Rob van de Wouw

Dutch trumpeter Rob van de Wouw just released (okt 2009) his second solo album “Tunnelvision” on Embrace Recordings. For this album he colaborated with the renowned producer/beatmaker: Mark de Clive-Lowe (london,UK). The result is a hybrid mixture of a live band with programmed beats, vintage synths and effects and space-jazz. ‘Jazz meets twisted-future-funk-beats-mashi-fashion’ is what Mark (Mashi) called it. There are guestappearances by Dutch Soulrebel Ivar, Sharlene Hector (UK, Basement Jaxx) and US Rapper Replife. The album got outstanding pressreviews and is on the shortlist for an Edison for Best Jazz/World album 2010 in The Netherlands. In 2007 Rob released his debut CD: ‘Reboot Your Soul’ (Embrace Recordings) a mixture of jazz, funk, soul &R&B. This project once started as Urban Jazz Sessions. Under that name Rob and his band performed on a monthly basis for over two years at Rotown (www.rotown.nl) in Rotterdam. The album was well received by the Dutch Press and got quite some airplay on Dutch radio. Rob and his band played many clubs and festivals. Highlights were North Sea Jazz Festival (2007), The Hague Jazz (2007,2009), Pure Jazz (2008) and a theater-tour 2008-2009. Trumpeter Rob van de Wouw (1975) graduated in the summer of 2003 at the school of music in Rotterdam, where he has been educated by trumpeter Jarmo Hoogendijk and followed classes from, among others, Benjamin Herman and Eric Vloeimans. During his education he attended a weeklong workshop in New York, at the invitation of Carnegie Hall, where he attended classes from, among others, David Liebman, Stave Turre, Rufus Reid and Kenny Barron. As a result of his graduation he received a scholarship from the foundation” Vrienden van het Conservatorium”. This scholarship was awarded to him for ‘excellent study results’ and ‘excellent artistic qualities’. Together with ‘musical partner in crime’ Louk Boudesteijn he formed Louk Boudesteijn/Rob van de Wouw quintet (B&W quintet). This quintet performed on the North Sea Jazz Festival (2002) and Jazz a Vienne (France, 2001) and more. In November of 2002 the quintet took part in the prestigious Carnegie Hall Professional Workshop for Jazz ensembles in New York. Only six ensembles were selected for this workshop worldwide, the B&W quintet was the only European delegation. As a conclusion of this workshop, they very successfully performed in Carnegie Hall. In May of 2005 the first cd of the B&W quintet ‘It’s about time’ was released (Maxanter Records). Some of Rob his compositions can be found on this cd. In 2008 they release their second cd ‘Force of Habits’ (Embrace Recordings)(www.benwquintet.nl). In 2004 he also cofounded the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra. In 2005 the first cd of this band was released, which is titled ‘Introducing’. In 2009 they released their second CD called ‘Suite to a T’ (www.rotterdamjazzorchestra.nl) Alongside his own projects, Rob has been a highly demanded musician/soloist in many different styles. He performed with the Latin-jazz bands Nueva Manteca and Bye-Ya, and he also appears with the Cubob City Big band on a regular basis. Furthermore he can regularly be found doing ‘his thing’ on the beats of DJ’s in many different clubs. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.