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 switched to alto and soprano saxophone and started playing 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 started to lead her own bands for recordings and concerts. Muriel Grossmann is resident in Ibiza since 2004, which marks a very fruitful recording and performing period.
Muriel Grossmann played and recorded with Joachim Kuehn, Wolfgang Reisinger, Rolf Kuehn, Martin Klingeberg, Thomas Heidepriem, Mark Vinci, Molly Duncan, Joe Sanders, Alice Zawadzki, Alina Bzhezhinska, Toni Kofi, Christian Lillinger, Johannes Fink, Robert Landfermann, Esteve Pi, Abel Boquera, Elias Meiri and Muriel Grossmann Barcelona Quartet featuring Radomir Milokovic on guitar, David Marroquin on upright and Marko Jelaca on drums, recording and performing 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.
2011–2014 Muriel Grossmann was performing and recording with quartet featuring Radomir Milojkovic (Belgrade) on guitar, Robert Landfermann (Cologne) on upright bass and Christian Lillinger (Berlin) on drums.
Since 2014 she is working with Radomir Milojkovic (Belgrade) on guitar, Gina Schwarz (Vienna) on double bass and Uros Stamenkovic (Belgrade) on drums.
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.
Since 2022 Abel Boquera (Barcelona) is playing Hammond B3 in the Muriel Grossmann Quartet.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Homecoming Reunion (2007) CD DreamlandRecords
Here And Now (2008) CD DreamlandRecords
Quartet (2008) CD DreamlandRecords
Sudden Impact (2009) CD DreamlandRecords
Birth Of The Mystery (2010) CD DreamlandRecords
For Ornette (2012) release TBC
Awakening (2013) CD DreamlandRecords
Earth Tones (2015) CD DreamlandRecords
Heaven On Earth release TBC
Natural Time (2016) CD DreamlandRecords
Momentum (2017) CD DreamlandRecords
Golden Rule (2018) CD DreamlandRecords 2x12” VINYL RR Gems Records
Golden Rule / Okan Ti Aye (Radio Edits) (2019)7″ VINYL JAZZ45, Jazzman Records
Reverence (2019) CD DreamlandRecords 2x12” VINYL RR Gems Records
Golden Rule EDITION 2# (2020)2x12” VINYL RR Gems Records
Live at the Art House release TBC
Elevation (2020) 12″ VINYL / CD Jazzman Records
Reverence (2020)HHV Excl. Transparent Red (limited to 200)2x12” VINYL RR Gems Records
Quiet Earth (2020) CD DreamlandRecords 12″ VINYL RR Gems Records
Union (2021) CD DreamlandRecords 12″ VINYL RR Gems Records
Natural Time (2016/2021) CD, 2x12” VINYL Dreamlandrecords, distributed by RR Gems Records
Universal Code (2022) CD Dreamlandrecords, 2 x 12″ VINYL RR Gems Records (release in 9/06 June 2023)
Birth Of The Mystery (2010/2023) limited to 300 ex, 12″ VINYL RR Passerine Records
Muriel Grossmann plays Miles 7″ Third man Record (part of subscription package April 2023)
Devotion (Oct 2023) CD & 2x12″ VINYL Third man Records