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Hendrik Meurkens: Amazon River
by Chris May
When the great wordsmith in the sky invented the word “gorgeous" She might have been thinking of this album, a celebration of all that is lovely about Brazilian music, from samba and choro through bossa nova and jazz. On the face of it, Hendrik Meurkens is not the most likely outsider to have gotten ...
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Label: Cadence Jazz Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1.You?d Be So Nice to Come Home To 2.Someday My Prince will Come
3.Mundell?s Mood 4.Come Rain or Come Shine 5.Bolero 6.The Cottage
7.Strayhorn 8.The Days Of wine And Roses 9.Slidin?
The Rick Holland Quartet featuring Hendrik Meurkens: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
by Glenn Astarita
They've performed together over the years. As jazz harmonica ace Hendrik Meurkens joins educator/flugelhornist Rick Holland and his quartet, for a cool, jazzy brew consisting of standards and originals. Melody is the key ingredient throughout, as the lead soloists complement each other via alternating statements and gleeful unison choruses. Meurkens' illuminating work on 'Someday My Prince ...
Encontros
Label: Malandro Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Summer in San Francisco; Baden; Amor em Paz (Once I Loved); Chorinho No. 2; Rosa; Junity; Chega de Saudade (No More Blues); Prague in March; Forests (Let Them Be Free); This is for Luisa; O Ovo (The Egg).
Encountros
Label: Malandro Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Summer In San Francisco, Baden, Amor em Paz, Chorinho No. 2, Rosa, Junity, Chega de Saudade, Prague in March, Forests, This Is for Luisa, O Ovo
New York Nights
Label: A-Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: I Didn?t Know What Time it Was; It Could Happen to You; New York Nights; You Stepped Out of a Dream; Slidin?; Bittersweet; My Foolish Heart; The Cottage; Second Waltz; Scrapple from the Apple.
Nilson Matta & Hendrik Meurkens: Encontros
by Jim Santella
What does Brazilian jazz mean to you? Is it a soft, flowing melody that steps lightly along the beach? Is it a saucy samba that parades proudly and whistles your worries away? Don't forget the jazz part. Do the artists provide you with fresh improvisation and a rhythmic groove? The encounter between Hendrik Meurkens and Nilson ...
Nilson Matta & Hendrik Meurkens: Encountros
by AAJ Staff
Bassist Nilson Matta and multi-instrumentalist Hendrik Meurkens have performed on the periphery of Brazilian music, even as they have been immersed in the thick of it as well. So much in demand because of their unique talents, Matta has performed with the likes of Don Pullen and Mor Thiam, while Meurkens has worked with Allen Farnham ...
Hendrik Meurkens: New York Nights
by C. Andrew Hovan
At the age of forty-four, Hendrik Meurkens really has no peers on the American jazz scene, with the possible exception of one. You see, Meurkens plays harmonica and the only other gentleman to make a name for himself in jazz with that instrument would be the ubiquitous Toots Thielmans. Born in Germany to Dutch parents, Meurkens' ...
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