounds of hell. However, both projects have exactly one goal: to captivate its listeners and thereby achieve world domination.
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