| Meurkens, Hendrik / Harmonicus Rex |
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| Album: | Harmonicus Rex | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Meurkens, Hendrik | Added: | Jul 2016 | |
| Label: | Height Advantage | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-07-19 | Pull Date: | 2016-09-18 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Aug 21 | Aug 14 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 15, 2022: | Music Casserole Skj | 4. | Aug 10, 2016: | Laptop Radio Mundell's Mood | |
| 2. | Aug 14, 2016: | K-Area Mundell's Mood | 5. | Aug 07, 2016: | K-Area Darn That Dream | |
| 3. | Aug 13, 2016: | Music Casserole Falling In Love With Love | 6. | Aug 05, 2016: | The Pocket Skj |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2016-08-05 | ||
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Tom McCarter Hendrik Meurkens Harmonicus Rex Height Advantage This is a fabulous set from a 25 year veteran who has come back to straight ahead jazz after playing Brazilian music for many years. I particularly like the interplay with the trumpet. Long-time veteran Jimmy Cobb holds down the drums. The resto of the band are up & coming. Everyone is top notch. I also like that his repertoire is drawn from lesser known tracks by famous players. Genre: jazz If You Like: Toots Thielmans, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter FCCs: none Favorite Tracks: Mundell’s Mood, SKJ, Up Jumped Spring, Mean Dog Blues, Darn That Dream Track Review: 1. Mundell’s Mood – fast jam with trumpet wailing 2. Slidin’ – starts slow and builds. Flute duets 3. In Your Own Sweet Way – slow with nice flourishes, harmonica leads 4. Afternoon – slow ballad, emotive harmonica, duet with trumpet 5. SKJ – boppin’ piano intro gorgeous trumpet solo, everyone in the groove 6. Falling in Love with Love – uptempo swinging romp, all harmonica 7. A Summer in San Francisco – slow ballad, piano intro, a gorgeous duet with flute 8. Up Jumped Spring – piano intro, everybody swings, trumpet shines 9. Mean Dog Blues – Straight bop, the hardest swing on the CD, great solos all around 10. Darn That Dream – slow tune with gorgeous flourishes on harmonica, false ending 11. What’s New – another gorgeous ballad with harmonica solos | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Mundell's Mood | 6. | Falling In Love With Love | |||
| 2. | Slidin? | 7. | A Summer In San Francisco | |||
| 3. | In Your Own Sweet Way | 8. | Up Jumped Spring | |||
| 4. | Afternoon | 9. | Mean Dog Blues | |||
| 5. | Skj | 10. | Darn That Dream | |||
| 11. | What's New | |||||