The chromatic harmonica may look like a simple toy or a novelty but it is actually one of the most difficult of all
instruments to play. Stating a bebop melody with the ease of a saxophonist has only been achieved by a small handful of jazz harmonica players, most notably Toots Thielemans and Hendrik Meurkens.

For his new project 'The Jazz Meurkengers', Meurkens decided that a new swinging jazz album was long overdue so he contacted pianist Steve Ash, bassist Chris Berger and drummer Andy Watson to help him deliver the hard-bop groove of Winton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb and Wes Montgomery.

The album features four standards, five Meurkens originals and special guests Ed Cherry and Nick Hampton.

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

Additional Details

Label: Cellar Live

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 53:44 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/29/24

UPC: 875531025705