Cobb's Pocket

Reviewed: 2019-08-16
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Harmonica player Meurkens has proved to be a unique player with his own sound and approach. He tackles challenging material with apparent ease, coming up with fresh and very fluent statements. He has a natural inclination for seeking out beauty, for breathing harmony of color into themes and extemporizations.
If You Like: Toots Thielmans, Howard Levy, Lee Oskar
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Driftin’ (6:06) – organ/harmonica starts with a big blast> midtempo jam> harmonica solo> guitar solo> organ solo>midtempo jam> slow fade
**2/ Cobb’s Pocket (4:47) – organ starts> uptempo jam> harmonica solo> organ solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> crescendo end
3/ Frame For The Blues (8:34) – slow blues jam> guitar solo> harmonica solo soars> guitar solo> organ solo> fade
4/ Slidin’ (6:29) – organ/guitar starts> midtempo jam> harmonica solo> guitar solo> organ solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
*5/ Slow Hot Wind (5:40) – organ starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> organ solo> guitar solo> harmonica solo> fade
6/ Unit Seven (5:35) – organ starts> uptempo jam> organ solo> guitar solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
**7/ Polka Dots And Moonbeams (6:25) – guitar starts> slow jam> guitar solo> organ solo> harmonica solo> slow jam> slow fade
*8/ A Slow One (6:38) – organ starts> midtempo jam> guitar solo> harmonica solo> organ solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end