Hendrik Meurkens Quartet
About This Event
Hendrik Meurkens brings his dual voice on harmonica and vibraphone to The Django with his quartet, sharing top billing with bassist Gabriel Espinosa. Known for writing and solos that move between blues-inflected lines and harmonically searching passages, Meurkens favors clear ensemble arrangements over showmanship, an approach that shapes the program at this engagement.
About the Artists
Hendrik Meurkens Quartet
"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.
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.