Jazz, You, the Sax and the Piano  ce mecredi à 22h au DEDICACE CAFE. Situé à l'Etage du Théatre du Gymnase, en plein coeur de Paris,38 Blvd Bonne Nouvelle 75010. Listen to the music live  at the Dedicace starting Wedsday at 10pm. A great hang with a terrace as well. Looking  foward to to posting  our originals with David soon. Design by Anatassia Yombo.

01 TOGETHER AGAIN

03 OVER THE RAINBOW

A touch of elegance  for your soirees . Ideal for art openings , cocktail hours, hotels , restaurants , museums and private parties . Also availible as a duo with acoustic bas for a really class act . listen and enjoy! 

Cocktail Solo Piano

A class  trio with elegance . For  aperos,soirees, art and museum openings , receptions of any kind , parties , hotels, and cruise ships . 

M GROSSMAN COCKTAIL TRIO

Three years after leaving NY I received a phone call from Kenji Yasutake who played me a song that I recognized as my own. It turns out that when I left my NY apartment in 92 I had thrown out a bunch of cassettes and Kenji not only picked them up but listened to them as well. Over the course of the conversation he turned producer and not only ended up fronting this session but helped assemble the band as well. I suggested Mike Clark and Tony Garnier who I knew and had played with before, and he suggested John Stubblefield. When I arrived in NY and made the calls I was a bit intimidated by John , but realized that this was really a show of tough love which really helped me grow as a musician and band leader . As it turns out we ran the tunes that same day and what you hear is a one off session done in the true spirit of jazz which was well recorded by Steve Davis. Although we recorded in 95, it wasn't until 1998 that As It Appears was released on a small label in Barcelona. It is now out of print and only available here as a downloadable CD. Just recently I came across another tune we recorded that day but was never included called Tell It to the Judge with brilliant solos by John and Mike. The title is based on a poem written by bop bassman Charlie Leeds, but that's another story! If you already have the CD you can download it as a single. With each listening over the years, I really appreciate contributions of everyone that brought my tunes to life that day, especially John's. It's been 3 years(July 4, 2005) since he died and when I heard the news I was really shocked , because I always viewed him as an invincible energy machine. As it turned out he liked my tunes and when I saw him again Barcelona in 2002 he asked for more copies of the CD. And I was truly honored when Dennis Sandole heard our version of Wayward Plaint and requested that it appear on his CD "A Sandole Trilogy " as well. I was delighted to do that and appreciative of all he shared with me. That CD was released in 1999 and the Maestro died the following year.
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02-WAYWARD PLAINT

03-YOU DON´T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

04-MORBID DESOLATION

05-CANADIAN SKYLIGHT

06-AS IT APPEARS

07-SOUL SCENTS

01  ACEPTADO 1


Cuca Bula.     Michael Grossman va començar a composar aquest tema quan treballava en un club al Low East Side de Nova York, però no el va acabar fins que va venir a Barcelona.  Reconeix que, en un altre nivell, sempre ha tingut una connexió amb Barcelona: moltes de les coses que va començar a Nova York, les ha acabades aquí, com si efectivament li hagués calgut venir per a poder arrodonir-ho tot.

És el tema més llarg, amb els solos més elaborats i els canvis més sorprenents.  Algunes línies del piano recorden Tete Montoliu, sobretot amb el “walking bass”, i Thelonous Monk, tot i que  Michael Grossman s’estima més reconèixer la influència de Bill Evans o Keith Jarret.     

A meitat de la peça el bonguito substitueix el cajón, acompanyat inicialment de platerets, per tal d’augmentar l’empenta del ritme.  Amb la gràcia protagonista del bonguito, el tema creix en complexitat i, per això, aconseguir tornar a la idea principal esdevé una tasca d’experimentació divertida.

És un tema dolç, d’un gran optimisme.  Té un toc de salsa rumbera profundament mediterrènia, un perfil clarament barceloní, amb un final casi de rock.  Al capdavall,  un homenatge a la terra d’adopció de Michael Grossman.

04 - CUCA BULA

Living in Cadiz and playing ,cruise ships and creator of Mike's Music Emporium where ever I go.

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