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Hendrik Meurkens
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Hendrik Meurkens, a virtuoso on both the chromatic harmonica and the vibraphone, is the most important jazz harmonica player since Toots Thielemans. German-born but now based in New York, Meurkens' recordings and performances garner worldwide acclaim because the transcendent beauty of his music has universal appeal. A two-mallet player in the tradition of Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson, Hendrik Meurkens was en-route to being an instantly recognizable vibraphonist when he heard Toots Thielemans. Inspired by the sound of Thielemans' harmonica, he taught himself the difficult-to-master instrument. Hendrik Meurkens' other life-changing musical experience was his introduction to samba and bossa nova
Let's Fall in Love
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: I’ll Take Romance; All of You; A Time for Love; Taking a Chance on Love; How Long Has This
Been Going On; Let’s Fall in Love; The Very Thought of You; It’s All Right with Me; Crazy He
Calls Me; More Than You Know; I’ve Got a Crush on You; How Deep Is the Ocean.
Judy Whitmore: Let's Fall in Love
by Jack Bowers
Polymath Judy Whitmore has taken time away from her busy and productive career(s) to record her fifth album, Let's Fall in Love, and like the first four, it is a smooth and delightful tour of memorable themes from the Great American Songbook, sung with radiance and heart by one of the leading exponents of popular song ...
New Music from Kirilova, Liu, Sveið, Transcedence, And More
by Bob Osborne
The conventional meets the experimental in this weeks selection. Well known artists sit side by side with new faces to the World of Jazz. Acoustic and electronic music converge in fascinating new approaches to the music. Playlist Victoria Kirilova Quartet “City Of Hills" from Roots & Skies (DaVinci Jazz) 00:00 The Heath Brothers feat, ...
Gerald Clayton, Igmar Thomas, Johnny O'Neal & Wes Montgomery
by Joe Dimino
As we gear up for the Count Basie at 90 Celebration right here in Kansas City on International Jazz Day 2025, featuring none other than the legendary Count Basie Orchestra, we kick things off in style--with a nod to one of the true greats. We open the show with Wes Montgomery, spinning a track from his ...
The Jazz Meurkengers
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: A Slow One; Belgian Beer At Dawn; A Lullaby For Benny; Silver's Serenade; Meurks' Mood;
Dreamsville; If I Were A Bell; A Tear For Toots; Smada.
Come Fly with Me
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: It’s Nice to Go Trav’ling; Come Fly with Me; On an Evening in Roma; A Nightingale Sang in
Berkeley Square; There’s a Small Hotel; I Thought About You; Moonlight in Vermont; April in
Paris; Georgia on My Mind; Autumn in New York; Beyond the Sea; Around the World.
Hendrik Meurkens: The Jazz Meurkengers
by Edward Blanco
When one thinks of the jazz harmonica, two names immediately come to mind, the late great Toots Thielemans and the incomparable Hendrik Meurkens whose new project The Jazz Meurkengers fully captures Meurkens' desire to produce a new and exciting swinging jazz album. While Meurkens learned to play the vibraphone first at the age of sixteen growing ...
Hendrik Meurkens: The Jazz Meurkengers
by Pierre Giroux
Harmonica virtuoso Hendrik Meurkens brought together an outstanding group of musicians in The Jazz Meurkengers, which is a swinging tribute to the allure of hard-bop jazz. Supported by the resourceful and highly adaptable rhythm section of pianist Steve Ash, bassist Chris Berger and drummer Andy Watson, the band was augmented by the impeccable guitarist Ed Cherry ...
Dayna Stephens, Monty Alexander, Tom Collier & Daniel Bennett
by Joe Dimino
From a brilliant New York City talent, we begin the 850th Episode of Neon Jazz with multi-instrumentalist Daniel Bennett and a get a cut off his 2024 album Mr. Bennet's Mind. From there, we move on to a collection of great new songs from Monty Alexander, KJ Denhert, Tom Collier & Hendrik Meurkens. In between, we ...
