Chromatic Harmonica

Two concerts happened in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam tonight, Rembrandt Frerichs on piano and me on harmonica!

“Hailing from the jazz rich scene of Amsterdam, Hermine Deurloo brings a modernistic sense and sensibility to her instrument of choice – The Harmonica. Her musical canvases are flush with rich coloring and texturing, with brush strokes of chamber and…

“‘Welling’ swings, loose and relaxed, while sometimes you hear chamber music and free improvised jazz. All in all, ‘Welling’ is a laid back album with 9 top notch pieces of innovative collaboration.” Hanz Invernizzi in JazzFlits (http://www.jazzflits.nl) #241, 22 July…

“Hermine Deurloo is not just another harmonica player, and Zapp4 is not just another string quartet, because they each have a solid grounding in jazz idioms. The music is of an enjoyable lightness and elegance. The sounds work together very…

Yesterday on “European Jazz Union” on soulandjazz.com, Mike Chadwick presents (46:00) ‘great rendition’ of “Portrait of Tracey” (composed by Jaco Pastorius), performed by Hermine Deurloo & Zapp4 on new CD “Welling”: http://www.soulandjazz.com/european-jazz-union-15th-july-2…/

“For music that’s got a folksy charm and affable personality, there’s an engrossing introspective side to this album, too. Deurloo’s chromatic harmonica dances around the slashing lines of a string quartet, and the crosshatch of furtive motions, deep melodicism and…

New review of ‘Welling’ by Zapp4 & Hermine on site of Plato/Concerto: “Welling is a surprising adventure in the jazz world, led by Hermine Deurloo (chromatic harmonica), with the Zapp4 string quartet. You don’t often hear a string quartet together…

New 9/10 star review of ‘Welling’ on Muziekwereld.com: “Hermine Deurloo’s collaboration with Zapp4 is an especially interesting experiment that works out surprisingly well. Over the past weeks, I have appreciated ‘Welling’ more and more each time I listened to it…

Stevie Wonder tribute happened tonight — Trijntje Oosterhuis, Hermine Deurloo, conducted by Jurre Haanstra, with Jazz Orcherstra of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

5 star review of “Welling” in “Nederlands Dagblad”, today: “The combination of string quartet and chromatic harmonica, which already on paper sounds very promising, turns out in reality to be irresistible indeed.”