Muriel Grossman »MGQ - live im King Georg, Köln« Album Release & Listening Session. After Show Party w/ C:Mone

In the organizer's words:

Muriel Grossmann - MGQ live at King Georg, Cologne On November 11, 2022, the symbolic start of Cologne's carnival season, a memorable concert was recorded at the King Georg jazz club: Muriel Grossmann and her quartet played a live set that transformed the club into a musical island. While the carnival hustle and bustle slowly died down outside, the King Georg offered music lovers an evening full of musical depth. Subdued lighting, an intimate club atmosphere, groove and optimized sound created a parallel universe of interpretative expansiveness and spiritual contemplation.

Many see the Ibiza-based saxophonist as a promising voice of European spiritual jazz. With her unmistakable sound between modal jazz, blues and spiritual sounds, she has made a name for herself worldwide with albums such as Golden Flute, Reverence, Quite Earth & Universal Code.

In contrast to the studio albums released between 2018 and 2022, which were strongly anchored in modal jazz, this recording shows the quartet's development towards an increasingly psychedelic, bluesy and atmospheric fusion sound aesthetic.

The release also marks the launch of the new Cologne-based label POWERHOUSE Records. After several studio albums on the Estonian label RR Gems, a compilation on the British label Jazzman Records and an album on Jack White's Detroit label Third Man Records, "MGQ live at King Georg" is the discographically indispensable "Live at" album.

The album has been available for pre-order on the label's Bandcamp page since January 8th.

On this evening, a small contingent of LPs will be available for purchase after the listening session. First come, first served!

After show party with C:Mone

Here are the hard facts:Release date: 05.03.2025

Standard black vinyl, with black padded inlay, classic tip-on cover on 350gr paper with artwork by Tom Król.

Limited to 500