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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. 

Details
The free Detroit Jazz Festival runs Sept. 2-5 
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Sept. 1-5, Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi
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