With pianist John Taylor, bass player Joe LaBarbera and drummer Furio DiCastri the trumpeter Eric Vloeimans forms the Transatlantic Quartet, who deservedly feature on the front page of the October 2000 issue of Nieuws & Trends with the CD Umai.

The 36-year-old Eric Vloeimans worked with Dutch the groups Chazz and Jubilation before finding his niche as the leader of his own quartet. With his strictly personal, highly recognizable and magical sound, his adventurous vision and unconstrained playing style, the trumpeter has surpassed himself once again. This recording continues and develops the collaboration with John Taylor that began in Bitches And Fairy Tales, released in 1998. In this new album too, Vloeimans is a virtuoso whiz-kid who provides musical enjoyment from an unquenchable fountain of new ideas.

'One thing that makes the music on this recording exceptional is of course that it could only have been played by these four musicians. Each one is an individual with his own sound, his own approach to improvising and each has his own musical experience to draw from. Eric Vloeimans leads without dominating, sharing his compositions and ideas with his partners in such a way that allows each one the freedom to contribute their own ideas and inventions to the whole. Last but not least, is Eric's wonderfully adventurous trumpet playing and his humanity.' - John Taylor.

Musicians: Eric Vloeimans, trumpet; John Taylor, piano; Furio Di Castri, bass; Joe Labarbera, drums.

Selections: Dreamland, Four Winds, Zorro, C.H., Umai, Bradshaw, Villa Borghese, Duet #1, Summersault, Isis, Roadmovie, Intro To Requiem, Requiem.