| View Larger Image | Amazon River | Audio CDby Hendrik Meurkens
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| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Studio: | Megaforce | | Release Date: | August 23, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 240,670th |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Mountain Drive
- Track 2: Amazon River
- Track 3: Menina na Janela (The Girl in the Window)
- Track 4: Passarim
- Track 5: Ela e’ Carioca
- Track 6: Lingua de Mosquito (Mosquito Tongue)
- Track 7: O Cantador
- Track 8: Meu Canario Vizinho Azul
- Track 9: Sem Voce
- Track 10: Piano na Mangueira
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)
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Beautiful Music by Isabel Kessel (USA)  5 Stars
June 16, 2008
This is one of the few CDs that I have where all the songs are beautiful.
Meurkens is an excellent musician.
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Amazon River by Perlina Varon (Raanana, Israel) 5 Stars
September 25, 2005
Very soothing and relaxing music for those who love Latin American music. It is the type of music that I enjoy listening when I am reading a book, cooking, working in the garden, exercising, or doing anything else. I can concentrate on my reading or carry on my work while I listen to the music. I like the beat and the rhythm of the Latin American music and strongly recommend it for those who like to listen to this type of music.
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One of the Best Brazilian Jazz Recordings of This, Or Any Era by Murray Resin (Anywhere, USA) 5 Stars
August 31, 2005
Hendrik Meurkens is a German harmonica player with a lifelong love of Brazilian music on this CD, he perfectly captures the essence of all aspects of the Brazilian sound, from Bossa to Samba to Chorinho.
I put this one on and find I can't take it off my CD player. It's just the most lyricial, enchanting, invigorating music I've heard in a long long time.
Toots has long been acknowledged as the king of the Jazz harmonica, but on this CD, Hendrik Meurkens' mastery of the "mouth organ," is truly a marvel.
The repertoire includes some Jobim, tasty Meurkens' originals, and several by Dori Caymmi, including the melancholy title track, which features Dori's wordless vocal. All the music serves to demonstrate Meurken's lyricism, his mastery of a difficult instrument, and his significant connection with Brazilian music.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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