Jazz Articles about 4 Wheel Drive

About 4 Wheel Drive

Album Review

It may not quite be the loud and fast thrill-ride one might guess from the title, but that doesn't mean it lacks a few fun twists and turns. Here we have four world-class players who can (and sometimes do) carry a whole performance on their own, agreeing to mesh as equals and—more importantly—staying generous and supportive enough to make it work. All are involved in choosing the songs, each member contributes a piece of their own, and their good-natured interplay ...

Album Review

4 Wheel Drive: 4 Wheel Drive

Read "4 Wheel Drive" reviewed by Phillip Woolever

by Phillip Woolever
March 29, 2019

Sometimes it's not so much who's doing the playing as how well they play together. Just as some bands seem to perform beyond their individual skill sets, there have been heavily heralded, much hyped “super groups" that amounted to almost nothing of substance. In the case of 4 Wheel Drive, a quartet consisting of established headliners from the German jazz-based ACT label, both the components and the product have resulted in an excellent album that not only qualifies ...