BIRTH OF THE MYSTERY, by Muriel Grossmann

BIRTH OF THE MYSTERY

by Muriel Grossmann

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Catalogue number: PR-004, Released by Passerine Records Februar 1, 2023
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1.	Strength 11:02	info	buy track
2.	Trust 06:20	info	buy track
3.	Breathing 03:51	info	buy track
4.	Patience 07:06	info	buy track
5.	Opening 04:38	info	buy track
6.	Slide 07:34	info	buy track
7.	Welcome 05:17	info	buy track

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Spiritual Jazz, a powerful experience, composed and performed by Muriel Grossmann Quartet; irresistible mixture of post-hard Bop, modal and avant-garde Jazz.
This album is a suite there are no breaks in between the songs (just 2 sec between song 3 and 4)

ALBUM NOTES - BIRTH OF THE MYSTERY

When the vital energies work their way through a group of musicians, the psychological experience is of inner joy that becomes greater then the sum of the individually invested parts. The images are not ordered to present a well-known picture of a familiar subject. What occur in this music are combinations of contrasting rising and falling light and sound substances, which dart in completely unexpected directions. The images will whirl in spiral through an unlimited space without ever seeming to be hampered by any arbitrary limits. Music of the moment makes the whole, or as Muriel Grossmann puts it: “We were playing with a concept, creating organic unity.” The complete musicianship, evidenced by the quartet members on this record, can be set down to the fact that each member is aware not only of their own personal needs, but are conscious of being part of a living productive organism, which not only fulfills the needs of its members but provides endless pleasure and stimulation for the listener.
Austrian Alto and Soprano saxophonist and composer Muriel Grossmann is widening her musical commitment and bold explorations, creating urgent and elevating music. With singular imagination Muriel Grossmann is a player and composer with a blend of traditional and visionary, absolutely explosive throughout; music here is the case in point. The Creation of ever evolving shapes moving in multidirectional ways; open structures, giving the feeling that the process of making music is an end in itself and not just the means of obtaining a perfectly finished product. In the last years Muriel Grossmann has been performing and recording with such artists as Wolfgang Reisinger, Christian Lillinger, Johannes Fink and leading her own projects. She was just recently selected for best jazz record of the year in the category “millor nova proposta 2009” in Jazz Magazine Jaç (no. 30, Feb/March 2010) for Cd Quartet (Dreamlandrecords, DR 03 CD).
“The suite Birth of the Mystery is about elaborating the idea of a joyful birth in a musical way. Creation is coming through us but not from us. There are six important states of mind. Strength is about will power. Trust is about, all that comes to you is meant for you, so trust and your actions will be good. Breathing is about the essential part of being conscious as the breath flows, to use the power of the now. Patience is about the peacefulness in non-action. Opening, as in everyday life, is about being open to give and to receive compassion and love; and Slide is about letting the things fall right into your hands to Welcome it, so the joy can ease you.”
The Quartet is composed of Radomir Milojkovic on guitar, who both as accompanist and soloist, has sophisticated sensibility and high-level of consistency; with the drums of Marko Jelaca, an orchestral continuum of rhythmic irregularities that nevertheless mark the most rigorous metric, and bassist David Marroquin, who with same sense of freedom always brings a wide range of rhythms and sounds. This music is universal; they compose quartet to the power of four, as well as a quartet four times unique.
Each composition is a study in itself, the elaboration of the musical concepts through harmony, melody and rhythm. “I was mostly writing in the nighttime, while everybody was asleep. The stillness and peace of the night were guiding me”. David Farrow

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released December 1, 2010

Muriel Grossmann : alto saxophone
Radomir Milojkovic : guitar
David Marroquin : bass
Marko Jelaca : drums

Recorded on 6th & 7th of July, 2009, at Sonic Vista Studios, St. Josep, Ibiza, Spain.
Mixed by Wolfgang Reisinger.
Mastered by Klaus Scheuermann at 4OHM Music

Foto by Marga Jarrin
Painting by Ayelén & Muriel
Cover design by Lilac

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Muriel Grossmann Spain

Muriel Grossmann, Austrian saxophone player & composer has played & recorded with Jazz greats, such as Joachim Kühn, Christian Lillinger, Robert Landfermann, Wolfgang Reisinger; Currently performing w. Radomir Milojkovic-g, Llorenç Barceló-organ, Uros Stamenkovic-dr. Muriel has released many records like Natural Times, Momentum, Golden Rule, Reverence, Quiet Earth, Union & Universal Code. ... more

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