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Hendrik Meurkens: Live at Bird's Eye
by Chris M. Slawecki
Live at Bird's Eye embodies the truly global nature of modern jazz: Meurkens' fourth ZOHO release was recorded at two concerts performed at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club in Basel (Switzerland) by his Samba Jazz Quartet, which features this German-born vibes and harmonica player with Russian pianist Misha Tsiganov and the rhythm section of bassist Gustavo ...
Masha Campagne: Like Water, Like Air
by Dan Bilawsky
Vocalist Masha Campagne may hail from Moscow and live in San Francisco, but she's a Brazilian at heart. Campagne, who first encountered jazz through her musical grandfather's record collection and performances, left her native land and settled in the Bay Area in the early '90s. She took in all of the aural wonders of the area, ...
Masha Campagne - Like Water, Like Air - Featuring: Guinga, Hendrik Meurkens, Weber Iago - Set To Release November 6, 2012
Vocalist, Songwriter, Producer Moscow-born vocalist Masha Campagne spent her formative years studying cello and piano at the famed Gnessin State Musical College. Her grandfather, Matthew Fayans, an accomplished multi-reed player introduced her to jazz and bossa nova music. Whether attending his shows with the 25-piece Metropole Big Band Orchestra or delving into his extensive LP collection ...
Carol Saboya: Belezas: The Music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento
by C. Michael Bailey
Brazilian vocalist Carol Saboya's previous recording with her father, pianist Antonio Adolfo--La e Ca: Here and There (AAM Music) --was one of the highlights of 2010. She returns as headliner on Belezas: The Music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento again, supported by Adolfo and his very fine quartet. Composers Lins and Nascimento represent a late ...
Brazilian Vocalist Carol Saboya To Make U.S. Solo Debut With "Belezas: The Music Of Ivan Lins & Milton Nascimento"
Already established as a premier recording artist in her native Brazil and in Japan, with eight albums to her credit, vocalist Carol Saboya is poised to make her U.S. solo debut with the July 10 release of Belezas: The Music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento. The CD, on the AAM Music label, features guest appearances ...
Hendrik Meurkens: Live at Bird's Eye
by AAJ Italy Staff
Live at Bird's Eye documenta due registrazioni, una del 2008 e l'altra del 2010, realizzate presso l'omonimo jazz club di Basilea, dalla band capitanata dall'armonicista e vibrafonista tedesco Hendrik Meurkens, il quale riversa la sua passione per la musica brasiliana nei nove brani proposti, un buon mix di composizioni originali e rifacimenti di alcuni brani di ...
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band: Eleven
by C. Michael Bailey
Like many other corners in that amorphous room called jazz, big band jazz has grown more abstract and experimental since its heyday in the 1930s. This process is necessary for the creative evolution of the art, but often produces music that is as unlistenable as it is creative--or brilliant. Abstract growth may be considered horizontal evolution, ...
Live at Bird's Eye
Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Amazonas; Estate; Sambatropolis; Dindi; Lingua De Mosquito; Noa Noa; Body And Soul; Minha Saudade; Voce Vai Ver.
Hendrik Meurkens: Live At Bird's Eye
by Dan Bilawsky
As a virtuoso harmonicist and vibraphonist, Hendrik Meurkens has always reigned supreme in the unique instrument doublers category, yet he never seems to get the attention he fully deserves. The German-born, New York-based Meurkens has been making beautiful and bouncy Brazilian-based music for decades with his instruments of choice, and Live At Bird's Eye is no ...
Five Golden Rings for Christmas
by C. Michael Bailey
The 2011 holidays are nearly upon us and with them, the requisite focused recordings. The number of such offerings has diminished in the last number of years. What has not diminished is the quality of the recordings, as evidenced by these five “golden rings." Happy holidays, jazz fans. Elisabeth Lohninger Band
