{"id":999,"date":"2015-12-10T10:55:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T09:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.murielgrossmann.eu\/?page_id=999"},"modified":"2021-11-03T00:37:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:37:15","slug":"album-notes-natural-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=999","title":{"rendered":"Album Notes \u2014 Natural Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALBUM<\/span> NOTES<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

               When I was asked to wri\u00adte liner notes for this record, I met with Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann to hear the music and make the inter\u00adview. Lis\u00adtening to the Natu\u00adral Time<\/strong> record in its enti\u00adre\u00adty, was inde\u00aded an expe\u00adri\u00adence, like tra\u00adve\u00adling wit\u00adhout moving, and I could not help but think, that the\u00adre is a link to what some\u00adbo\u00addy once said: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of modal music, that is play\u00aded every day throug\u00adhout the world. It\u2019s par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly evi\u00addent in Afri\u00adca, but if you look at Spain or Scot\u00adland, India or Chi\u00adna, you\u2019ll dis\u00adco\u00adver this again in each case. If you want to look bey\u00adond the dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adces in style, you will con\u00adfirm that the\u00adre is a com\u00admon base. That\u2019s very important. Cer\u00adtain\u00adly, the popu\u00adlar music of Eng\u00adland is not that of South Ame\u00adri\u00adca, but take away their purely eth\u00adnic cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adristics \u2014 that is their folk\u00adlo\u00adric aspect \u2014 and you\u2019ll dis\u00adco\u00adver the pre\u00adsence of the same pen\u00adta\u00adto\u00adnic son\u00ado\u00adri\u00adty, of com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble modal structures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

              The link was not only con\u00adfirm\u00aded, but also broa\u00adden\u00aded during con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon, through ano\u00adther aspect that is equal\u00adly important to the artist. \u201cFor me Natu\u00adral Time<\/strong> is about brin\u00adging for\u00adward the essence of ones natu\u00adre. You have kept your path and one day, ever\u00ady\u00adthing comes tog\u00ade\u00adther. In Music it is like in life. It feels like, when living accor\u00adding to that inner call, your ener\u00adgy is having direc\u00adtion. You just know, what you have to do, each step you are taking feels to be at the right time. Same goes for this record and tunes, par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly in Peace for All and Your Pace, it ela\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtes on the same thought of making things right and brin\u00adging for\u00adward the best in yours\u00adelf, other peo\u00adp\u00adle and the situa\u00adti\u00adon you are in. As for Afri\u00adcan Dance, it\u2019s a homage to this abun\u00addant land and it\u2019s gre\u00adat peo\u00adp\u00adle, while Hap\u00adpi\u00adness is a medi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon on hap\u00adpy thoughts from moment to moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                   Fin\u00adding the right musi\u00adci\u00adans was an important part in the making of Natu\u00adral Time, musi\u00adci\u00adans who play it peaceful\u00adly but inten\u00adse. \u201cI\u2019ve play\u00aded with Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic many years ago in Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna, befo\u00adre he went to live and play in Toron\u00adto, but on his way back to Euro\u00adpe, we star\u00adted to play a lot more tog\u00ade\u00adther \u2014 a gre\u00adat musi\u00adci\u00adan who knows to play for the group and knows what music needs. As for Gina Schwarz, we know each other from Vien\u00adna whe\u00adre we play\u00aded with dif\u00adfe\u00adrent groups. Her strong bond with music comes through with every note she plays. With Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic I have work\u00aded for so many years and we made a lot of music tog\u00ade\u00adther and yet every new record is a new adven\u00adture. This time it tur\u00adned out to be about voya\u00adge, open space, dri\u00adving through woods, desert, moun\u00adta\u00adins, near sea\u00adsi\u00adde. We were also try\u00ading to imple\u00adment dif\u00adfe\u00adrent kinds of instru\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon and sets of musi\u00adcal dro\u00adnes to the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons like sar\u00adan\u00adgi, flu\u00adte, har\u00admo\u00adni\u00adum, bells and others, as we alre\u00ada\u00addy intro\u00addu\u00adced in our pre\u00advious album \u2018Earth Tones\u2019 DR<\/span> 07 CD<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                 What works good for the con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon of this liner notes, is what Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann said to me at the end of our con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon. \u201cNatu\u00adral Time is a simp\u00adle true mes\u00adsa\u00adge, sim\u00adply play\u00aded for peo\u00adp\u00adle like you and me.\u201d 
\nJ. C. Sanders<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

DUSTY<\/span> GROOVE<\/span> \u2014 CHICAGO<\/span> Nov 2021 \u2014 NATURAL<\/span> TIME<\/span> with BONUS<\/span> TRACK<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span>A real step for\u00adward for saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann \u2013 as the set seems to have a new sort of fire that was\u00adn\u2019t the\u00adre on her debut \u2013 as Gross\u00admann and quar\u00adtet open up to embrace the world of modal rhyth\u00adms! The tunes here all have this fan\u00adta\u00adstic sen\u00adse of pul\u00adse \u2013 ener\u00adgy that comes from the\u00adse sub\u00adli\u00adme bass\u00adli\u00adnes by Gina Schwarz, balan\u00adced with open-ended drum\u00adming from Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic, and given all the\u00adse warm colors by gui\u00adta\u00adrist Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic \u2013 a play\u00ader who\u2019s equal\u00adly bril\u00adli\u00adant on the record as Gross\u00admann \u2013 who blows both sopra\u00adno sax and alto, each with this ama\u00adzin\u00adgly intui\u00adti\u00adve sen\u00adse of a solo \u2013 as if her spi\u00adrit is effort\u00adless\u00adly flowing through the horns. Dus\u00adty Groo\u00adve, Chicago<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

JAZZQUAD<\/span> \u2014 BELARUS<\/span> Feb 2016<\/strong>
\nI have had the plea\u00adsu\u00adre to acquaint our rea\u00adders with the works of Aus\u00adtri\u00adan saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann, living on the Ibi\u00adza, Spain, for her 2015 album Earth Tones<\/em>. On the first day of 2016 Muri\u00adel released a new album under the name of Natu\u00adral Time<\/em>. If the pre\u00advious work car\u00adri\u00aded a con\u00adcep\u00adtu\u00adal Gross\u00admann (an over\u00adview of the disk can be found on the web\u00adsite), the out\u00adward\u00adly Natu\u00adral Time is not. As Muri\u00adel descri\u00adbed in an inter\u00adview with JC<\/span> San\u00adders, which for\u00admed the basis of his liner notes, \u201eNatu\u00adral Time is just a sin\u00adce\u00adre mes\u00adsa\u00adge, an album, whe\u00adre we play for ordi\u00adna\u00adry peo\u00adp\u00adle like you and me.\u201c I per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly think, it is not so, becau\u00adse here almost every com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon, even if not lin\u00adked by a com\u00admon the\u00adme, has its phi\u00adlo\u00adso\u00adphi\u00adcal implications. <\/span><\/p>\n

Howe\u00adver, let us first hear about the obvious chan\u00adges in Natu\u00adral Time<\/em> in com\u00adpa\u00adri\u00adson with her pre\u00advious work. Muri\u00adel plays here not only on the sopra\u00adno but also the alto saxo\u00adpho\u00adne. Pre\u00adser\u00adving the for\u00admat of the quar\u00adtet, she and her regu\u00adlar part\u00adner, the gui\u00adta\u00adrist Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic, work here with a new rhythm sec\u00adtion. It is the Aus\u00adtri\u00adan bas\u00adsist Gina Schwarz, an old fri\u00adend of Muri\u00adel still in Vien\u00adna, and the Ser\u00adbi\u00adan drum\u00admer Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic. The quar\u00adtet her\u00adein rea\u00adches gen\u00adder pari\u00adty, and per\u00adhaps the balan\u00adce of yin and yang was the key to the harm\u00ado\u00adny and inner balan\u00adce of the per\u00adfor\u00admance of Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admanns music. This, of cour\u00adse, a joke, but in the past, and now the posi\u00adti\u00adve ener\u00adgy real\u00adly comes through with each song of the album.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Title\u00adsong and one of the lon\u00adger pie\u00adces of the album ( \u201eNatu\u00adral Time\u201c) \u2013 I took it as a reflec\u00adtion on the flee\u00adting time, dating back to the bibli\u00adcal \u201etime to be born and a time to die\u201c of made and missed \u2013 has a beau\u00adtiful solo of Gross\u00admann and Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic, in the back\u00adground a relent\u00adless\u00adly repe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve rhyth\u00admic sound\u00adscape, inspi\u00adred by just such a pos\u00adsi\u00adbly erro\u00adn\u00adeous inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. In con\u00adtrast to this title pie\u00adce, in the final com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon \u201eBliss\u201c, it see\u00admed to me, the\u00adre is no time at all. From this pie\u00adce brea\u00adthes Bud\u00addhism, it is full of inner peace, as if lost in the asce\u00adtic nir\u00adva\u00adna \u2013 again in my free inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admanns music. And the \u201ekey\u201c for the music which hap\u00adpens, the com\u00adpo\u00adser gives hers\u00adelf in the same inter\u00adview for the liner notes. Reflec\u00adtions on hap\u00adpi\u00adness (\u201eHap\u00adpi\u00adness\u201c) with an impres\u00adsi\u00adve bass solo by Gina Schwarz in the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion, and also ano\u00adther does not requi\u00adre expl\u00adana\u00adti\u00adon, the pie\u00adce cal\u00adled \u201ePeace For All\u201c, and dedi\u00adca\u00adted to the plight of Afri\u00adca \u201eAfri\u00adcan Dance\u201c a pie\u00adce with a graceful rhyth\u00admic pattern.<\/span><\/p>\n

And for all this pro\u00adfound\u00adnes, this music is sur\u00adpri\u00adsin\u00adgly easy to lis\u00adten. If the\u00adre is the con\u00adcept of \u201euser-fri\u00adend\u00adly inter\u00adface\u201c, is appli\u00ades to the music of Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann, she is fit to intro\u00addu\u00adce a \u201efri\u00adend\u00adly new jazz\u201c; this style of music is not always found. And the final touch to this review: one thing in the new pro\u00adject remain\u00ades unch\u00adan\u00adged, com\u00adpared to the pre\u00advious: the album cover art again is deco\u00adra\u00adted by Muri\u00adel and her child\u00adren \u2013 abs\u00adtract bright jui\u00adcy colors \u2013 as in the music of Muri\u00adel Grossmann.<\/span>
\nLeo\u00adnid Aus\u00adkern<\/strong>, Jazz\u00adQuad \u2014 Bela\u00adrus  03.02.16<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

CONCERTO<\/span> \u2014 AUSTRIA<\/span>  Aug\/Sep 2016<\/strong>
\nThe Aus\u00adtri\u00adan saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann, who is living on Ibi\u00adza, has again brought out with \u201eNatu\u00adral Time\u201c, as well as with the albums befo\u00adre a tim\u00ade\u00adl\u00adess\u00adly beau\u00adtiful, inten\u00adse Album, inspi\u00adred by Coltrane\u2019s Sound. With gui\u00adta\u00adrist Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advich Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann has a long\u00adstan\u00adding com\u00adpa\u00adn\u00adion at her side and he knows to use the sound of his gui\u00adtars to accom\u00adplish the band extre\u00adme\u00adly well in addi\u00adti\u00adon to the fan\u00adta\u00adstic, bas\u00adsist Gina Schwarz and drum\u00admer Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic, this time respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the rhythm.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Soli wit\u00adhout idlers or pla\u00adtes quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons are the spi\u00adce of this gre\u00adat audio medi\u00adum. The title track, which main\u00adta\u00adins the rhythm from the first until the last minu\u00adte, about ten minu\u00adtes but it could also go twen\u00adty minu\u00adtes, so hap\u00adpi\u00adly one allo\u00adwes hims\u00adelf to fall into this medi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve music. Ins\u00adtead, the\u00adre are still seven other tracks that never dimi\u00adnish the atten\u00adti\u00adon and bring musi\u00adcal influen\u00adces from Afri\u00adca and India, for exam\u00adp\u00adle. Albums with this cer\u00adtain jazz spi\u00adri\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adty have beco\u00adme rare, the more important that with the saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann someone is the\u00adre, to not let us for\u00adget this spi\u00adri\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adty. (Bak) Chris\u00adti\u00adan Bak\u00adonyi<\/strong>,<\/em> Con\u00adcer\u00adto \u2014 Aus\u00adtria  Aug\/Sept 2016<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

NEW<\/span> YORK<\/span> CITY<\/span> JAZZ<\/span> RECORD<\/span>  Sept 2016<\/strong>
\nSaxo\u00adpho\u00adnist Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann grew up in <\/span>Vien\u00adna but has lived in Ibi\u00adza for over a deca\u00adde, <\/span>recor\u00adding eight albums the\u00adre, all but one with <\/span>gui\u00adta\u00adrist Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic; her latest, Natu\u00adral Time, <\/span>enlists Vien\u00adnese bas\u00adsist Gina Schwarz and drum\u00admer <\/span>Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic (who, like Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic, is from <\/span>Bel\u00adgra\u00adde). Over the cour\u00adse of their part\u00adner\u00adship <\/span>Gross\u00admann and Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic have deve\u00adlop <\/span>a signa\u00adtu\u00adre aes\u00adthe\u00adtic based on modal cen\u00adters, <\/span>pen\u00adta\u00adto\u00adnic melo\u00addies and poly\u00adpho\u00adnic dro\u00adnes, <\/span>a Spar\u00adtan approach pro\u00advo\u00adking inte\u00adrest through its <\/span>medi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve qua\u00adli\u00adty. The dro\u00adnes are thi\u00adc\u00adke\u00adned with <\/span>dis\u00adcreet tam\u00adbu\u00adra (or shru\u00adti box), sar\u00adan\u00adgi, whist\u00adles <\/span>and chi\u00admes. Milojkovic\u2019s tril\u00adling obbli\u00adga\u00adto parts are <\/span>often laye\u00adred and pan\u00adned, with a third gui\u00adtar hol\u00adding <\/span>chords, while bass and drums keep <\/span>time. Gross\u00admann, <\/span>at the cen\u00adter, sup\u00adpli\u00ades cool pas\u00adsi\u00adon. <\/span>New York City Jazz Record<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/em><\/a><\/span>\u21d0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
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