"Andy Großkopf, the band's mastermind is one of those musicians, who doesn't belong to the usual Leipzig Jazz circle, but is doing his own thing. His band SCROOGE was a Jazzrock institution some years ago. His album "Type: G", released three years ago was a groove-dominated work, experimenting with atypical sounds. "File under: G" didn't lose the slightest bit of the powerful playing of "Type: G", but is more purist in the Jazz sense, there's lots of time and space for the tracks to explore moods. There's space for beautiful atmospheres and on the other hand the music creates opportunities for extensive solos, sometimes appearing a little old-fashioned because of their immense length. Grosskopf's saxophone, only seldom having the final say is always present and dominating the scene because of his sheer sound power. (©Kreuzer - Leipzig city magazine [January 2006])

  © jens florschütz

Where others end, this recording just starts: the first song culminates in a brilliant drums-solo, normally the big final of a live-set. Actually a lot of things are different on sax-player Andreas Grosskopf's new CD "File under: G".
Heavy funk-instrumentals, slow songs and polished vocal-tracks - ... okay, you might say, we had all this before. But as soon as Charlotte Karlstedt lifts her voice, the quartet isn't only becoming a quintet, no, there is more: the singer has a rough, sometimes even laconically non-ornamented voice. This vocal brittleness doesn't fit into the typical Jazz-singer's pattern.
Remarkable: one listens to a woman having a strong vocal expression not being based on a typical scheme, but in the reflection of her own personality. The compositions of "File under: G" convince by a clear and original directness, the singing is fanciless and exciting, the groove is ultimate. Independent.

   ©Carina Prange, (jazzdimensions.de & Jazzpodium / February 2006)

In short sax-player Andreas Grosskopf might as well be the year 2006 version of Klaus Doldinger of Passport (and if you don't know who Klaus Doldinger is, just imagine an electric sax player who is a cross between Maceo Parker and Eddie Harris). That is how badd he is and that's how badd the album "File Under G" is. A few years ago he released an album of powerhouse Jazz-Funk which we reviewed called "Type: G". This time out for "File Under G" the results are similar, however Grosskopf up's the anty by also featuring the beautiful vocals of Charlotte Karlstedt on several cuts. It all works perfectly with the vocal cuts that remind me of the early 70's Flora Purim RTF and the instrumental cuts reminding me of like.... well.... Passport?

   ©Bob Davis, (soul-patrol.com)