{"id":5336,"date":"2022-10-19T01:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T23:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.murielgrossmann.com\/?p=5336"},"modified":"2022-10-19T01:55:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T23:55:21","slug":"about-this-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/?p=5336","title":{"rendered":"About this Album \u2014 Universal Code"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MURIEL<\/span> GROSSMANN<\/span> \u2014 UNIVERSAL CODE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

LINER<\/span> NOTES<\/span> from the ori\u00adgi\u00adnal album cover by Thom Jurek:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sin\u00adce 2007, saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist and com\u00adpo\u00adser Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann has been releasing albums of uncom\u00admon qua\u00adli\u00adty and depth. After arri\u00adving in Ibi\u00adza from Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna in 2004, she has crea\u00adted a distinc\u00adtively indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal approach to spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz. Buil\u00adding on a sound deve\u00adlo\u00adped in the 1960s by the Col\u00adtra\u00adnes and others, Grossmann\u2019s approach joins Afri\u00adcan music, modal jazz, gos\u00adpel, blues, free-jazz and Eas\u00adtern tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons with a flu\u00adid, near\u00adly ela\u00ads\u00adtic poly\u00adrhyth\u00admic sensibility.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Paris-born, Vien\u00adna-rai\u00adsed Gross\u00admann belie\u00adves our evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon towards enligh\u00adten\u00adment is alre\u00ada\u00addy engra\u00adved in our being, our huma\u00adni\u00adty. While phy\u00adsi\u00adcal DNA<\/span> evi\u00adden\u00adces it bio\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal\u00adly, our path accor\u00adding to Bud\u00addhist belief, no mat\u00adter how many life\u00adti\u00admes we inha\u00adbit, always moves towards an awa\u00adke\u00adning that tran\u00ads\u00adcends, and ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly frees us from DNA<\/span>\u2019s bio\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal limi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons. Music, a form of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon that exists bey\u00adond spo\u00adken lan\u00adguage tran\u00ads\u00adcends its own for\u00admal\u00adly nota\u00adted DNA<\/span>. Gross\u00admann employs her expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adti\u00adal and lear\u00adned musi\u00adcal and life know\u00adledge, lin\u00adking them to a pro\u00adfound desi\u00adre to ease the suf\u00adfe\u00adring of others, and to encou\u00adra\u00adge evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon toward enligh\u00adten\u00adment and freedom.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This music on Uni\u00adver\u00adsal Code is long on con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adti\u00adve, instru\u00admen\u00adtal dex\u00adteri\u00adty, as well as har\u00admo\u00adnic and rhyth\u00admic inven\u00adti\u00adon. Its spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal aspi\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons are arti\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adted via inter\u00adro\u00adga\u00adti\u00adve melo\u00addies, poignant solos, and inter\u00adwo\u00adven groo\u00adves that reso\u00adna\u00adte insi\u00adde the listener\u2019s ears, mind, and body. Uni\u00adver\u00adsal Code fea\u00adtures Grossmann\u2019s quar\u00adtet on six tracks that boo\u00adkend three (\u201cTran\u00adsi\u00adence,\u201d \u201cEssence,\u201d and \u201cNon-Dua\u00adli\u00adty\u201d), with a quin\u00adtet that includes dou\u00adble bas\u00adsist Gina Schwarz. Bel\u00adgra\u00adde-born gui\u00adta\u00adrist Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic has been working with Gross\u00admann sin\u00adce 2002. His roun\u00added tone and end\u00adless curio\u00adsi\u00adty add imme\u00ada\u00adsur\u00ada\u00adb\u00adly to the group\u2019s ques\u00adt\u00ading approach. Ser\u00adbi\u00adan drum\u00admer Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic and dou\u00adble bas\u00adsist Gina Schwarz (hers\u00adelf an Aus\u00adtri\u00adan band\u00adlea\u00adder and recor\u00adding artist) joi\u00adn\u00aded for 2016\u2019s Natu\u00adral Time, trade\u00admar\u00adking the collective\u2019s uni\u00adque approach. In 2018, Ham\u00admond B\u20113 orga\u00adnist Llo\u00adrenc\u0327 Bar\u00adce\u00adlo, from the neigh\u00adbou\u00adring island Mal\u00adlor\u00adca, joi\u00adn\u00aded the band, appearing on 2019\u2019s Rever\u00adence, 2020\u2019s Quiet Earth and 2021\u2019s Union.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The music fol\u00adlows a win\u00adding aural road from inten\u00adti\u00adon to impres\u00adsi\u00adon to per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adon, and from awa\u00adre\u00adness to trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon and ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly, tran\u00ads\u00adcen\u00addence. \u201cReso\u00adnan\u00adce\u201d com\u00admen\u00adces with a tom tom break, pro\u00adbing gui\u00adtar chords and a B\u20113 vamp. Grossmann\u2019s sopra\u00adno enters on the second cho\u00adrus as the ensemble\u2019s rhyth\u00adms begin per\u00adco\u00adla\u00adting. She rides the mode, crea\u00adting an Eas\u00adtern-tin\u00adged swing. Milojkovic\u2019s snaky gui\u00adtar break enga\u00adges blues and post\u00adbop. The B\u20113 bass\u00adli\u00adne in \u201cCla\u00adri\u00adty\u201d is asser\u00adti\u00adve atop glis\u00adtening hi hat cym\u00adbals, a puls\u00ading elec\u00adtric gui\u00adtar vamp, and Grossmann\u2019s sopra\u00adno in midf\u00adlight. The quar\u00adtet interlocks in a dif\u00adfe\u00adrent cadence on the bridge befo\u00adre she deli\u00advers a ser\u00adpen\u00adti\u00adne sax solo that slides around her band\u00adma\u00adtes befo\u00adre emer\u00adging in the cen\u00adter. The urgent \u201cInter\u00adcon\u00adnec\u00adtion\u201d offers coun\u00adter rhyth\u00adms balan\u00adced by gui\u00adtar and organ in call-and- respon\u00adse fashion while Gross\u00admann solos. Her skeins of notes flow befo\u00adre her band\u2019s inces\u00adsant, dri\u00adving moti\u00adon breaks down into fun\u00adky soul jazz while Milojkovic\u2019s solo chan\u00adnels Grant Green.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Schwarz\u2019s deep, reso\u00adnant, woo\u00addy tone intro\u00addu\u00adces \u201cTran\u00adsi\u00adence,\u201d atop syn\u00adco\u00adpa\u00adted rim shots and a waf\u00adting organ groo\u00adve befo\u00adre Grossmann\u2019s wan\u00adde\u00adring modal lyric offe\u00adring modal state\u00adments from the Arab and Spa\u00adnish worlds. Schwarz is a gui\u00adding pre\u00adsence on a glo\u00adrious meld of modal jazz, spec\u00adtral blues, spa\u00adcious R&<\/span>B, and poly\u00adrhyth\u00admic inquiry on \u201cNon-Dua\u00adli\u00adty,\u201d cul\u00admi\u00adna\u00adting in Grossmann\u2019s aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve, deep\u00adly expres\u00adsi\u00adve tenor. Schwarz adds a \u201cwal\u00adking\u201d pre\u00adsence to \u201cEssence\u201d that tran\u00ads\u00adcends the trap\u00adpings of 12 bar blues even as her band\u00adma\u00adtes revel in them.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The quar\u00adtet returns with the more rhyth\u00admi\u00adcal\u00adly pro\u00adpul\u00adsi\u00adve \u201cLibe\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon.\u201d Intro\u00addu\u00adced by a cir\u00adcu\u00adlar B\u20113 bass\u00adli\u00adne and a flu\u00adid gui\u00adtar vamp, Grossmann\u2019s tenor deli\u00advers the head with Stamenkovic\u2019s kit flowing, fil\u00adling and dri\u00adving along\u00adside her. Her tenor solo soars abo\u00adve the quartet\u2019s spa\u00adcious, near\u00adly breathing groo\u00adves. \u201cPost-Medi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon\u201d finds Gross\u00admann on flu\u00adte as well as tenor. The loo\u00adse minor mode pro\u00advi\u00addes a solid blues fla\u00advor that Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic trans\u00adforms into jazz-blues with a fun\u00adky solo. Grossmann\u2019s knot\u00adty, laby\u00adrin\u00adthi\u00adne tenor break traces his inven\u00adti\u00adon wed\u00adding both the\u00admes, accom\u00adpa\u00adnied only by Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic. Clo\u00adser \u201cCom\u00adpas\u00adsi\u00adon\u201d a near\u00adly rau\u00adcous par\u00adty track, offers a lyri\u00adcal, swin\u00adging mid\u00adtem\u00adpo bal\u00adlad, alter\u00adna\u00adting with a fin\u00adger-pop\u00adping rock with a soul vibe framed by marim\u00adbas, biting gui\u00adtar and tenor sax. For Grossmann\u2019s band, this spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jour\u00adney ends with the cele\u00adbra\u00adti\u00adon of arri\u00adval. The\u00adse musi\u00adci\u00adans com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adte an aural, ins\u00adtruc\u00adti\u00adve jour\u00adney through emo\u00adti\u00adons, spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal sta\u00adtes, doubt, and awa\u00adre\u00adness coll\u00adec\u00adtively and indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly. Uni\u00adver\u00adsal Code is an achie\u00adve\u00adment. It frames their utteran\u00adces, ques\u00adti\u00adons and dis\u00adco\u00adveries in a visio\u00adna\u00adry yet warm\u00adly wel\u00adco\u00adming approach that expo\u00adnen\u00adti\u00adal\u00adly extends the spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon in the 21st century.
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>~ Thom Jurek, is an aut\u00adhor, poet, and seni\u00ador wri\u00adter All-Music Guide.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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