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I think about the people
playing those instruments.
It’s about the personalities
combining my personality
and trying to have these con-
versations to make music out
of them.”
Grenadier, 56, is married
to singer-songwriter-guitarist
Rebecca Martin, and they
have a young son. The couple
have performed together and
made recordings of her work.
A recording made in 2019,
The Gleaners, features him
on solo bass with one track
composed by his wife.
“The beautiful part of
music is the conversation
among particular people,”
Grenadier said. “I’m always
looking for situations where
we have similar ideas of
where we want to get to in
the music and similar ideals
about music in general.
“Performance is kind of a
platform for that to take off
in the right environment, on
the right day and sound the
right feeling among us that
can get to a really high level
of communication.”
Grenadier is taken with the
importance of the bass.
“Every band needs a bass
player,” he reflected. “There’s
never enough. Even in New

York City, that’s true. I started
that role of performing and
didn’t look back. My goal was
to play with better and better
musicians. That was through
practicing a lot. I was learn-
ing from them on the job and
going back home and pro-
cessing that information.”
During the pandemic,
Grenadier appreciated time
staying home with family,
reading and cooking; but he
is glad to be in front of audi-
ences again.
“Traveling around the
world is a beautiful thing,”
he said. “We try to take our
son on the road so he can
see different cultures. You
[experience] different ways
to think about daily life. At
the same time, we see how
everybody is connected.
Playing music with other
people, especially jazz as a
democratic situation, teaches
us how to be better human
beings and how to relate to
other people.”
One of Grenadier’s upcom-
ing projects is making a
recording with saxophonist
Charles Lloyd, and he is
looking forward to that. He
also is looking forward to
seeing Detroit’s architecture.

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