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SUMMARY:Fridays with Frank Jazz Listening Sessions
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Happy Hour Jazz with Frank Cochran at The Institute Library\nEvery Friday from 5:15-7:00 p.m.\nAn Eclectic Selection \nFrom Our Vinyl Collection \nThe Fridays with Frank jazz listening sessions are held in the third floor music room\, to consider\, contemplate and appreciate the wonders in the Institute Library’s amazing jazz vinyl collection. \nFriday Happy Hour Jazz is\, as always\, a BYOB\, BYO Snack evening; the crowd’s always appreciative and always excited to see what people bring. Updates to the schedule\, including inclement weather closures\, will be provided via the internal Jazz email list. Want to be added to that list? Let us know! \nPlease consider making a $5 donation when you come to Friday Happy Hour Jazz.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Happy Hour Jazz is  \npresented with support from Jazz Haven \nwww.jazzhaven.org  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
URL:http://jazzhaven.org/event/fridays-with-frank-jazz-listening-sessions/2026-07-24/
LOCATION:The Institute Library\, 847 Chapel Street\, New Haven\, CT\, 06510\, United States
CATEGORIES:Listening Session
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SUMMARY:Hendrik Meurkens Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Hendrik Meurkens Quartet\n \n\nThe Side Door Old Lyme\, CT\n\n\n\nFriday\, July 24  •  8 PM – 10 PM\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of the most unique and captivating voices in jazz brings his quartet to The Side Door. \n\n\n\n\n\nHendrik Meurkens – Harmonica & Vibraphone \nSteve Ash – Piano \nJoe Fitzgerald – Bass \nBen Bilello – Drums \nHendrik Meurkens is a virtuoso on both the chromatic harmonica and the vibraphone — widely regarded as the most important jazz harmonica player since Toots Thielemans. Born in Hamburg and now based in New York\, his path to musical mastery is one of jazz’s most extraordinary stories. As a teenager\, a Benny Goodman record with Lionel Hampton lit the fuse — he had to play vibraphone. Then\, at nineteen\, he heard Toots Thielemans for the first time and knew he had to play harmonica too. He perfected his unique musical voice at Berklee as a vibraphone major\, then moved to Rio de Janeiro in the early 1980s to immerse himself completely in the music and culture of Brazil. \nMeurkens’ poignant\, emotionally affecting harmonica proved to be a sound that Brazilians strongly embraced\, and that deep love of Brazilian music — samba\, bossa nova\, choro — has never left him\, infusing everything he plays with a warmth and rhythmic vitality that is entirely his own. Back in Germany by 1983\, he became a respected studio musician\, recording with European Radio Orchestras and accompanying visiting legends like Harry “Sweets” Edison and Buddy Tate. He then moved to New York on an exclusive contract with Concord Records and has since released over fifteen acclaimed albums as a leader\, performing at festivals and clubs around the world. \nA two-mallet player in the tradition of Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson\, Meurkens brings an extraordinary double talent to The Side Door — equally at home swinging hard on the vibes and singing through the harmonica with a tone that has drawn comparisons to the great Toots Thielemans himself. This is a rare and intimate opportunity to experience one of jazz’s most singular artists up close. \nThe Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn\, 85 Lyme Street\, Old Lyme\, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill. \n\n\n\n\n
URL:http://jazzhaven.org/event/hendrik-meurkens-quartet-2/
LOCATION:The Side Door Jazz Club\, 85 Lyme St\, Old Lyme
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