press reviews

Rüßelsheimer Zeitung:

• ....standing ovations.....
  
• ....incredible virtuosity....
  
• ....a musical aesthetic pleasure....
  
• ....these four natural musicians are very well capable of giving jazz a full sound, in such a way that you don't miss a fifth or a sixth player....
  
• .... their very own style in which they shine a new light on Dixie, Swing and Bebop just takes a little time to get used to. But then one becomes fascinated by this music, that can only be played this way by 4 Wheel Drive....
  

Mainzer Zeitung:

• ....the rhythm section is a well-balanced team that is taking the word 'drive' literally. With full power and always on the right spot, Paul Habraken and Frank Bilsen not only provided a solid harmonic and rhythmical base for the hornplayers, they also had some hot solo fights themselves....
  
• ....with a fascinating technique and a velvet sound Antoine Trommelen presented the melodies....
  
• ....his partner Eelco van Velzen displayed an astonishing control on his trombone, easily responding to the daring double-time passages of the rhythm section....
  
• ....these four musicians know all about modern jazz and pop music as well. No wonder that their arrangements offer something new. An often heard title like 'Honeysuckle Rose' gets a fresh impulse by a short quote from Bebop-classic 'Scrapple from the apple'.
• ....not a solo that didn't receive loud cheers and roaring ovations..
  

Dillenburger Zeitung:

• ....the group 4 Wheel Drive turned the Schloßcafe into a madhouse, the place was packed and the band made many new friends....
  

Chronicle:

• ....these four musicians played with such great virtuosity and variation, that they kept on fascinating the audience. Every instrument is heard both soloing and accompanying. Happy music, very melodic, trio-vocals, the use of banjo as percussion, these guys brought it over with great enthousiasm....
  
• ....Antoine Trommelen even managed to totally silence the audience in this rather noisy jazz club with a solo on his curved soprano, played without any accompaniment...
  

Frank in action, photo by Rolf Peine