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Muriel Grossmann: The Light Of The Mind
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Muriel Grossmann continues her transcendental journey with her 2024 release, The Light of the Mind. She reunites her quartet from her previous album, Devotion (Third Man Records, 2023), featuring guitarist Radomir Milojkovic, organist Abel Boquera, and drummer Uros Stamenkovic. That earlier album hinted at the direction taken here: a spiritually centered, unmistakably soulful exploration. The album opens with “Pointing Out -Part I," which begins with a wash of vibrational atmospheres from organ and Moog. Stamenkovic's mallet work, ...
Continue ReadingMuriel Grossmann: Universal Code
by Mark Corroto
Infectious is a word much maligned of late. What with a worldwide pandemic, the word has come to stand in for other terms such as contagious and transmittable. The word though has another meaning as demonstrated by saxophonist Muriel Grossmann's Universal Code. Infectious can also mean irresistible or compelling in an infectious way. Together with her quartet, Grossman broadcasts her engrossing message as a cross between soul jazz and uplifting spiritual music. Universal Code contains the Paris-born, ...
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