{"id":5158,"date":"2021-12-11T21:08:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T20:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=5158"},"modified":"2022-02-04T00:10:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T23:10:54","slug":"muriel-grossmann-music-is-always-a-reflection-of-what-is-happening-in-you-by-lost-angeles-mallorca-music-magazine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=5158","title":{"rendered":"Muriel Grossmann: \u201cMusic is always a reflection of what is happening in you\u201d By Lost Angeles, Mallorca Music Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter\u00adview in Mal\u00adlor\u00adca Music Maga\u00adzi\u00adne from 5th of <\/span>Decem\u00adber 2021<\/span>
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\nMuri\u00adel Gross\u00admann: \u201cMusic is always a reflec\u00adtion of what is hap\u00adpe\u00adning in you\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>By Lost Ange\u00adles, <\/strong>Pho\u00adto\u00adgraphs by Jos\u00e9 Luis Luna
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Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann the saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist (alto, sopra\u00adno and tenor) of Aus\u00adtri\u00adan ori\u00adgin, born in Paris and resi\u00addent in Ibi\u00adza sin\u00adce 2004, is one of the voices of Spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal Jazz. Gre\u00adat jazz spe\u00adcia\u00adlists such as Thom Jurek, from All about Jazz, defi\u00adne her as the suc\u00adces\u00adsor to John Col\u00adtra\u00adne. Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann Quar\u00adtet has pre\u00adsen\u00adted us with a world pre\u00admie\u00adre of her latest work, cal\u00adled <\/span>Uni\u00adon<\/em>, which was published on all digi\u00adtal plat\u00adforms on Novem\u00adber 2 and is now available on vinyl. <\/span>Uni\u00adon<\/em> is a mis\u00adcel\u00adla\u00adny of sounds pas\u00adsing through Ali\u00adce Coltrane\u2019s most spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal and inti\u00adma\u00adte jazz, del\u00adving into the deep\u00adly per\u00adso\u00adnal and femi\u00adni\u00adne illu\u00admi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons from Muriel\u2019s tenor sax and emer\u00adging through the evo\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon of Llo\u00adren\u00e7 Barcel\u00f3\u2019s Ham\u00admond organ, which with Remi\u00adnis\u00adcen\u00adces of groo\u00adve and sou\u00adthern soul takes us back in time to times not lived and still lon\u00adged for.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How were your begin\u00adnings in music?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At my par\u00adents\u2019 house we lis\u00adten\u00aded to music every day. My par\u00adents took me a lot to con\u00adcerts and to the ope\u00adra when I was litt\u00adle. For me this was an adven\u00adture, I was fasci\u00adna\u00adted by lar\u00adge orchestras. My dad had a coll\u00adec\u00adtion of vinyls, most\u00adly clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music. Music has always been pre\u00adsent in my life. When I was 5 years old, I star\u00adted with the recor\u00adder taking clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music les\u00adsons. The flu\u00adte gave me a lot of free\u00addom for impro\u00advi\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon, I remem\u00adber well tho\u00adse after\u00adnoons inven\u00adting melodies.<\/span><\/p>\n

At what point did you switch from recor\u00adder and clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music to sax and jazz?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In high school I for\u00admed a band with my fri\u00adends and at that moment I began to be fasci\u00adna\u00adted by the saxo\u00adpho\u00adne of one of my class\u00adma\u00adtes. A few years later, in a magi\u00adcal way, I found my first alto sax. The tone was a reve\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and I con\u00adcluded that its sound was broa\u00adder in the sen\u00adse of expres\u00adsi\u00adon and clo\u00adser to what I wan\u00adted to feel. So, I began to inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adte the jazz gre\u00adats of the alto sax: Char\u00adlie Par\u00adker was a sud\u00adden impact that made me deepen in jazz, stu\u00addy\u00ading his solos while forming groups to rehe\u00adar\u00adse and play live.<\/span><\/p>\n

What was the reason you deci\u00added to sett\u00adle in Spain, first in Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna and then in Ibiza?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It was an inna\u00adte desi\u00adre to want to live in a sun\u00adny cli\u00adma\u00adte by the sea, per\u00adhaps becau\u00adse my par\u00adents always went to Ita\u00adly or Spain on our vaca\u00adti\u00adons. I remem\u00adber dre\u00ada\u00adming about this idea for years until I was able to turn it into rea\u00adli\u00adty. At that time, I was working a lot in Vien\u00adna, play\u00ading in many dif\u00adfe\u00adrent bands, jazz, funk, world music. For me this was won\u00adderful, but over the years, other things star\u00adted to be important as well. I always wan\u00adted to found my own group, com\u00adpo\u00adse, record my music \u2026 and I ima\u00adgi\u00adned living near the sea, some\u00adwhe\u00adre with a lot of sun. All of the\u00adse things and many more gra\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly began to push me in this direc\u00adtion. I made the decis\u00adi\u00adon, I left ever\u00ady\u00adthing in Vien\u00adna and went to the South. It was an adven\u00adture in order to immer\u00adse mys\u00adelf in music and the path took me to Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna, \u200b\u200ba city that fasci\u00adna\u00adted me, it\u2019s way of living was so dif\u00adfe\u00adrent, rela\u00adxed, warm, a lot of street life, care\u00adfree \u2026 At that time, I visi\u00adted Ibi\u00adza one sum\u00admer and I step\u00adped in a con\u00adcert at the Tea\u00adt\u00adro Perey\u00adra. They hired me for the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing sea\u00adson and that is how I stay\u00aded on the island, fasci\u00adna\u00adted by its natu\u00adre, its spar\u00adk\u00adling sea and its mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral environment.<\/span><\/p>\n