Biography

Muri­el Grossmann
saxo­pho­ne, composer

          Aus­tri­an alto, sopra­no, tenor saxo­pho­nist and com­po­ser Muri­el Gross­mann was born in Paris and grew up in Vien­na, whe­re she initia­ted clas­si­cal stu­dies of flu­te at the age of five until twen­ty-one, when she tran­si­tio­ned to alto and sopra­no saxo­pho­ne and soon began per­forming and tou­ring with various rhythm & blues, funk, world music, and jazz groups and artists such as Hans Tschi­ritsch, Shani Ben Canar, Chris­toph Kurz­mann, Geri Schul­ler, Pete Hoven, Robert Rehak, The Ori­gi­nal Brothers. 

          In 2002 she moved to Bar­ce­lo­na, whe­re she began lea­ding her own bands for record­ings and con­certs. Sin­ce 2004 she has been based in Ibi­za, which marks a peri­od of par­ti­cu­lar­ly fruit­ful record­ing and per­forming acti­vi­ty. Muri­el Gross­mann has play­ed and recor­ded with Joa­chim Kühn, Wolf­gang Rei­sin­ger, Rolf Kühn, Joe San­ders, Ali­ce Zawadzki, Ali­na Bzhez­hin­s­ka, Chris­ti­an Lil­lin­ger, Robert Land­fer­mann, Este­ve Pi, Eric Per­son, and Omar Kab­ir, as well Muri­el Gross­mann Bar­ce­lo­na Quar­tet, per­forming and record­ing her ori­gi­nal compositions. 

          Gross­mann play­ed in Spain, Fran­ce, Bel­gi­um, Aus­tria, Ger­ma­ny, Hol­land, Ire­land, Greece, Eng­land, Moroc­co, South Afri­ca, Poland, Slo­ve­nia, Slo­va­kia, Hun­ga­ry, Ita­ly, Fin­land, Esto­nia, Den­mark per­forming over 150 con­certs a year. 

          From 2011 to 2014, Muri­el Gross­mann per­for­med and recor­ded with a quar­tet fea­turing Rado­mir Milo­j­ko­vic (Bel­gra­de) on gui­tar, Robert Land­fer­mann (Colo­gne) on upright bass, and Chris­ti­an Lil­lin­ger (Ber­lin) on drums. 

          Sin­ce 2014 she has been working with Rado­mir Milo­j­ko­vic (Spain) on gui­tar, Gina Schwarz (Aus­tria) on dou­ble bass and Uros Sta­men­ko­vic (Cana­da) on drums. Her album “Gol­den Rule”, released on RR GEMS Records on vinyl, was awar­ded Best Album of the Year (2018) by UK Vibe Magazine.

          In 2018  Llo­renç Bar­ce­lo  (Mal­lor­ca) on ham­mond joi­ned her group. He has been tou­ring with the Muri­el Gross­mann Quar­tet till 2022, record­ing Ham­mond B3 on the albums Rever­ence, Quiet Earth, Uni­on and Uni­ver­sal Code.

          In 2019, “Rever­ence” ent­e­red Gil­les Peterson’s World­wi­de Awards, and Peter­son has been play­ing Muriel’s music ever sin­ce. Sin­ce 2022 Abel Boque­ra (Spain) plays and records Ham­mond B3 organ with the Muri­el Gross­mann Quartet. 

          In 2023, Muri­el Gross­mann released the album “Devo­ti­on” on Jack White’s label Third Man Records. She had pre­vious­ly par­ti­ci­pa­ted in a Third Man Records Vault sub­scrip­ti­on packa­ge hono­ring the gre­at electric Miles Davis album Fearless. Her con­tri­bu­ti­on, “Muri­el Gross­mann Plays Miles”, was issued on a 7‑inch sin­gle and reached more than 12 000 subscribers. 

          In 2024, the Muri­el Gross­mann Quar­tet per­for­med at Gil­les Peter­son Pres­ents Impres­si­ons at the Fon­da­ti­on Maeght in Vence, Fran­ce, and at Jazz á la Vil­let­te in the Gran­de Salle Pierre Bou­lez at the Phil­har­mo­nie de Paris, among other venues. In the same year, Muri­el was also nomi­na­ted by Die Pres­se for Aus­tri­an of the Year in the cate­go­ry of inter­na­tio­nal suc­cess. 

“Muri­el Gross­mann, an artist who sin­gle-han­ded­ly res­ha­ped and reinven­ted spi­ri­tu­al jazz for this cen­tu­ry remains one of the grea­test spi­ri­tu­al jazz per­for­mers, record­ing artists, and com­po­sers of today.” Her­mes Vile­na, King Georg, Cologne

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY

Home­co­m­ing Reuni­on (2007) DR 01 CD*
Here And Now (2008) DR 02 CD*
Quar­tet (2008) DR 03 CD*
Sud­den Impact (2009) DR 04 CD*
Birth Of The Mys­te­ry (2010) DR 05 CD*
Awa­ke­n­ing (2013) DR 06 CD*
Earth Tones (2015) DR 07 CD*
Natu­ral Time (2016) DR 08 CD*
Momen­tum (2017) DR 09 CD*
Gol­den Rule (2018) DR 10 CD*, 2x12” Vinyl RRGEMS05**, limi­ted to 400 ex
Gol­den Rule/Okan Ti Aye (Radio Edits) (2019) 7′′ Vinyl, JAZZ450005 (JAZZ45 seri­es), Jazz­man Records
Rever­ence (2019) DR 11 CD*, 2x12” Vinyl RRGEMS07**
Gol­den Rule Edi­ti­on 2# (2020) 2x12” Vinyl, RRGEMS05**
Ele­va­ti­on (2020) JMANCD 119, 12′′ Vinyl JMANLP 119, Jazz­man Records
Rever­ence (2020) HHV Excl. Transp. Red Vinyl Edi­ti­on (limit. to 200) 2x12” Vinyl, RRGEMS07**
Quiet Earth (2020) DR 12 CD*, 12′′ Vinyl, RRGEMS09**
Uni­on (2021) DR 13 CD*, 12′′ Vinyl, RRGEMS11**
Natu­ral Time (2016 / 2021) DR 08/2 CD*, 2x12” Vinyl, DR 10821 LP*, dis­tri­bu­t­ed by RRGems Records
Uni­ver­sal Code (2022) DR 14 CD* (2023) 2x12” Vinyl, RRGEMS16**
Birth Of The Mys­te­ry (2010 / 2023) 12′′ Vinyl, PR-004, Pas­se­ri­ne Records, limi­ted to 300 ex,
Muri­el Gross­mann plays Miles (2023) 7′′ Third Man Record, part of Vault sub­scrip­ti­on packa­ge #56
Devo­ti­on (2023) CD and 2x12′′ Vinyl, TMR-690, Third Man Records
The Light of the Mind (2024) DR 16 CD*, 12” Vinyl RRGEMS18**
MGQ live im King Georg, Köln (2025) DR 17 CD*, 12′′ Vinyl, PHR_1, Power House Records
MGQ live im King Georg, Köln (2025) HHV Excl. Transp. Green / 200, 12′′ Vinyl PHR_1, Power House Records
Bre­akthrough (2025) DR 18 CD*, 12” Vinyl RRGEMS21**

*DR — Dream­land­Re­cords,  **RRGEMS — RR Gems Records