{"id":5611,"date":"2024-02-08T00:17:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T23:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=5611"},"modified":"2024-02-08T01:18:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:18:01","slug":"5611-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=5611","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We play for the music\u201d \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">MURIEL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GROSSMANN<\/span> in an interview with Markus Deisenberger for <span class=\"caps\">MICA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AUSTRIA<\/span>,&nbsp;30th of January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We play for the music\u201d \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">MURIEL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GROSSMANN<\/span> in an inter\u00adview with Mar\u00adkus Dei\u00adsen\u00adber\u00adger for <span class=\"caps\">MICA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AUSTRIA<\/span>,&nbsp;<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">30th of Janu\u00adary&nbsp;2024<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicaustria.at\/wir-spielen-fuer-die-musik-muriel-grossmann-im-mica-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\">view ori\u00adgi\u00adnal source here<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">Saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist and com\u00adpo\u00adser <span class=\"caps\">MURIEL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GROSSMANN<\/span> has a new album. It\u2019s cal\u00adled \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d and offers the usu\u00adal house brand of slight\u00adly psy\u00adche\u00adde\u00adlic spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz. That means: soulful as ever, groo\u00advy as ever, vir\u00adtuo\u00adso as ever. And yet \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d stands out from <span class=\"caps\">GROSSMANN<\/span>\u2019s pre\u00advious canon of excel\u00adlent albums becau\u00adse it is even more soulful, even more dri\u00adving, even more expan\u00adsi\u00adve. The Vien\u00adnese artist, who has lived in Ibi\u00adza for twen\u00adty years, will be coming to Por\u00adgy <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Bess for a con\u00adcert in Febru\u00adary. Mar\u00adkus Dei\u00adsen\u00adber\u00adger spo\u00adke to her about \u201ccoming home\u201d musi\u00adcal\u00adly, the use of over\u00adto\u00adne flu\u00adtes and freight trains with high alti\u00adtu\u00adde flights.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">Ibi\u00adza and you \u2014 you\u2019\u00adre curr\u00adent\u00adly in the quiet pha\u00adse befo\u00adre the par\u00adties and jazz con\u00adcerts start up again in spring, in island sleep so to speak. Can you descri\u00adbe the quiet Ibi\u00adza? What does it smell&nbsp;like?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Ibi\u00adza in win\u00adter has the most beau\u00adtiful sky. The night sky is crys\u00adtal clear, the colours at sun\u00adset and sun\u00adri\u00adse are vibrant, it\u2019s calm. The win\u00adter air is fresh and humid and smells peaceful. My win\u00adters in Ibi\u00adza are get\u00adting shorter and shorter, main\u00adly becau\u00adse I\u2019m on tour a lot, and this win\u00adter main\u00adly becau\u00adse I tra\u00advel\u00adled to Bah\u00adrain twice for twen\u00adty days to open a jazz club the\u00adre, which I hel\u00adped to pro\u00adgram\u00adme and whe\u00adre I also had an exten\u00adsi\u00adve enga\u00adge\u00adment mys\u00adelf. I play\u00aded three or four sets every&nbsp;night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">What is the fee\u00adling like in Bahrain?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">The\u00adre are few Euro\u00adpean tou\u00adrists, but main\u00adly peo\u00adp\u00adle who work in the Gulf regi\u00adon. Lots of busi\u00adness, litt\u00adle cul\u00adtu\u00adre. The\u00adre is a huge orches\u00adtra and a muse\u00adum, but not much else. I also had pro\u00adblems fin\u00adding musi\u00adci\u00adans from the\u00adre for the club. I had to bring bands&nbsp;over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">You\u2019\u00adre coming to Vien\u00adna on 15 Febru\u00adary to play at the Por\u00adgy. You have your new album with you, which is cal\u00adled \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d. Let\u2019s start by tal\u00adking about the title. Why \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">I\u2019m real\u00adly loo\u00adking for\u00adward to play\u00ading in my home town and then in this gre\u00adat club. I\u2019m also loo\u00adking for\u00adward to see\u00ading fami\u00adly and friends.<br>\n\u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d descri\u00adbes the full dedi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon of one\u2019s atten\u00adti\u00adon to some\u00adthing or someone. The abso\u00adlu\u00adte focus on the here and now. I think this title fits real\u00adly well, it descri\u00adbes the band\u2019s devo\u00adti\u00adon to our musi\u00adcal path, to our music, to one ano\u00adther in the music we play, and it descri\u00adbes my prac\u00adti\u00adce of undi\u00advi\u00added atten\u00adti\u00adon to what is in front of me. In this time and age whe\u00adre we are so focu\u00adsed on our\u00adsel\u00adves, our path, our own desi\u00adres \u2014 whe\u00adre the ego domi\u00adna\u00adtes \u2014 it feels like a holi\u00adday when someone real\u00adly lis\u00adtens, real\u00adly tri\u00ades to help, real\u00adly devo\u00adtes their time to the other. It helps me to remem\u00adber that the here and now, abso\u00adlu\u00adte awa\u00adre\u00adness, is what alle\u00advia\u00adtes suf\u00adfe\u00adring, what allows us to live in&nbsp;bliss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">Let\u2019s talk about the intro to the song \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d. A very spe\u00adcial flu\u00adte and a mar\u00adching rhythm. What\u2019s it all&nbsp;about?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> It\u2019s an over\u00adto\u00adne flu\u00adte, a metal tube with two ope\u00adnings. I was thin\u00adking of Shar\u00adde Tho\u00admas and the Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band and her father Othar Tur\u00adner. Shar\u00adde has inhe\u00adri\u00adted the Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi blues tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon and the band from Othar. She plays the fife, a home\u00adma\u00adde whist\u00adle, like a six-hole bam\u00adboo flu\u00adte. Devo\u00adti\u00adon has many blues ele\u00adments, open gui\u00adtar tuning, slide gui\u00adtar and lots of blues in melo\u00addy and solos. Devo\u00adti\u00adon is just down to earth, it\u2019s some\u00adthing we natu\u00adral\u00adly car\u00adry within us, that\u2019s my connection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">The flu\u00adte was your first instru\u00adment, the instru\u00adment that star\u00adted it all, if you like, was\u00adn\u2019t&nbsp;it?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Yes. The flu\u00adte gave me the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to tra\u00advel far in my mind. It is breath and melo\u00addy and free\u00addom of expres\u00adsi\u00adon. That\u2019s what I lear\u00adnt from it. The saxo\u00adpho\u00adne then gave me the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to express my energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">One cri\u00adtic has descri\u00adbed your latest album as \u201cone of the grea\u00adtest jazz albums of the new mill\u00aden\u00adni\u00adum, by far\u201d. I\u2019ll go one bet\u00adter: it\u2019s one of the best jazz albums ever recor\u00added, a mons\u00adter of an album. How did it come&nbsp;about?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Thank you! It is in its\u00adelf a con\u00adti\u00adnua\u00adtion of the pre\u00advious albums and in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar a con\u00adti\u00adnua\u00adtion of the album entit\u00adled \u201cUni\u00adver\u00adsal Code\u201d. \u201cUni\u00adver\u00adsal Code\u201d had all the ele\u00adments of spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz and what it comes from. World music influen\u00adces, jazz, blues, modal jazz \u2014 hyp\u00adno\u00adtic adven\u00adtures of ori\u00adgi\u00adnal, ener\u00adge\u00adtic music. When com\u00adpo\u00adsing the fol\u00adlow-up album \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d, I wan\u00adted to rein\u00adforce some of the\u00adse ele\u00adments. We had tou\u00adred exten\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly with our new mem\u00adber Abel Boquera on Ham\u00admond <span class=\"caps\">B3<\/span> organ, and I could hear whe\u00adre the band felt most com\u00adfor\u00adta\u00adble with their new mem\u00adber. So I com\u00adpo\u00adsed music for the band, and we deve\u00adlo\u00adped the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons by play\u00ading them in rehear\u00adsals and live, and then we recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">It was recor\u00added in the stu\u00addio but has the impact and imme\u00addia\u00adcy of a live recor\u00adding. How did you mana\u00adge that? It sounds like an incre\u00addi\u00adbly soulful session\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> That\u2019s the magic of this band play\u00ading tog\u00ade\u00adther. We can hear what each of us needs, what the music needs, so that each mem\u00adber can bring out their crea\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty in the best pos\u00adsi\u00adble way. And the\u00adre are always end\u00adless varia\u00adbles and end\u00adless pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. It\u2019s real\u00adly very uplif\u00adting to play tog\u00ade\u00adther. And yes, it was a real\u00adly incre\u00addi\u00adbly ener\u00adgi\u00adsing session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">How would you descri\u00adbe the ener\u00adgy of the&nbsp;album?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Like a freight train, and then some high flights, unex\u00adpec\u00adted but fami\u00adli\u00adar \u2026 and for me, immense beau\u00adty in meditation.<br>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">What do you think makes the album spe\u00adcial, distin\u00adgu\u00adis\u00adhes it from its predecessors?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> For me, each album is uni\u00adque in its\u00adelf. When I lis\u00adten back, none is more spe\u00adcial than the other, each has its place and its moment. Like all my pre\u00advious albums, \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d is the start\u00ading point for incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adting new ele\u00adments that we inte\u00adgra\u00adte into our music, our musi\u00adcal lan\u00adguage. The dif\u00adfe\u00adrence is per\u00adhaps that \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d places more empha\u00adsis on swing and a mix\u00adtu\u00adre of popu\u00adlar ele\u00adments such as rock, blues and coun\u00adtry&nbsp;music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">What remains are trance-like repe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adons, the pen\u00adta\u00adto\u00adnic and the eth\u00adnic influen\u00adces. What is new is that every song has been given room to brea\u00adthe. Not a sin\u00adgle track is under ten minu\u00adtes, and the ope\u00adner is lon\u00adger than 20 minu\u00adtes. One cri\u00adtic appro\u00adpria\u00adte\u00adly spo\u00adke of \u201cBuil\u00addings that are equal\u00adly har\u00admo\u00adnious and spec\u00adta\u00adcu\u00adlar\u201d. Why the epic breadth? Was that intentional?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Yes, each song can stand on its own, but as a who\u00adle the record is a gre\u00adat sto\u00adry. The ope\u00adner \u2018Abso\u00adlu\u00adte Truth\u2019 had this maje\u00ads\u00adtic bass\u00adli\u00adne that left so much room to play around. When I had the idea to slow down the bass\u00adli\u00adne in the midd\u00adle of the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon, the song natu\u00adral\u00adly expan\u00added into a long psy\u00adche\u00adde\u00adlic part. The song had so much room for avant-gar\u00adde ele\u00adments and all kinds of dro\u00adne parts. It was impos\u00adsi\u00adble to play it under twen\u00adty minu\u00adtes if you wan\u00adted to give space to all the soloists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\">But I had the impres\u00adsi\u00adon that even when the\u00adre was solo\u00ading, it was always in the ser\u00advice of the who\u00adle. Is that the plan, I assume?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri; color: #339966;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Of cour\u00adse. For me, the music is what is important. And we play music that typi\u00adcal\u00adly still has solos. In today\u2019s jazz, solos are no lon\u00adger so popu\u00adlar. But with my band it\u2019s clear: the\u00adre are solos, and the solo is what deve\u00adlo\u00adps your lan\u00adguage. It\u2019s what cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adses you and what makes the music exci\u00adting. I also want to hear how someone else expres\u00adses them\u00adsel\u00adves, whe\u00adre they are going. But as much as this indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal lan\u00adguage is cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adted and given space, the solo must also fit into the music. A solo should always reflect the song. You play for the song, and the others sup\u00adport the same. In other words, we all play for the music, for every song. But that was always clear to ever\u00adyo\u00adne, I did\u00adn\u2019t have to insist on&nbsp;it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\">So the\u00adre is a tacit agree\u00adment about whe\u00adre the jour\u00adney is&nbsp;going?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Yes, and also about what a song needs. For exam\u00adp\u00adle, the\u00adre are pas\u00adsa\u00adges in which Rado\u00admir plays a coun\u00adtry gui\u00adtar, while Abel comes in with a solo. Then again, Abel devo\u00adtes his play\u00ading more to the land\u00adscape, and Rado\u00admir comes in with a solo. When you play the song, you rea\u00adli\u00adse whe\u00adre a soloist can best express hims\u00adelf, can best sup\u00adport the song. And it\u2019s also pos\u00adsi\u00adble that this will chan\u00adge. There\u2019s a live record coming out soon whe\u00adre you\u2019ll see the songs in a dif\u00adfe\u00adrent light and rea\u00adli\u00adse how enorm\u00adous the ran\u00adge of each song&nbsp;is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\"><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>It\u2019s a never-ending pro\u00adcess of self-dis\u00adco\u00advery\u201d, you once said about making music its\u00adelf. You seem to have found your\u00adsel\u00adves as a quar\u00adtet, don\u2019t&nbsp;you?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> It sounds and feels like home, like coming home,&nbsp;yes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\">You have a long part\u00adner\u00adship with gui\u00adta\u00adrist Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar. He also lives in Ibi\u00adza, just like you. What is the secret of this very clo\u00adse musi\u00adcal friendship?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Rado\u00admir is a fan\u00adta\u00adstic per\u00adson. He\u2019s inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading, real\u00adly deep and has so many inte\u00adrests that you can\u2019t get bored. He\u2019s also very humo\u00adrous, but per\u00adhaps the most important thing for our mutu\u00adal agree\u00adment is that he sim\u00adply loves the same music as I do, the has same musi\u00adcal values and the same meti\u00adcu\u00adlous\u00adness. We never give up, and an inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading point in our long musi\u00adcal rela\u00adti\u00adonship is that what one starts, the other can and does finish, and vice ver\u00adsa. And we are com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly absor\u00adbed in the music. We are both ten\u00adacious, and the gui\u00adtar and saxo\u00adpho\u00adne are a per\u00adfect match, both so dif\u00adfe\u00adrent in sound and pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. We have sim\u00adply found a way to deve\u00adlop a uni\u00adque, reco\u00adg\u00adnisable sound through our clo\u00adse musi\u00adcal&nbsp;bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\">The sty\u00adli\u00adstic breadth of the cur\u00adrent album is enorm\u00adous. How did that come&nbsp;about?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Today\u2019s musi\u00adci\u00adans lis\u00adten to so many dif\u00adfe\u00adrent types of music. When you make a record, all the\u00adse influen\u00adces find their way into the music you play. And so I trans\u00adfer my musi\u00adcal expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces and my musi\u00adcal heri\u00adta\u00adge and trans\u00adla\u00adte them into my own musi\u00adcal expression.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\">But our play\u00ading has also evol\u00adved with Abel (Abel Boquera plays the Ham\u00admond <span class=\"caps\">B3<\/span> organ on the album). With this soul-jazz groo\u00adve that he brought in. It got the band mar\u00adching, swin\u00adging, and gave the band even more live energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\">Exci\u00adting. Some cri\u00adtics cri\u00adti\u00adcis\u00aded exact\u00adly that. The music went too far away from spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz due to the soul-jazz influen\u00adces. I felt the exact oppo\u00adsi\u00adte: That \u2014 just like you said \u2014 Abel\u2019s play\u00ading pushes the band to ano\u00adther level in places. Why should some\u00adthing that is soulful run coun\u00adter to spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal&nbsp;jazz?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> With Abel it was a very natu\u00adral deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. He plays nor\u00admal soul jazz and is at home in the tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal Ham\u00admond sound a la Jim\u00admy Smith. He brings that to the table and the band is hap\u00adpy about it, sud\u00adden\u00adly show\u00ading a new image. On \u201cUni\u00adver\u00adsal Code\u201d I com\u00adpo\u00adsed ever\u00ady\u00adthing throug\u00adhout, but on \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d I gave the band a lot of space. I gave them the\u00admes and groo\u00adves, but then let them do it. That just made more&nbsp;sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri;\">What does the much-vaun\u00adted term \u201cspi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz\u201d actual\u00adly mean to&nbsp;you?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> In my opi\u00adni\u00adon, spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz is the least rest\u00adric\u00adti\u00adve gen\u00adre, it includes all kinds of musi\u00adcal styl\u00ades and ele\u00adments. It has evol\u00adved from hard bop, modal jazz and free jazz, but it has also incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adted ele\u00adments from world music, Afri\u00adcan music, Indi\u00adan music and ele\u00adments from other popu\u00adlar gen\u00adres such as soul, funk, pop etc. So it\u2019s a gen\u00adre of music whe\u00adre I can expe\u00adri\u00adment and deve\u00adlop my per\u00adso\u00adnal sound and ide\u00adas when I play the solos, and whe\u00adre I can com\u00adpo\u00adse the\u00admes and tex\u00adtures based on ide\u00adas from the music that I real\u00adly like. I can real\u00adly go into gre\u00adat detail and expe\u00adri\u00adment with dif\u00adfe\u00adrent ele\u00adments, tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons and sounds by focus\u00adsing only on Afri\u00adcan music, for example\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">I read in a review that the album sounds like your ver\u00adsi\u00adon of Col\u00adtra\u00adne through the eyes of Jer\u00adry Gar\u00adcia. Can you rela\u00adte to&nbsp;that?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> I\u2019m very hap\u00adpy, posi\u00adtively sur\u00adpri\u00adsed, and I love to hear and read how other peo\u00adp\u00adle per\u00adcei\u00adve my music, and some\u00adti\u00admes I\u2019m so sur\u00adpri\u00adsed to learn about the con\u00adnec\u00adtions that others hear, and some\u00adti\u00admes it gives me a new per\u00adspec\u00adti\u00adve. My fans have a gre\u00adat ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon and they lis\u00adten to the music very careful\u00adly and find all kinds of con\u00adnec\u00adtions. That\u2019s gre\u00adat, and I\u2019m always hap\u00adpy when I dis\u00adco\u00adver an inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading con\u00adnec\u00adtion. I per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly love Jer\u00adry Gar\u00adcia and the Gra\u00adteful Dead, it\u2019s gre\u00adat music. And Jer\u00adry was a big fan of John. And I\u2019m sure if John had had the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to live lon\u00adger, he would have been a fan of the Gra\u00adteful&nbsp;Dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">What struck me at your last con\u00adcert in Vien\u00adna: alt\u00adhough you\u2019\u00adve been away from Vien\u00adna for a long time, you still have a huge and loy\u00adal fan base. How&nbsp;come?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Yes, it was packed last time. I\u2019m glad that so many peo\u00adp\u00adle come. It real\u00adly makes a dif\u00adfe\u00adrence when Diet\u00admar Pet\u00adschl announ\u00adces my con\u00adcert on tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon. Peo\u00adp\u00adle come who I might not other\u00adwi\u00adse reach. When Diet\u00admar puts a fea\u00adture on Austrian\u2019s Main <span class=\"caps\">TV<\/span> sta\u00adti\u00adon after the eight o clock news \u2014 the cul\u00adtu\u00adral Mon\u00adday, it is cal\u00adled, they remem\u00adber and come. But of cour\u00adse I also have a lot of fri\u00adends and fami\u00adly here. I hope it will be full again this&nbsp;time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">Thank you very much for the interview.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">Mar\u00adkus Deisenberger<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">++++<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann \u2018Devo\u00adti\u00adon\u2019 live: 15.02.24 20:30 at Por\u00adgy <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Bess, Vienna<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann: Tenor, Alto, Sopra\u00adno Saxophone<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic: Guitar<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">Abel Boquera: Ham\u00admond&nbsp;Organ<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\">Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic:&nbsp;Drums<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/\">\u21d0<\/a> <\/span>back to news&nbsp;page<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We play for the music\u201d \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">MURIEL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GROSSMANN<\/span> in an inter\u00adview with Mar\u00adkus Dei\u00adsen\u00adber\u00adger for <span class=\"caps\">MICA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AUSTRIA<\/span>,&nbsp;30th of Janu\u00adary&nbsp;2024 view ori\u00adgi\u00adnal source here Saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist and com\u00adpo\u00adser <span class=\"caps\">MURIEL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GROSSMANN<\/span> has a new album. It\u2019s cal\u00adled \u201cDevo\u00adti\u00adon\u201d and offers the usu\u00adal house brand of slight\u00adly psy\u00adche\u00adde\u00adlic spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz. That means: soulful as ever, groo\u00advy as ever, vir\u00adtuo\u00adso \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=5611\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We play for the music\u201d \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">MURIEL<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GROSSMANN<\/span> in an inter\u00adview with Mar\u00adkus Dei\u00adsen\u00adber\u00adger for <span class=\"caps\">MICA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AUSTRIA<\/span>,&nbsp;30th of Janu\u00adary 2024<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5611","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5611","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=5611"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5626,"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5611\/revisions\/5626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}