Bernhard Reinke

Bernhard Reinke's Roller Coaster: Moving Images

by Scott Andrews
November 25, 2004

Dutch guitarist Bernhard Reinke leads his band Roller Coaster through ten original instrumental tracks of modern electric jazz on 1999's Moving Images, the group's second record after 1996's Under Your Skin.

Reinke's songs include heavy fusion like “Mauna Loa," slow ballads like “Once," light Holdsworth-style chordal tunes like “Du Vent," syncopated grooves like “Angel on my Wing," and clean guitar romps like “On the Road." He rolls through melodic jazz heads, but he isn't afraid to rip out ...