Re: [Harp-L] re: Hendrik Meurkens, by wondrous Winslow

["David R. Fertig" <dfertig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Winslow, you're amazing.  What I find most awe-inspiring is your apparent 
ability to defy the phsyics of time and space, doing four times as
much in half the time in twice as many places for so many people at 
once!  What a treasure trove, what a bundle of energy, what a - nut!

And, fellow- Harp-L-ers, perhaps the most amazing thing that forever put 
Winslow Yerxa into my definition of "awesome" was his impromptu 
coordination of 40 mostly neophyte harp suckers into a coherent and varied 
musical sound, at Jon Gindick's Jam Camp, October 2004 in Anaheim.

This man ain't afraid of nothin', and that's the most dangerous sort!

-Dave


At 12:15 PM 2/14/2005, Winslow Yerxa wrote:
> Glenn Weiser writes:
>
> I just heard of this guy. What does anyone here know of him? Let me
> know.
>
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>
> Don't get around much in jazz circles, eh, Glenn?
>
> Hendrik was born in Germany of Dutch parents and moved to Brazil for
> several years, then to New York. His first CD came out about 1989 or
> '90, a self-produced effort. This was followed by 4 or 5 CDs on the
> jazz label Concord, in varying combinations of Brazilian and
> straightahead jazz. He also recorded with guitarist Charlie Byrd,
> including a live set from the Concord jazz festival. Hendrik doubles on
> vibes and can be both seen and heard in the latter role in the film
> Dolores Claiborne (Stephen King story, starring Kathy Bates and
> Jennifer Jason Leigh). I reviewed a number of these in HIP. Since then
> he has moved on from Concord and has recorded several more CDs (I've
> lost track), among them one with guitarist Mundell Lowe. He was
> featured at the SPAH festival one year in the mid-90s and again at the
> second Harmonica Summit in Minneapolis.
>
> Hendrik is a take-no-prisoners straightahead player with immense chops
> - just listen to him rip through some Brazilian chorinhos at breakneck
> speed, thens start improvising bebop on them. he has a knack for
> putting together really good recording groups of imaginative,
> aggressive players.
>
> His website: http://www.hendrikmeurkens.com
>
> Winslow
>
>
>
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