Author / Michael Griener

The April/May 2025 issue of JazzPodium, Germany’s oldest jazz magazine, features an interview with me conducted by fellow drummer and journalist Niklas Wandt in early…

I just happened to find out that yesterday was Pete “LaRoca” Sims’ 87th birthday. When I played with Dave Liebman and Bob Lenox at the…

It’s a surreal feeling to hear my own sounds that I know so well incorporated into a movie on the big screen. I imagine that’s what…

In the current issue of We Jazz magazine, Peter Margasak reviews three of my recent releases.About the double CD GRIENER/RODER: BE OUR GUEST, with which…

I don’t consider myself a composer, but over the years I have composed a few pieces from time to time. In 2015 I recorded one…

Today is Ulrich Gumpert’s 80th birthday.We first played together in the mid-nineties, shortly after I moved to Berlin, on the initiative of bassist Matthias Bauer,…

Leaving the band was not an easy decision for me, but a necessary one. I am proud of what we have achieved in our time…

The Simon Rummel Ensemble is one of the ensembles I am particularly fond of and have been a part of since its inception 12 years…

Yesterday I had the opportunity to play a solo concert – something I don’t do very often. I never seem to be able to prepare…

Although I did my very best to answer the questions in this week’s edition of the Free Jazz Blog’s Sunday interview as honestly as possible,…