28th February 2015: New Focus Quartet shares the bill with Ravi Coltrane for three special dates in Scotland, starting tonight.

Saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski (Best Instrumentalist Scottish Jazz Awards 2013) and pianist Euan Stevenson (Emerging Artist Scottish Jazz Awards 2013) have enjoyed widespread critical acclaim in recent years for their beautiful genre crossing album New Focus, written for string and jazz quartet + harp. Initially inspired by the landmark Stan Getz,

26th February 2015: BIG NEWS: Guitarist Mikkel Ploug will release ‘At Black Tornado’ on April 13th 2015. Promo video, two full tracks and tour details.

  At Black Tornado (click here for more info) is the Whirlwind debut from guitarist Mikkel Ploug, a Denmark native currently based in Copenhagen with six previous albums released to worldwide acclaim. This new outing features his long-standing trio who’ve toured globally the past ten years and captures the feel,

24th February 2015: Matthew Stevens, ‘Woodwork’ now available exclusively from iTunes (Editor’s Choice Feature) ahead of May release, ft Gerald Clayton, Vicente Archer, Eric Doob, Paulo Stagnaro.

Last week we announced the debut album Woodwork from guitarist and composer Matthew Stevens and an exclusive offer from iTunes. From today the album is available exclusively from iTunes worldwide until the first street date of May 26, 2015, and is currently featured as ‘Editor’s Choice’.  No matter your locale,

20th February 2015: Stream “Star L.A.” from Matthew Stevens on NextBop, pre order available now for ‘Woodwork’

We’ve had a great reaction to the announcement about Matthew Steven’s debut Woodwork a few days ago, and now you can stream a full track from the album on the NextBop site.  Click to listen to the single “Star L.A.” on their site here. Woodwork is now available exclusively from

18th February 2015: Big News: George Crowley to release ‘Can Of Worms’ 23rd March 2015. Press highlights so far, Promo video, full track + tour dates.

  “Glorious, fiery, deep… Like throwing a hymn book into a pizza oven.” – Cellarsandlofts Can of Worms explores that happy and unpredictable space where written and improvised worlds collide, diving deep into group improvisations and compositions featuring taut, tense grooves, wailing sax-confessionals and all-out glorious free-jazz. Formed on a

16th February 2015: RELEASE DAY: Ant Law’s ‘Zero Sum World’ out now ft. Ivo Neame, Michael Chillingworth, Tom Farmer and James Maddren

  Announcing the worldwide release today for Ant Law’s Zero Sum World   Zero Sum World (click here for CD, FLAC, ALAC, etc) is the second solo release from guitarist and composer Ant Law and his first for Whirlwind Recordings. A resident in London since 2008, Law regularly performs with

13th February 2015: Heads up: Phil Robson to release ‘The Cut Off Point’ May 18th with new organ trio featuring Ross Stanley & Gene Calderazzo + upcoming summer tour

We’re pleased to announce the next album The Cut Off Point from guitarist and composer Phil Robson featuring his new organ trio with Ross Stanley on the Hammond duties and Gene Calderazzo on drums to be released on May 18th 2015.   Phil’s been on a roll as of late,

13th February 2015: Ant Law’s ‘Zero Sum World’ first launch night at Pizza Express, Monday 16th Feb – SOLD OUT. Few tickets left for Tuesday 17th Feb.

Ant Law’s first launch night of two for Zero Sum World at Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho London on Feb 16th is SOLD OUT– thanks for all those who booked.  Here is a direct link for bookings for the 17th FEB launch, which still has a few seats left.

11th February 2015: Alex Garnett’s ‘Bunch of Five’ – Four stars from The Guardian, London Jazz, The Sunday Herald & live reviews from Financial Times, Jazzwise Magazine + Interview on Jazz FM

2015 Releases Sampler by Alex Garnett’s Bunch Of Five Andromeda is the second solo release from London-based saxophonist and composer Alex Garnett and is the debut recording of ‘Bunch of Five’ his new two tenor saxophone project. The two frontmen, Garnett and the NYC-based Tim Armacost, have a collective 50

6th February 2015: BIG NEWS: Tam de Villiers to release ‘Panacea’ on March 16th 2015 featuring Karl Jannuska, David Prez and Frédéric Chiffoleau + Launch tour details + promo video + two full tracks.

  Tam de Villiers is to release Panacea, his debut album with Whirlwind Recordings on 16th March.   For the the best part of a decade, the quartet of British-born guitarist Tam de Villiers (now firmly established in France) has been striving for musical authenticity, compositional originality and honest group

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