Welcome to Whirlwind Recordings Ltd, a musician owned and operated independent record label. We are committed to releasing music that is original, creative, and soulful, with a key emphasis on improvisation. Our artists draw inspiration from a mix of global music traditions and trends, both recognizable and eccentric. Our artists range from established masters to guiding lights of the younger generation, and sometimes undiscovered stars-in-the-making. We sincerely hope whatever music you find here connects with your mind and heart. To listen to preview tracks from all our releases, press 'play' on the Whirlwind Audio Player above. If you'd like us to keep in touch with news and events, sign up to our emailing list below and by doing this you'll receive a FREE MP3 from one of our releases. Thank you for stopping by and supporting creative music.

Latest News

4th June 2012: Nick Vayenas’ ‘Nick Vayenas’ and Zhenya Strigalev’s ‘Smiling Organizm’ release worldwide today!:   Whirlwind Recordings is proud to announce the worldwide release of Nick Vayenas ‘Nick Vayenas’ and Zhenya Strigalev’s ‘Smiling Organizm’ [Read More..]

4th June 2012: Introducing our new and improved You Tube Channel:   We’ve completely revamped and updated our You Tube Channel and now you can view ‘Playlists’ of all of our [Read More..]

3rd June 2012: Introducing the new Whirlwind Recordings Audio/Soundcloud page.:   We’re very excited to announce that our new Soundcloud page is up and running.  We’ve uploaded a selection of [Read More..]

30th May 2012: The Aruan Ortiz & Michael Janisch quintet featuring Greg Osby Southbank Center/Purcell Room concert now for sale:   Tickets are now on sale for a major London Jazz Festival headlining concert for the Aruan Ortiz & Michael [Read More..]

30th May 2012: Zhenya Strigalev ‘Smiling Organizm’ with review in Jazz Breakfast…: Another review today for Zhenya Strigalev’s release ‘Smiling Organizm’ has just appeared on Peter Bacon’s ‘Jazz Breakfast’ which is a [Read More..]

29th May 2012: WWR artists George Crowley, Euan Burton, and Zhenya Strigalev in this month’s Jazzwise with featured articles & reviews:   A strong showing of three WWR artists (George Crowley, Euan Burton, and Zhenya Strigalev) in the June 2012 issue [Read More..]

27th May 2012: Partikel with great review for ‘Cohesion’ from Danish Jazz Blog JazzNYT: Partikel, one of the UK’s most talked about new bands, has just received a great review by the popular Danish [Read More..]

27th May 2012: The great press begins for Zhenya Strigalev’s ‘Smiling Organizm’ from London Jazz: London based Russian alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev is about to launch his debut WWR album ‘Smiling Organizm’ in just over [Read More..]

25th May 2012: George Crowley gets 4 stars in the Guardian today for ‘Paper Universe’:  London based saxophonist-on-the-rise George Crowley has had a great month– he’s released his debut album (see little reddish-orange monster to [Read More..]

21st May 2012: Whirlwind Recordings confirms new distribution deals in Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Luxembourg, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and Australia:   Whirlwind Recordings is going places………… We’ve had a great month so far releasing albums by George Crowley and Euan [Read More..]

21st May 2012: WWR founder, bassist, and educator Michael Janisch to teach alongside bass legends Rufus Reid and John Goldsby at Sligo Jazz Project:   WWR founder, and first call London-based American electric/acoustic bassist Michael Janisch has a busy summer ahead of him not [Read More..]

21st May 2012: The Aruan Ortiz and Michael Janisch quintet feat. Greg Osby headlining performance at London Jazz Festival now for sale online…: The Aruan Ortiz and Michael Janisch quintet feat. Greg Osby is releasing their debut album ‘Banned in London’ this NOV, [Read More..]