We already knew trombonist Louk Boudesteijn as co-founder of the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra, one third of the wind section The Special Request Horns and the B from the B&W Quintet. With his latest project Fullduplexx, he enters the no man's land between jazz and pop / rock. Boudesteijn bought a guitar especially for this new approach, since especially rock cannot be composed on a piano. Whether
… it is moody pop, horny funk or heavy rock, drummer Pim Dros, bassist Michel van Schie, guitarist Ferhan Otay and keyboardist Rein Godefroy continue to play undisturbed while Boudesteijn and saxophonist Mete Erker are given every opportunity to go into depth. Especially the adventurous interplay between these two horns makes F.FWD so attractive. Whatever genre the rhythm section uses, trombone and saxophone hug each other and pull each other to great heights, while the rhythm is imperturbable. (AD)more
