CD-Release for SAMBA LITTLE SAMBA
Sunday, August 2nd, at the Iridium, New York
SAMBA LITTLE SAMBA, the new album of GABRIEL ESPINOSA and HENDRIK MEURKENS, is
now available and features an All-Star cast including guests Anat
Cohen, Antonio Sanchez and Tierney Sutton, as well as Alison Wedding,
Misha Tsiganov and Adriano Santos. This album is the follow-up to their
initial successful collaboration, the critically acclaimed CELEBRANDO.
Please join Gabriel Espinosa and Hendrik Meurkens for the CD-Release
at the Iridium on Sunday, August 2nd.
1650 Broadway (at 51st St.), New York, NY 10019, ph. 212-582-2121
Shows at 7:30 & 9:30PM
Hendrik Meurkens - harmonica & vibes
Gabriel Espinosa - bass & vocals
Irina Zubareva - vocals & percussion
Misha Tsiganov - piano
Adriano Santos - drums
"Hendrik
Meurkens...is fast becoming a superstar of his instruments: the
harmonica and the vibraphone...On the harmonica he is now the bona fide
heir apparent to Toots Thielemans...This partnership with the bassist
Gabriel Espinosa has yielded two Zoho albums so far... Both are superb
recordings...(Gabriel Espinosa)'s singing is subtly expressed and is
always graceful throughout." Raul da Gama - latinjazznetwork
"Call it high octane samba...Killer stuff that works throughout." Chris Spector - Midwestrecord
"Demonstrating
yet once more after their initial successful collaboration
on Celebrando that you don't need to be a Brazilian to have an authentic
feel for Brazilian jazz, Mexican bassist Gabriel Espinosa and
harmonica/vibes master Hendrik Meurkens' Samba Little Samba offers an
exciting menu of Brazilian sounds..." Jack Goodstein - Blogcritics
"Meurkens, who stole the show on Celebrando, remains a captivating personality on harmonica and vibraphone...Espinosa('s) bass serves as a foundational presence again, grounding things without pushing into the spotlight...Samba Little
"...Every
track here is filled with seamless beauty and a steady yet lilting
energy...Samba Little Samba is outstanding. There is much to love from
the opening notes to the last." Ken Franckling - JazzNotes
"Hendrik
Meurkens has been one of the foremost proponents of the Brazilian genre
for decades now while Gabriel Espinosa continues his love affair with
the samba sounds he was first exposed to back in the early
60s...Samba Little Samba
"The
two lead artists...combine near suicidal excess with hairpin-turn
discipline to create the most confounding and commanding jazz album of
the year." John Shelton Ivany - jsitop21
"It's
a cliché to say that music is a universal language, but "Samba
Little Samba", the newest CD by Gabriel Espinosa and Hendrik Meurkens
shows the truth inside that old maxim...There's been plenty of talk
lately about jazz belonging only to blacks and samba belonging only to
Brazilians, but "Samba Little Samba" proves those arguments wrong with
its very existence." Tom Cunniffe - Jazzhistoryonline.com
