Jazz Articles about Abel Boquera

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Album Review

Muriel Grossmann: Plays The Music of McCoy Tyner and Grateful Dead

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by Mark Corroto
February 22, 2026

To avoid the possibility of provoking outrage from any quarter, we sidestep, at least in theory, the perennial question of whether the Grateful Dead belong under the jazz umbrella. The devotion inspired by the band founded in the 1960s by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and company is legendary. 'Dead Heads' formed a small nation unto themselves, following the band from city to city, taping live performances and subsisting on grilled cheese sandwiches along the way. Imagine Dean Benedetti obsessively trailing ...

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Muriel Grossmann: MGQ Live Im King Georg, Köln

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by Mark Corroto
August 5, 2025

Muriel Grossmann has firmly established herself in the realm of spiritual groove jazz. With her 19th release as a leader, the Paris-born, Vienna-raised saxophonist--now based in Spain--presents her first live recording. Joined by her long-standing ensemble MGQ, which features Serbian-born guitarist Radomir Milojkovic and drummer Uros Stamenkovic, along with Spanish Hammond B3 organist Abel Boquera, the quartet delivers a fiery set: twelve extended tracks on the CD version and seven on the LP. The music was captured on ...

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Muriel Grossmann: The Light Of The Mind

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by Mark Corroto
January 30, 2025

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, ...