"Meurkens has a natural inclination for seeking out beauty, for breathing harmony of color into highly original themes and explorations." -- Down Beat Hendrik Meurkens" second ZOHO label release after 2007"s critically acclaimed New York Samba Jazz Quintet. An exhilaratingly lively mix of contemporary Brazilian sambas and chorinhos, spiced with virtuosic North American bebop, includes three Brazilian classics including Antonio Carlos Jobim"s "Fotografia."