Amazon River - Blue Toucan Records - Recorded 2004
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1. Mountain Drive (Hendrik Meurkens)
2. Amazon River (Dori Caymmi)
3. Menina na Janela (The Girl In The Window) (Hendrik Meurkens)
4. Passarim (A.C.Jobim/ P.Jobim)
5. Ela é Carioca (A.C.Jobim/ V.de Moraes)
6. Lingua de Mosquito (Mosquito Tongue) (Hendrik Meurkens)
7. O Cantador (Dori Caymmi – Nelson Motta)
8. Meu Canário Vizinho Azul (Toninho Horta)
9. The Peach (Hendrik Meurkens)
10. Sem Você (A.C.Jobim-Vinicius de Moraes)
11. Piano na Mangueira (A.C.Jobim/ C.Buarque)
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| Produced by Oscar Castro-Neves and Hendrik Meurkens
Hendrik Meurkens, harmonica and vibes (on ‘Ela é Carioca’)
Dori Caymmi, vocal and guitar on ‘O Cantador’ and ‘Amazon
River’
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet on ‘The Peach’ and ‘Lingua
de Mosquito’
Oscar Castro-Neves, guitar, vocal on ‘Ela é Carioca’
and ‘Sem Voçê’
Helio Alves, piano
Nilson Matta, bass
Duduka Da Fonseca, drums and percussion
Pedro Ramos, cavaquinho
Robson Cerqueira, bandolim on ‘Menina na Janela’
Guilherme Monteiro, guitar on ‘Menina na Janela’
Zé Mauricio, percussion
Jorge Amorim, percussion
Cassio Duarte, percussion
Recorded March, May and June 2004
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Watch a video that tells the unique story of Amazon River:
Amazon River is the culmination of Hendrik Meurkens' lifelong
love of Brazilian music. Although he has recorded Brazilian music many times,
this is his first true concept recording, wherein Meurkens focuses on all aspects
of the Brazilian sound, from samba to chorinho, supported by both small group
and strings.
During a tour of Germany and Finland with Oscar Castro-Neves,
Meurkens began putting the pieces together. It started as a Brazilian Quartet
project with Helio Alves, Nilson Matta and Duduka da Fonseca but with Oscar
as co-producer, they began recording tracks with additional musicians as well,
including Dori Caymmi and Paquito D’Rivera.
Meurkens believes that “Amazon River is the ultimate statement
about me and my music. It presents the whole picture, from Brazilian influenced
Jazz to more traditional music. I feel it’s my best work, with so much
variation included within it. My goal was to make the most beautiful album possible
and I know that we did.”
“Music is not always meant to make a political statement.
Music is just music. When a bird sings, he doesn’t want to change the
world. I feel my obligation is to create something of real beauty. There’s
no greater statement than that.”
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