{"id":2856,"date":"2019-07-04T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T00:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=2856"},"modified":"2019-07-04T02:30:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T00:30:21","slug":"the-female-spirits-of-jazz-by-enrique-farelo-tomajazz-juni-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=2856","title":{"rendered":"\u2018<\/span>The female spirit of Jazz\u2019 by Enrique Farelo, Tomajazz, Juni 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Muri\u00adel Grossmann:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The fema\u00adle spi\u00adrit of Jazz\u201d<\/a><\/span>
\nBy Enri\u00adque Farelo.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> pho\u00adto \u00a9 Chris\u00adtoph Schubert<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Born in Paris, sett\u00adling in Aus\u00adtria as a youngs\u00adter and moving to Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna in 2002, she sett\u00adled per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly in Ibi\u00adza in 2004, mar\u00adking a befo\u00adre and after in her care\u00ader as a com\u00adpo\u00adser, saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist and lea\u00adder of her own group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sin\u00adce 2007 the\u00adre are ten albums signed under her name from Home\u00adco\u00adming Reuni\u00adon (Dream\u00adland\u00adRe\u00adcords 2007)to the acclai\u00admed Gol\u00adden Rule (Dream\u00adland\u00adRe\u00adcords 2018), inclu\u00adding Here And Now (Dream\u00adland\u00adRe\u00adcords 2008),Quartet (Dream\u00adland\u00adRe\u00adcords 2008), Sud\u00adden Impact (Dream\u00adland Records 2009), Birth Of The Mys\u00adtery (Dream\u00adland Records 2010), Awa\u00adke\u00adning (Dream\u00adland Records 2013), Earth Tones (Dream\u00adland Records 2015),Natural Time (Dream\u00adland Records 2016), and Momen\u00adtum (Dream\u00adland Records 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Por\u00adta\u00addas de los dis\u00adcos de Muri\u00adel Grossmann<\/span><\/p>\n

All of her albums have fol\u00adlo\u00adwed an artis\u00adtic line very simi\u00adlar in terms of the design, their covers and they have had sol\u00advent musi\u00adci\u00adans such as Vien\u00adnese Gina Schwarz on dou\u00adble bass and Ser\u00adbi\u00adan Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic on drums, in her last three works. Abo\u00adve all her faithful Ser\u00adbi\u00adan squi\u00adre, the gui\u00adta\u00adrist Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic who has almost never missed his appoint\u00adment, accom\u00adpany\u00ading her in most of her works.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her soli\u00addi\u00adty, her com\u00admit\u00adment, her spi\u00adri\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adty and having very clear ide\u00adas, are the intrin\u00adsic cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adristics when eva\u00adlua\u00adting her music.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

foto \u00a9 Lau\u00adra G. Guerra<\/span><\/p>\n

Enri\u00adque Fare\u00adlo (E.F.)<\/strong>When was it \u201cborn\u201d in Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann the desi\u00adre for music and what peo\u00adp\u00adle influen\u00adced or moti\u00adva\u00adted you?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00adman (M.G.)<\/strong>Music has always been a very important part of my life. My par\u00adents are very fond of art and in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar, my father coll\u00adec\u00adted clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music vinyls throug\u00adhout his life. At the age of five they pro\u00adpo\u00adsed to me that I choo\u00adse an instru\u00adment. I cho\u00adse the flu\u00adte. And that\u2019s when my care\u00ader in clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music began, a stage that has las\u00adted twel\u00adve years. I remem\u00adber well how, from an ear\u00adly age, I prac\u00adti\u00adced the flu\u00adte every day impro\u00advi\u00adsing melo\u00addies; it was one of the things that brought me grea\u00adter well-being. My moti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon at this stage was my flu\u00adte tea\u00adcher, as well as lis\u00adtening to musi\u00adci\u00adans like Jimi Hen\u00addrix and of cour\u00adse tho\u00adse spe\u00adcial fri\u00adends who were music fans around me.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>You were born in Paris but it was in Vien\u00adna, whe\u00adre you lived in your youth. Were you inte\u00adres\u00adted in jazz or clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music at that time, con\u00adside\u00adring that near\u00adby Salz\u00adburg is the home of Wolf\u00adgang Ama\u00adde\u00adus Mozart?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Vien\u00adna and Aus\u00adtria are the crad\u00adle of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music. The who\u00adle city brea\u00adthes music and you also feel it in its impe\u00adri\u00adal style, its dances and its tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons. It was a pri\u00advi\u00adle\u00adge to be able to grow up in a city whe\u00adre art is pro\u00admo\u00adted and which stands out for its love of cul\u00adtu\u00adre and music. At first, I play\u00aded only the flu\u00adte and stu\u00addi\u00aded clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music, but at the age of twen\u00adty one I star\u00adted play\u00ading the alto saxo\u00adpho\u00adne and one thing led to ano\u00adther. Sud\u00adden\u00adly Char\u00adlie Par\u00adker beca\u00adme more important in my life than Mozart. My inte\u00adrest in jazz and saxo\u00adpho\u00adne began to expand as I lis\u00adten\u00aded to the news of the moment and was acqui\u00adring more expe\u00adri\u00adence with the bands I play\u00aded with.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Gol\u00adden Rule: \u201cDo onto others what you want them to do onto you\u201d. In this your last work you pro\u00adpo\u00adse the gol\u00adden rule of spi\u00adri\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adty and that any reli\u00adgi\u00adon would embrace this wit\u00adhout hesi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon in this age. Is Gol\u00adden Rule a tri\u00adbu\u00adte to reli\u00adgi\u00adon (to anyo\u00adne), to spi\u00adri\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adty or philosophy?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>I have com\u00adpo\u00adsed Gol\u00adden Rule with the idea of \u200b\u200bapproa\u00adching each situa\u00adti\u00adon of every day with the reflec\u00adtion of our thoughts, words and actions being con\u00adsis\u00adtent with this \u201cGol\u00adden Rule\u201d. I think that this spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal con\u00adcept is the key, the basis and the essen\u00adti\u00adal agree\u00adment for a huma\u00adni\u00adty that wants to live in the way it deser\u00adves. Becau\u00adse our natu\u00adre is human!<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>\u201cStraight action wit\u00adhout hope of reward\u201d is a phra\u00adse taken from the Hin\u00addu holy book Bha\u00adga\u00advad-g\u012bt\u0101 (part of the epic text Mah\u00e1b\u00adh\u00e1\u00adra\u00adta). Could this phra\u00adse be ano\u00adther gol\u00adden rule?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>We need to use our intel\u00adli\u00adgence to extend our com\u00adpas\u00adsio\u00adna\u00adte natu\u00adre. Intellec\u00adtu\u00adal know\u00adledge alo\u00adne does not help us much if the mind is not disci\u00adpli\u00adned. That is why the know\u00adledge of the mind, its natu\u00adre and emo\u00adti\u00adons should be taught at school, be gui\u00added by appro\u00adpria\u00adte peo\u00adp\u00adle and be addres\u00adsed in dif\u00adfe\u00adrent ways over and over again.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have seen the suc\u00adcess and bene\u00adfit of using the gol\u00adden rule at \u2018Uni\u00adver\u00adsal Man\u00adda\u00adla\u2019. We prac\u00adti\u00adce it dai\u00adly with the child\u00adren. With this con\u00adstant prac\u00adti\u00adce you can see suc\u00adcess very well. We ask the child\u00adren if they like to be trea\u00adted kind\u00adly and what kind of school, what kind of envi\u00adron\u00adment they want to come to every day. Litt\u00adle by litt\u00adle throug\u00adhout the year we are deve\u00adlo\u00adping a gui\u00adde that leads them to dis\u00adco\u00adver for them\u00adsel\u00adves that sha\u00adring or spea\u00adking kind\u00adly with their col\u00adle\u00adagues is reward enough. We call them \u201cgar\u00adden\u00aders of peace\u201d. What we sow is what we coll\u00adect. In this way they under\u00adstand what it means to \u201csow\u201d in word and action to gather well-being, hap\u00adpi\u00adness and peace. It is a pro\u00adcess that is inte\u00adgra\u00adted very natu\u00adral\u00adly becau\u00adse it is cen\u00adte\u00adred on the \u201cI\u201d, that is, on what I want.<\/span><\/p>\n

Altru\u00adism is a fan\u00adta\u00adstic atti\u00adtu\u00adde but unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly it often remains in the intellect, becau\u00adse it is very dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to satis\u00adfy our gigan\u00adtic ego, which we have nur\u00adtu\u00adred for centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The gol\u00adden rule real\u00adly says not\u00adhing of reward, it only brings us clo\u00adser to the under\u00adstan\u00adding of empa\u00adthy and the reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon of the poten\u00adti\u00adal of good\u00adness and wis\u00addom in other beings. If we could rela\u00adte and approach others with the thought that we have a being with an unli\u00admi\u00adt\u00aded poten\u00adti\u00adal of wis\u00addom and kind\u00adness in front of us, we would be acting in a respon\u00adsi\u00adble way. That is the base. The tea\u00adching \u201cStraight action wit\u00adhout hope of reward in return\u201d I see more useful for peo\u00adp\u00adle alre\u00ada\u00addy advan\u00adced in the way of altru\u00adism. With an inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adve mind you can easi\u00adly see that we are reward\u00aded by our righ\u00adteous actions, every effect comes from a cau\u00adse, ever\u00ady\u00adthing comes from some\u00adthing, just as our actions have a befo\u00adre and after. With a litt\u00adle work towards con\u00adscious atten\u00adti\u00adon you can start to see very well why the things that hap\u00adpen to us, hap\u00adpen to us. With time and prac\u00adti\u00adce, our dai\u00adly life would beco\u00adme easier and our mind clearer.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

pho\u00adto \u00a9 Chris\u00adtoph Schubert<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>At what moment do you feel the call of the spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal? Is it influen\u00adced by your admi\u00adred John Coltrane?
\n<\/em><\/span>
\nM.G.<\/strong>I feel and think that I was born, like ever\u00adyo\u00adne, with a good heart. But at the young age of 8 while wat\u00adching a docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry about traw\u00adler fishing on tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon, I rea\u00adli\u00adzed the incre\u00addi\u00adble bar\u00adba\u00adri\u00adties that were being com\u00admit\u00adted to dol\u00adphins. The\u00adre, at that moment, I made the decis\u00adi\u00adon not only to be a vege\u00adta\u00adri\u00adan, but also to do as litt\u00adle dama\u00adge as pos\u00adsi\u00adble to the pla\u00adnet; and this is what I have tried to inte\u00adgra\u00adte in all my decis\u00adi\u00adons, eit\u00adher in my work or whe\u00adre I put my eco\u00adno\u00admy, or whe\u00adre I buy and what I buy. I try to live caus\u00ading the least pos\u00adsi\u00adble harmful impact by making respon\u00adsi\u00adble decis\u00adi\u00adons for the who\u00adle pla\u00adnet and being an exam\u00adp\u00adle for others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lis\u00adtening and lear\u00adning from John Col\u00adtra\u00adne has given me a sen\u00adse of reli\u00adef and secu\u00adri\u00adty on my way. John Col\u00adtra\u00adne is for me, one of the most important musi\u00adci\u00adans that huma\u00adni\u00adty has been able to know. He was a gre\u00adat con\u00adci\u00adli\u00ada\u00adtor capa\u00adble of uniting dif\u00adfe\u00adrent styl\u00ades, cul\u00adtures and gen\u00adres reinven\u00adting hims\u00adelf again and again in short peri\u00adods of time with gre\u00adat poli\u00adti\u00adcal awa\u00adre\u00adness and deep spi\u00adri\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adty as well as being reco\u00adgni\u00adzed as an excep\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly hum\u00adble man, as were Ali\u00adce Col\u00adtra\u00adne or Pha\u00adro\u00adah Sanders.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Is our civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon, as we under\u00adstand it, rea\u00adching the end of a cycle becau\u00adse of our con\u00adtempt for life and our lack of conscience?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Today we see the con\u00adse\u00adquen\u00adces of a long peri\u00adod of negle\u00adct of a popu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon excee\u00adding 7400 mil\u00adli\u00adon inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ever\u00ady\u00adthing is a mat\u00adter of focus. Being kind, respon\u00adsi\u00adble and com\u00adpas\u00adsio\u00adna\u00adte, we feel natu\u00adral\u00adly well and we want good for all, but we suf\u00adfer tre\u00admen\u00addous\u00adly, when we see others suffer.<\/span><\/p>\n

They have begun to pro\u00admo\u00adte a lot of envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal issues, the use of rene\u00adwa\u00adble ener\u00adgy, the need for recy\u00adcling or redu\u00adcing the use of pla\u00ads\u00adtic, among other initia\u00adti\u00adves. At last it seems that we star\u00adted to beco\u00adme awa\u00adre. But edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, care and know\u00adledge of the mind, is essen\u00adti\u00adal. We are taking the first steps in a world that still nou\u00adris\u00adhes in excess the world of sen\u00adses and exter\u00adnal expan\u00adsi\u00adon, for\u00adget\u00adting the inner world and inter\u00adnal expan\u00adsi\u00adon. If we add to this that in this ava\u00adtar we are domi\u00adna\u00adted and mani\u00adpu\u00adla\u00adted by giants only inte\u00adres\u00adted in gai\u00adning wealth, con\u00adtrol and power, it is clear that our work and prac\u00adti\u00adce towards the expan\u00adsi\u00adon of con\u00adscious\u00adness is dupli\u00adca\u00adted. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, we are all in dif\u00adfe\u00adrent pro\u00adces\u00adses of con\u00adscious\u00adness and reg\u00adrett\u00adab\u00adly per\u00adcei\u00adve the facts in a line\u00adar, sepa\u00adra\u00adte and inde\u00adpen\u00addent way, wit\u00adhout ful\u00adly under\u00adstan\u00adding that ever\u00ady\u00adthing can be chan\u00adged with words and respon\u00adsi\u00adble actions if we per\u00adsist in it.<\/span>
\n  <\/span>
\nE.F.<\/strong>You are a music tea\u00adcher in an edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal cen\u00adter in Ibi\u00adza, Uni\u00adver\u00adsal Man\u00adda\u00adla. What exact\u00adly does this cen\u00adter con\u00adsist of and to what ext\u00adent does it influence your music?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>It is an edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal cen\u00adter for child\u00adren that I belie\u00adve is lay\u00ading the foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons of a new para\u00addigm in edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon. An exem\u00adpla\u00adry cen\u00adter. When my child\u00adren were at the schoo\u00adling age, I wan\u00adted to find a dif\u00adfe\u00adrent edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon for them, an edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon that would train their minds to be coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve, reflec\u00adti\u00adve and empa\u00adthe\u00adtic human beings. Beings pre\u00adpared to use their poten\u00adti\u00adal for the good of our pla\u00adnet and the spe\u00adci\u00ades that inha\u00adbit it, pre\u00adser\u00adving the good of all our gre\u00adat human fami\u00adly. I wan\u00adted them to be sen\u00adti\u00adent beings awa\u00adre of their respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. All this I found in Uni\u00adver\u00adsal Man\u00adda\u00adla. Belen K\u00f6h\u00adler, its foun\u00adder, is an excep\u00adtio\u00adnal visio\u00adna\u00adry. When I met Bel\u00e9n and her edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal pro\u00adject, I unders\u00adtood right away that in order for this form of edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon to reach more peo\u00adp\u00adle, I had to col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adte with it in all pos\u00adsi\u00adble ways. The\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre, it was natu\u00adral to bring the music and the under\u00adstan\u00adding and stu\u00addy of it to the child\u00adren of this cen\u00adter from the phi\u00adlo\u00adso\u00adphi\u00adcal and edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal prin\u00adci\u00adples of Uni\u00adver\u00adsal Man\u00adda\u00adla. The trai\u00adnings offe\u00adred by Belen K\u00f6h\u00adler ope\u00adned me to under\u00adstand the inter\u00adde\u00adpen\u00addence and inter\u00adcon\u00adnec\u00adtion of all things and their ori\u00adgin, as well as how to live in a more bene\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal way for all, that has made me refi\u00adne more with time as being human.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>The por\u00adtal http:\/\/ukvibe.org\/awards\/best-jazz-albums-of-2018\/) desi\u00adgna\u00adtes Gol\u00adden Rule (RR<\/span> GEMS<\/span> Records 2018) as the best album of the year 2018 in the vinyl ver\u00adsi\u00adon. Why did you choo\u00adse vinyl for publi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon to the detri\u00adment of the digi\u00adtal for\u00admat? Are the\u00adre musi\u00adcal dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adces with respect to the sub\u00adse\u00adquent edi\u00adti\u00adon on CD<\/span>?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Gol\u00adden Rule is a natu\u00adral con\u00adti\u00adnua\u00adtion in musi\u00adcal and per\u00adso\u00adnal evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon. During the years that Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic and I have work\u00aded tog\u00ade\u00adther we have noti\u00adced a gre\u00adat attrac\u00adtion towards cer\u00adtain musi\u00adcal ele\u00adments and we have fil\u00adte\u00adred and deepe\u00adned a lot in them. It was a gift to be able to release the album on vinyl thanks to the pro\u00adpo\u00adsal of Valen\u00adti\u00adne and Dimi\u00adt\u00adri of the record label RR<\/span> Gems Records. They have belie\u00adved and bet on the poten\u00adti\u00adal of our music and through their effec\u00adtively direc\u00adted pro\u00admo\u00adti\u00adon we have unders\u00adtood that the\u00adre are inde\u00aded lovers of this music. We are tru\u00adly gra\u00adteful. It has for\u00admed a fine coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and deep trust bet\u00adween us, so much so that in the autumn we will release a new album on vinyl. This new album will be a con\u00adti\u00adnua\u00adtion in the evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon of Gol\u00adden Rule, just as this was an evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon that began with the song \u2018Peaceful River\u2019 (which can be found on the album Awa\u00adke\u00adning), through the albums Earth Tones, Natu\u00adral Time and Momentum.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Spea\u00adking of pro\u00adduct, all your albums are released by Dream\u00adland\u00adRe\u00adcords Stu\u00addi\u00ados. How important is your figu\u00adre in this record label?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Dream\u00adland Records is our record label, which we have for\u00admed as a vehic\u00adle to pro\u00adpel and pro\u00admo\u00adte our musi\u00adcal visi\u00adons. We wan\u00adted maxi\u00admum free\u00addom of music and design.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>The artis\u00adtic design of the covers of the discs gives cha\u00adrac\u00adter and per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adty to the discs, making them an attrac\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adduct and an indi\u00adca\u00adtor of what they con\u00adtain. Who designs the covers of your records?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G. It\u2019s me who designs them, using the pain\u00adtings I pro\u00addu\u00adce at home with my child\u00adren Ayel\u00e9n and Iass\u00f9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pain\u00adting is a hob\u00adby, a game with colors and shapes and we have always thought they work well in reflec\u00adting our sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

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foto \u00a9 Jos\u00e9 Luis Luna Rocafort<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>The latest works, Natu\u00adral Time (2016), Momen\u00adtum (2017) and Gol\u00adden Rule (2018) make up a tri\u00adlo\u00adgy for\u00admed by the same musi\u00adci\u00adans as a sta\u00adble for\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon. Are they a tur\u00adning point in the music of Muri\u00adel Grossmann?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>We think that the music we play has been for\u00admed with the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of each album, by an evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon, matu\u00adring through this deep and con\u00adti\u00adnuous work. It can be said that it is the music of the\u00adse albums that has given us the grea\u00adtest satis\u00adfac\u00adtion in terms of harm\u00ado\u00adny, rhythm, melo\u00addy and sub\u00adli\u00admi\u00adnal messages.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>As for the group. Could you tell me what work and effort (refer\u00adring to rehear\u00adsals, con\u00adcerts etc.) is the\u00adre invol\u00adved for the final pro\u00adduct of the record?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Rado\u00admir and I like to rehe\u00adar\u00adse and are able to as we are both based in Ibi\u00adza, but we are not very satis\u00adfied with the fact that the mem\u00adbers of the band are at such a distance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of cour\u00adse we are very lucky that at least Uros is with us for three months each year and we can during this time, every weekend, crea\u00adte a musi\u00adcal labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry whe\u00adre we ela\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adte the the\u00admes, the struc\u00adtures and the rhyth\u00adms. We think that this is how the sound of the band is formed.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is also our gre\u00adat for\u00adtu\u00adne to be able to play along\u00adside a talen\u00adted musi\u00adci\u00adan like Gina Schwarz, who easi\u00adly inte\u00adgra\u00adtes into the group and who also con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtes important ide\u00adas for the sound of the band.<\/span><\/p>\n

The work of editing music is done by Rado\u00admir and mys\u00adelf. We are the nucleus of this band. We work like fine machi\u00adnery with a good ear. We spent hours and hours recor\u00adding the dro\u00adnes (instru\u00adments that ser\u00adve as sound back\u00adground for the for\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon), a who\u00adle orches\u00adtra of tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal instru\u00adments from all over the world, over its sound car\u00adpet the band can express the true cha\u00adrac\u00adter of the compositions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gina Schwarz, foto \u00a9 Lau\u00adra Gon\u00adz\u00e1\u00adlez Guerra<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Gina Schwarz, Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic and espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic are the mem\u00adbers of your cur\u00adrent for\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon. Could you intro\u00addu\u00adce us to tho\u00adse fel\u00adlow musi\u00adci\u00adans and how did you recruit them for your project?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>With Rado\u00admir I have been working for a long time, we under\u00adstand each other deep\u00adly on a musi\u00adcal bases, we reco\u00adgni\u00adze what our music needs to be and have, from the notes on paper to the final pro\u00adduct. We love to play tog\u00ade\u00adther and dis\u00adco\u00adver the new and old paths that make jazz such gre\u00adat music. I always admi\u00adred his dedi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, his know\u00adledge and his hard work. He is a tru\u00adly extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adna\u00adry musi\u00adci\u00adan with an exten\u00adsi\u00adve vision.<\/span><\/p>\n

I know Gina from my days in Vien\u00adna, she is a musi\u00adci\u00adan with cha\u00adrac\u00adter that can adapt to any musi\u00adcal situa\u00adti\u00adon. So, when it came time to form a new band, I knew whom to call.<\/span><\/p>\n

For a long time I\u2019ve been loo\u00adking for a drum\u00admer for the new musi\u00adcal jour\u00adney I wan\u00adted to start, and I found it in Uros. He under\u00adstands the music and the role that this music needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic, foto: \u00a9 Fer\u00adran Pereyra<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F. <\/strong>Your work as a saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist has a spe\u00adci\u00adfic weight with unques\u00adtionable value equal\u00adly as an instru\u00admen\u00adta\u00adlist as well as com\u00adpo\u00adser. How is the day to day in both fields?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>The\u00adre is a vast field to explo\u00adre in each area. It takes dedi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, ten\u00adaci\u00adty, per\u00adsis\u00adtence and dai\u00adly work. To com\u00adpo\u00adse I focus on the sub\u00adject I want to con\u00advey so that the mes\u00adsa\u00adge is trans\u00adpor\u00adted through the music. This is how I do it when new topics or mes\u00adsa\u00adges demand it.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>What time do you dedi\u00adca\u00adte to the instru\u00adment per day?<\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>I want to spend more time on instru\u00adments every day, becau\u00adse it never seems enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Is loneli\u00adne\u00adss an issue as a composer?<\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>No way! I enjoy the crea\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty flow pro\u00adcess! In the same way of time used prac\u00adti\u00adcing on your instru\u00adment, it is a time of intro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adtion reve\u00adal\u00ading poten\u00adti\u00adal limits, a field open to creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic, foto: \u00a9 Fer\u00adran Pereyra<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Do dreams influence when crea\u00adting your music?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>This is a very inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading ques\u00adti\u00adon, real\u00adly. My dreams so far are mani\u00adfes\u00adted as a mix of day to day situa\u00adtions and often reve\u00adal in the form of adven\u00adtures. My days are full of respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. As soon as I can get some extra time, I would like to inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adte dream yoga, to be able to take advan\u00adta\u00adge of my dreams more consciously.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>With the importance that you have been acqui\u00adring throug\u00adhout your care\u00ader, do you think that you should have grea\u00adter recognition?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>I would like more peo\u00adp\u00adle to enjoy my music.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>In what stage or stages would you have lik\u00aded to per\u00adform and have not done it?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>In many, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly jazz fes\u00adti\u00adval venues or small thea\u00adters. I would like to play in more count\u00adries and continents.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>What are the musi\u00adci\u00adans that have most mark\u00aded your style?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>John Col\u00adtra\u00adne, Ornet\u00adte Cole\u00adman, Ali\u00adce Coltrane \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>What have been and are your favo\u00adri\u00adte musi\u00adci\u00adans in cur\u00adrent and past jazz?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Les\u00adter Young, Illi\u00adnois Jac\u00adquet, Char\u00adlie Par\u00adker, Stan\u00adley Tur\u00adren\u00adti\u00adne, Count Basie, Duke Elling\u00adton, Can\u00adnon\u00adball Adder\u00adley, Jim\u00admy Smith, Lou Donald\u00adson, Rus\u00adty Bryant, Juli\u00adan Lee, Jazz at Lin\u00adcoln Cen\u00adter Orches\u00adtra, Melis\u00adsa Ald\u00ada\u00adna, Ben Pat\u00adter\u00adson, Joan Cha\u00admor\u00adro and their pro\u00adjects with emer\u00adging musi\u00adci\u00adans , espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly with Car\u00adla and Andrea Motis and Abril Sau\u00adri, Chris\u00adti\u00adan Lil\u00adlin\u00adger, Robert Land\u00adfer\u00admann etc. \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>What music have you been inte\u00adres\u00adted at the mar\u00adgin of jazz?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>World music in gene\u00adral, Tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal music from India, Afri\u00adca, Tuva, Soul Jazz, Gos\u00adpel, Blues, R &<\/span> B .\u2026..<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>In ano\u00adther order of topics, what rea\u00addings enrich your work as a musi\u00adci\u00adan? Are you inte\u00adres\u00adted in eso\u00adte\u00adri\u00adcism, mys\u00adtery or parapsychology?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>What I enjoy deep\u00adly is rea\u00adding books of Bud\u00addhism or books of phy\u00adsi\u00adcists like Ste\u00adphen Haw\u00adking, Albert Ein\u00adstein \u2026 I am rea\u00adding con\u00adti\u00adnuous\u00adly. Right now, I am rea\u00adding the book \u2018Slee\u00adping, dre\u00ada\u00adming and dying\u2019, an explo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of con\u00adscious\u00adness with His Holi\u00adne\u00adss Dalai Lama.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Your music is a search for com\u00admit\u00adment and has a cer\u00adtain level of com\u00adple\u00adxi\u00adty. Who do you think is it direc\u00adted to?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Well, we see who it is rea\u00adching. Peo\u00adp\u00adle with a love of John Coltrane\u2019s music and spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal Jazz, but when we play live, it is always incre\u00addi\u00adbly well recei\u00adved by the public. Right now, I see it more as a mat\u00adter of scope.<\/span><\/p>\n

The music we play is aimed at all audi\u00aden\u00adces. Peo\u00adp\u00adle like beau\u00adtiful melo\u00addies, they love a rhythm that moves them and puts them in a good mood. But music can also be intellec\u00adtu\u00adal, com\u00adplex and with a rhythm that moves you and takes you inwards, not just outwards.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Fol\u00adlo\u00adwing this path and taking into account that socie\u00adty is direc\u00adted towards super\u00adfi\u00adci\u00ada\u00adli\u00adty, easy money, the media pro\u00adduct and imme\u00addia\u00adcy, what future do you see for jazz on the natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal level?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Peter Purgar<\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>I think that the word jazz should be bet\u00adter defi\u00adned. If we talk about good music or bad music, I think that the good one is the one that is and per\u00adsists throug\u00adhout time, and this has no geo\u00adgra\u00adphi\u00adcal limit. If music edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, intro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adtion and deep stu\u00addy in music were given both at home and at school this music could be main\u00adtai\u00adned at a more wide\u00adspread level. Jazz is a very small word for such a broad music. What can be jazz the\u00adse days, could be decep\u00adti\u00adve for some peo\u00adp\u00adle. On the other hand, when you do not label some\u00adthing, it is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to say what it is. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ever\u00ady\u00adthing in this world has a word that defi\u00adnes it and with Jazz it is not dif\u00adfe\u00adrent. If you say you want green tea and they bring you cof\u00adfee, if it does not mat\u00adter what name you call it, they would bring you any liquid.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some\u00adthing that is so many things, is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to explain and Jazz is con\u00adside\u00adred many things. This can con\u00adfu\u00adse the peo\u00adp\u00adle who lis\u00adten to it; but the\u00adse are the facts.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Are you one of tho\u00adse who think that today the\u00adre are a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant num\u00adber of jazz musi\u00adci\u00adans and few ears to app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte them?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>I think that today, due to the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of You\u00adTube and other online plat\u00adforms as well as the speed of infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon flow, music can reach many ears. I also see that the\u00adre are a lot of peo\u00adp\u00adle who are very gra\u00adteful to be able to enjoy it. But an important thing for jazz is to know what it was and go fur\u00adther to know what it is today. This is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult, becau\u00adse it seems that the two tracks are in con\u00adstant conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peo\u00adp\u00adle want to hear some\u00adthing new and for that it takes a lot of expe\u00adri\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon and many tests, which may cau\u00adse peo\u00adp\u00adle to be impa\u00adti\u00adent and loo\u00adse focus. On the other hand, the audi\u00adence also wants to hear a beau\u00adtiful melo\u00addy well per\u00adfor\u00admed. Bach\u2019s music is appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly 300 years old, but it is still play\u00aded today and wit\u00adhout much chan\u00adge, the same should be with Lou\u00adis Arm\u00adstrong, for exam\u00adp\u00adle. Life and music are always moving and move becau\u00adse they come from some\u00adthing, becau\u00adse some\u00adthing has hap\u00adpen\u00aded befo\u00adre, as histo\u00adry cle\u00adar\u00adly shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>Bach\u2019s music is 300 years old, but it is still play\u00aded today and wit\u00adhout much chan\u00adge. Does this phra\u00adse of yours point to an objec\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty of Music or does this not real\u00adly exist, but what real\u00adly exists is the value that time and human under\u00adstan\u00adding give it?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Bach estab\u00adlished the stan\u00addards of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music a litt\u00adle over 300 years ago. Lou\u00adis Arm\u00adstrong did the same. Estab\u00adlished the stan\u00addards for jazz like swing, or blues \u2026 and all the inno\u00adva\u00adtors, that came later as Char\u00adlie Par\u00adker, John Col\u00adtra\u00adne or Ornet\u00adte Cole\u00adman deepe\u00adned the\u00adse stan\u00addards. The same hap\u00adpen\u00aded with the musi\u00adci\u00adans who came after Bach. They con\u00adtin\u00adued and deepe\u00adned their visi\u00adon and the stan\u00addards of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you put the music in the con\u00adtext of the moment it was crea\u00adted and give it the his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adti\u00adve of today, it is the clo\u00adsest to an objec\u00adti\u00adve point of view.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have not lis\u00adten\u00aded to Lou\u00adis Arm\u00adstrong in per\u00adson, but I have lis\u00adten\u00aded to many recor\u00addings. From Bach we have the notes, but the inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon is con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adry. Human under\u00adstan\u00adding and the pas\u00adsa\u00adge of time some\u00adti\u00admes gene\u00adra\u00adli\u00adze and stan\u00addar\u00addi\u00adze things and even, in some cases, sim\u00adpli\u00adfy things. We always tend to look at the icons wit\u00adhout pay\u00ading atten\u00adti\u00adon to other gre\u00adat musi\u00adci\u00adans in the sha\u00adde. Ever\u00ady\u00adthing is the\u00adre and much more, only behind, hidden. <\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre, music has to do more with ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon and the nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve and is always about that final frame\u00adwork. For musi\u00adci\u00adans it is important how it is done, but for the lis\u00adten\u00aders it mat\u00adters more how it is pre\u00adsen\u00adted, how it sounds, how it makes them move. Music is real\u00adly a com\u00adplex lan\u00adguage capa\u00adble of trans\u00admit\u00adting much more than a phra\u00adse with spo\u00adken words. We must not for\u00adget that the hid\u00adden inten\u00adti\u00adon always has a fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal effect.<\/span><\/p>\n

E.F.<\/strong>What pro\u00adjects do you have in mind for the near future?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

M.G.<\/strong>Right now, I\u2019m very clo\u00adse to start mixing the next album that will come out in vinyl and CD<\/span> this fall. During the sum\u00admer we will record a new album for 2020 while we play here on the island of Ibi\u00adza immer\u00adsed in a sea\u00adson full of local con\u00adcerts and fes\u00adti\u00advals out\u00adside the island like: the Vijazz in Vil\u00adafran\u00adca and Inca Jazz Fes\u00adti\u00adval in Mal\u00adlor\u00adca and then jazz club Por\u00adgy &<\/span> Bess in Vien\u00adna, We Jazz Fes\u00adti\u00adval in Hel\u00adsin\u00adki and then Tal\u00adlinn in the autumn. In March we have plan\u00adned a gre\u00adat con\u00adcert with renow\u00adned musi\u00adci\u00adans from the United Sta\u00adtes, of which you will soon learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks for your sup\u00adport and the\u00adse won\u00adderful questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inter\u00adview and text: \u00a9 Enri\u00adque Fare\u00adlo, 2019<\/span>
\nPho\u00adto\u00adgraphs: copy\u00adright at the bot\u00adtom of each photograph<\/span><\/p>\n

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  Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann: \u201cThe fema\u00adle spi\u00adrit of Jazz\u201d By Enri\u00adque Fare\u00adlo.  pho\u00adto \u00a9 Chris\u00adtoph Schu\u00adbert Born in Paris, sett\u00adling in Aus\u00adtria as a youngs\u00adter and moving to Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna in 2002, she sett\u00adled per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly in Ibi\u00adza in 2004, mar\u00adking a befo\u00adre and after in her care\u00ader as a com\u00adpo\u00adser, saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist and lea\u00adder of her own group. Sin\u00adce 2007 \u2026 \u2018<\/span>The fema\u00adle spi\u00adrit of Jazz\u2019 by Enri\u00adque Fare\u00adlo, Toma\u00adjazz, Juni 2019<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1134,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2856","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2856"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2880,"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2856\/revisions\/2880"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}