Hendrik Meurkens Quintet
About This Event
Hendrik Meurkens brings his dual expertise on harmonica and vibraphone to Smalls Jazz Club, leading the Hendrik Meurkens Quintet. Known for clean phrasing and ensemble interplay that ranges from blues-inflected lines to more harmonically searching passages, Meurkens shares billing with bassist Gabriel Espinosa while the quintet lets arrangement choices and collective interplay shape the music.
About the Artists
Hendrik Meurkens
Hendrik Meurkens is a Dutch jazz musician known for working on both harmonica and vibraphone, instruments he brings into a modern jazz language. In New York City he appears at Smalls Jazz Club, where he leads the Hendrik Meurkens Quintet in sets that foreground ensemble interplay and clean phrasing.
Hendrik Meurkens Quintet
"Harmonica maestro Hendrik Meurkens and bassist Gabriel Espinosa share top billing, but the music seems to mark this as a Meurkens date. While each man contributes four songs to the program, Meurkens' harmonica is the guiding voice.