29th August 2013: BIG NEWS: WWR Signs bassist and composer Matt Ridley + his debut album ‘Thymos’ launches 14th Oct worldwide + Fall Album Launch Tour

Announcing the signing and debut album from bassist and composer Matt Ridley. Thymos release date: October 14, 2013 worldwide Matt Ridley – Double Bass John Turville – Piano George Hart – Drums with: Jason Yarde – Saxophones Attab Haddad – Oud Vasilis Sirikis – Percussion Whirlwind Recordings is proud to

28th August 2013: Jeff Williams Review from Jazz Weekly + International Trumpet Guild Review of Andre Canniere’s ‘Forward Space’

In today we have a review from Jazz Weekly for a recent WWR release – Jeff William’s The Listener, as well as a review from the  International Trumpet Guild for Andre Canniere’s release Forward Space.  The review of The Listener, which can be viewed here, associates the album to the music of Ornette Coleman and describes the

27th August 2013: New Reviews in for Recent WWR Release ‘Mike Gibbs + 12 Play Gil Evans’ from Herald Scotland, Jazz Camera, The Jazz Breakfast, Metro, The Telegraph PLUS Airplay on BBC Radio 3

We have a collection of glowing reviews in today for our latest release – ‘Mike Gibbs +12 Play Gil Evans’ which has received great praise from critics, with the Herald Scotland announcing the release as “not so much a homage as a living, continuing tribute”, and with the Jazz Camera describing that “Gibbs

27th August 2013: ‘A Whirlwind Comes to Town’: The Whirlwind Festival 2013 covered in Kings Place Blog, JazzWise magazine, Camden Review, Jazz Mann, Jazz in Europe, Time Out and more!!

The inaugural Whirlwind Festival takes place on OCT 10-12 at the Kings Place in London, and we’re very excited to see there has been an incredible amount of buzz about it across the UK music community the past few weeks. WWR’s founder and internationally renowned bassist Michael Janisch has been

25th August 2013: Sam Crowe’s ‘Towards the Center of Everything’ gets some major airwave love, appearing on NextBop as well as Jamie Cullums BBC Radio 2 show.

More exciting news for Sam Crowe’s Towards the Center of Everything, which has been a hit since its April worldwide release, and just recently the music from the album has been featured on the NextBop website as well as Jamie Cullum’s BBC Radio 2 show. Not bad at all. Big

25th August 2013: More great press for John O’Gallagher’s “Anton Webern Project”, 4 Stars in The Financial Times + great review in the Jazz Breakfast.

Just yesterday we shared the great news that John O’ Gallagher was featured in the “A Noise from the Deep” podcast by Dave Douglas over on the Greenleaf music site, talking about the making of his new album and debut WWR release The Anton Webern Project.  Some more great press

24th August 2013: John O’ Gallagher interviewed on Dave Douglas’ ‘A Noise from the Deep Podcast’ on the Greenleaf Site.

The Anton Webern Project is the debut WWR release from John O’ Gallagher, the grammy-award winning alto saxophonist who is known as one of the most compelling improvisers, composers and music conceptualists at work today on the avant-jazz scene.  This recording features reworks and adaptations of the music of Anton

17th August 2013: BIG NEWS: Whirlwind Recordings moves to Proper Note/Proper Distribution

 Big news for us at WWR: After a few uncertain months on the physical CD distribution front, we’ve signed an exclusive deal with Proper Note, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Proper Distribution (the UK’s largest independent distributor) to take our label forward, after the recent snap announcement from GEM

17th August 2013: Jeff Williams Article Featured in London Jazz News

We have below an article written by drummer Jeff Williams, featured in London Jazz News, of his recent trip to Brazil where he performed with his UK quintet at the established Amazonas Jazz Festival.  “Every so often, and not nearly often enough, something happens in the way you wish everything

13th August 2013: Phil Robson Summer News Update

Below we have featured an in-depth blog update from WWR Artist, guitarist and composer Phil Robson, describing his recent touring in the USA with highlight performances in NYC and the Rochester Jazz Festival.  “I recently spent a really exciting 3 weeks in the USA, and here’s what happened!:  On June

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