With his second album “Perfume e Caricias” (Portuguese for “Perfume and Caresses”), the German-French composer and producer MEECO dips into the calmest, most relaxed level of jazz you could imagine. The name says it all: Meeco found the ideal partner for his new work, both acoustically and visually speaking, for his new oeuvre: the Brazilian vocalist Eloisia, who on a number of occasions has branded the famous French group “Nouvelle Vague” with her intuitive, sensuous voice. Once again, the legendary trumpeter Eddie Henderson (Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and McCoy Tyner) is in on the act. The most endearing piano parts are played by Kenny Barron (Dizzy Gillespie and People Time with Stan Getz), with several Grammy nominations and four times in succession awarded the title “Best Pianist” by the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA). Buster Williams is one of the most prestigious jazz bassists around; Meeco succeeded in winning him for the recordings. On this new album as on the first, Meeco, who studied classical and jazz piano, kept a low profile as a musician. What is most important to him is how his compositions are interpreted; as producer he leaves the presentation to the best of the best. This distance allows him as director to achieve the very best possible results of sound and atmosphere. “Perfume e Caricias” is a ray of hope for music-lovers in an increasingly technocratic world. It’s intimate, sensitive and moving; perfume and a tender caress for the human soul. And it’s an album for women’s hearts and for men who can show their hearts....