Jazz Articles about Meeco

About Meeco

Album Review

Portuguese for “Perfume and Caresses," Perfume e Caricias offers a relaxing and tender musical experience, perfect for those who appreciate the lighter side of jazz. Written as an intimate statement of music, the eight-song, one alternate take repertoire, has been described as “fragile and introspective" in nature. Composed and produced by German-born Michael Maier aka “Meeco," of Paris, France, the album is a joint effort with Brazilian vocalist, Eloisia, a member of the French group Nouvelle Vague, who penned the ...

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Meeco: Perfume e Carícias

Read "Perfume e Carícias" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 26, 2010

Everything about the music of Meeco speaks of subtlety, seduction and mood, from the cover art--with vocalist-lyricist Eloisia embracing him in what can only be described as a Calvin Klein advertisement-type pose--to the title itself, which is Portuguese for “Perfume and Caresses." The music, presented in easy-to-digest short tracks, with the longest performance clocking in at around four-and-half-minutes, works off of a less-is-more approach and maintains a noir-ish sensibility. Meeco--who wrote the music and produced the album, ...

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Meeco: Amargo Mel

Read "Amargo Mel" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 26, 2009

Meeco is a rather young musician who appears drawn not simply to the musical idioms of jazz, popular music and a myriad of those in the Latin tradition; he also set out to do what musicians of his age seldom attempt: he's made a troubadour record. Amargo Mel is a very difficult project to pull off, even with a stellar cast including pianist Reggie Moore, bassist Ron Carter, trumpeter/flugelhornist Eddie Henderson, the late tenor saxophonist David Fathead" Newman, altoist Charlie ...