Back On The Road Again (2026)

"Here is an instrumental duo straight out of Alice's wonderland: trumpet and accordion. You heard right. "Back On The Road Again" features only two artists: trumpeter Eric Vloeimans and accordionist Will Holshouser. It is an extraordinary alliance by any measure, and if they were not so preposterously good at what they do, there is no way it could ever work. But it does! The demand to implant variety into every number lands for the most part on Holshouser's shoulders, as the accordion can produce a number of seemingly disparate sounds, whereas the trumpet sounds basically like a trumpet—unless muted, which is never the case here. So Vloeimans governs the melodic sphere while Holshouser provides the counterpoint, serving as navigator and rhythm section. As to solos, they are respectable, but improvisation may not be what the duo's audiences come to hear. What they do hear are virtuoso musicians who can make an unlikely duo sound fresh and exciting for an hour or more." (All About Jazz; 3,5 uit 5 sterren)

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