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Er lehnt sich bequem zurück und wartet, dass ihm neue Aufträge in den Schoß fallen. He just sits back and waits for new business to come to him.

Schweigend wartet er auf den Moment zuzuschlagen. In silence he waits for the time to strike.

Dabei zieht der 35-jährige, der Stilgrenzen eher als Reizschwellen betrachtet, nicht nur alle Register, sondern auch den Hut. Hauptsächlich vor Ronald D. Laing und seinen Sonetten, außerdem vor Duke Ellington, John Lennon, Tom Waits und nicht zuletzt vor den neun anderen Mitgliedern seines Tentetts. [G] The 35 year-old musician, who looks upon stylistic boundaries rather as stimulus thresholds, not only pulls out all the stops but also doffs his hat: chiefly to Laing and his sonnets, but also to Duke Ellington, John Lennon, Tom Waits and, not least, the nine other members of his tentett.

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