29th August 2012: WWR signs ‘New Focus’ the genre-breaking project by Euan Stevenson & Konrad Wiszniewski ft. jazz quartet, The Glasgow String Quartet, and Harp, out on NOV 5

Whirlwind Recordings is pleased to announce: ‘New Focus:’ Original music for Jazz Quartet, String Quartet, & Harp by Euan Stevenson (Piano, Composer, Arranger) & Konrad Wiszniewski (Saxes, Compositions, Featured Soloist) Launches November 12, 2012: Worlwide We’ve been busy getting ready for our fall program of releases and looking forward into

26th August 2012: WWR Signs pianist and composer Tom Gibbs for Oct 15 debut solo release ‘Fear of Flying’ featuring Will Vinson, Euan Burton, and James Maddren

Whirlwind Recordings is proud to announce the signing of a new & unique voice in contemporary jazz and improvised music. Tom Gibbs, a Scottish native currently based in Glasgow, is a formidable pianist, improvisor and composer of extraordinary talent, and will release his debut solo album ‘Fear of Flying’ with

26th August 2012: Zhenya Strigalev with glowing 4 Star review in Bass Guitar Magazine

Zhenya Strigalev released ‘Smiling Organizm‘ with us just in May this year, and it was met with a storm of great press from around the globe. Featuring an all star cast of musicians in Liam Noble on piano, Tim Lefebvre on electric bass, Larry Grenadier on double bass, and Eric

25th August 2012: And the press starts rolling in for Jim Hart with 4 Star review from ‘Marlbank’ + New Full-Track Sampler on our Audio/Soundcloud Page

  Readers of Jazzwise magazine will undoubtedly know the name Stephen Graham, who for many years was the assistant editor of the magazine, helping it become one of the premier jazz mags in the world today.  Recently, Graham has started his own creative music/music industry blog site called ‘Marlbank’ and

11th August 2012: Tickets now on sale for the NOV 11 performance of Aruan Ortiz & Michael Janisch ft. Greg Osby in Birmingham

  Tickets are now on sale for the Aruan Ortiz & Michael Janisch Quintet performance featuring the iconic saxophonist & sound architect Greg Osby in Birmingham at the Hare and Hounds on NOV 11 of this year. The band will be on a major European tour supporting the release of

10th August 2012: Bassist-on-a-roll Euan Burton with review for ‘Occurrences’ in the The Guardian

  Euan Burton, the Scotland native bassist who recently won ‘Rising Star’ in the Scottish Jazz Awards released ‘Occurrences’ with us in just May of this year, and he’s had a storm of great press hit since, with more coming on the horizon. The Guardian has just done an article

4th August 2012: Whirlwind Recordings announces the signing of legendary Composer & Arranger Mike Gibbs for 2013 release with his 12-piece ensemble featuring music from Gil Evans + more

  Mike Gibbs + 12 Piece Ensemble set for 2013 release on Whirlwind Recordings As we prepare for our Fall releases we’re also looking into 2013 and starting to announce the signings of new artists.  We’re ultra elated to be sharing the news about a very special project that we

3rd August 2012: Big news: Rachael Cohen debut album ‘Halftime’ set for release NOV 18th 2013

  Whirlwind Recordings is very excited to announce we have signed our first female artist to our growing roster of international talent.  Rachael Cohen, originally from the Shetland Islands off the northern coast of Scotland, is an alto saxophonist and composer on the rise, with an infectious tone and an

1st August 2012: WWR signs Cuban-born, NYC-based Pianist Aruán Ortiz for OCT release

Whirlwind Recordings announces the official signing of the world-class composer, producer, pianist, and educator Aruán Ortiz, a Cuban-Native currently residing in NYC. Aruán will be releasing his debut WWR release alongside his co-leader (& WWR’s own) Michael Janisch in their collective project titled the Aruán Ortiz & Michael Janisch Quintet

1st August 2012: Euan Burton & Partikel with heavy praise in ‘Jazz UK’ this month.

JazzUK gives both Euan Burton’s Occurrences and Partikel’s Cohesion some heavy praise in this month’s issue.  We’ve taken a snapshot of the mention below.      

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