Meurkens, Hendrik / Cobb's Pocket
Album: Cobb's Pocket   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Meurkens, Hendrik   Added:Aug 2019
Label:In + Out Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-08-21 Pull Date: 2019-10-23 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 20 Oct 13 Oct 6 Sep 29 Sep 22 Sep 15 Sep 8
Airplays: 3 2 1 1 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 15, 2021: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Sep 17, 2019)
Driftin', Slow Hot Wind
4. Oct 18, 2019: Clean Copper Radio
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
2. Oct 29, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Polka Dots And Moonbeams, Slidin'
5. Oct 18, 2019: Old Fart At Pay
Frame For The Blues
3. Oct 19, 2019: the Acupuncture Hour
Cobb's Pocket
6. Oct 15, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
A Slow One

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-08-16
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

Track Listing
1. Driftin'   5. Slow Hot Wind
2. Cobb's Pocket   6. Unit Seven
3. Frame For The Blues   7. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
4. Slidin'   8. A Slow One