Jazz drummer/composer Ollie Howell, whose debut album Sutures and Stitches released on Whirlwind Recordings last year, has just been awarded a Sky Academy Arts Scholarship from Sky Arts. One of only 5 award-winners this year (and the first recipient of any of the Sky Awards from jazz), Howell’s award means
New York saxophonist and composer Patrick Cornelius has recently been featured on NPR’s Jazzset with a performance of his recent suite of original music entitled When We Were Very Young. The suite, based on A.A. Milne’s 1924 book of poetry of the same name, contains five movements and in this recording with
Announcing the genre-bending release fromJoel Harrison and Anupam Shobhakar’s Multiplicity: Leave the Door Open Official Worldwide release date: March 11, 2013 Featuring:Joel Harrison – Electric, National Steel, Acoustic & Baritone Guitars Anupam Shobhakar – Sarode Gary Versace – Piano, B3 Organ & Accordian Hans Glawischnig – Double & Electric Bass
A recent issue of Jazzwise Magazine has published a rave review of the Whirlwind Festival, held at Kings Place last October. Several gigs from the three day festival are praised including the album launch gigs of Ollie Howell, Rachael Cohen, Andre Canniere plus performances by Phil Robson’s IMS Quintet, Alex
In today we have a review from Jazz Times Magazine for Nick Vayenas’ WWR release Some Other Time which says that “Of its eight tracks, four are Vayenas originals, all instrumental works featuring his masterful trombone (and sometimes trumpet) and most of them up-tempo funky affairs that find the leader and
Saxophonist Rachael Cohen recently released her debut album Halftime on WWR and in today we have a glowing review from the York Press who say that “Halftime is an assured and impressive debut and as a leader and composer and Rachael’s choice of musicians could not be better, Robson always impressive
In today we have an interview from Boston Globe with WWR artist Patrick Cornelius which talks of his achievements and recent projects, including a suite of six songs based on “When We Were Very Young” of A.A. Milne’s 1924 book of child-friendly poetry which made it’s premiere at Red Room at
John Escreet’s ‘Sabotage and Celebration’ recently released on WWR and already it’s creating quite a stir in the US, with a review in from Huffington Post who say that “Mr. Escreet’s Sabotage and Celebration is a complex and intriguing album that showcases the young pianist’s increasing maturation as a composer”. The review continues
In today we have a collection of glowing reviews from Jazz Views, Jazz Camera, The Guardian and radio airplay from Jazz fm and Radio Cardiff for vocalist Nia Lynn’s debut WWR release Points of View. The Jazz Views review state that “her singing exhibits an integrity of breath and tone so seldom heard
A plethora of reviews and airplay in today for Andre Canniere’s latest release Coalescence with a 4 star review from The Scotsman, reviews from Dan Paton, Jazz Camera, The Guardian, York Press and airplay from BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Line-Up and Soul and Jazz. The 4 star review from The Scotsman says that “the American-born trumpeter
Jazz drummer/composer Ollie Howell, whose debut album Sutures and Stitches released on Whirlwind Recordings last year, has just been awarded a Sky Academy Arts Scholarship from Sky Arts. One of only 5 award-winners this year (and the first recipient of any of the Sky Awards from jazz), Howell’s award means 
New York saxophonist and composer Patrick Cornelius has recently been featured on NPR’s Jazzset with a performance of his recent suite of original music entitled When We Were Very Young. The suite, based on A.A. Milne’s 1924 book of poetry of the same name, contains five movements and in this recording with 
Announcing the genre-bending release fromJoel Harrison and Anupam Shobhakar’s Multiplicity: Leave the Door Open Official Worldwide release date: March 11, 2013 Featuring:Joel Harrison – Electric, National Steel, Acoustic & Baritone Guitars Anupam Shobhakar – Sarode Gary Versace – Piano, B3 Organ & Accordian Hans Glawischnig – Double & Electric Bass 
A recent issue of Jazzwise Magazine has published a rave review of the Whirlwind Festival, held at Kings Place last October. Several gigs from the three day festival are praised including the album launch gigs of Ollie Howell, Rachael Cohen, Andre Canniere plus performances by Phil Robson’s IMS Quintet, Alex 
In today we have a review from Jazz Times Magazine for Nick Vayenas’ WWR release Some Other Time which says that “Of its eight tracks, four are Vayenas originals, all instrumental works featuring his masterful trombone (and sometimes trumpet) and most of them up-tempo funky affairs that find the leader and 
Saxophonist Rachael Cohen recently released her debut album Halftime on WWR and in today we have a glowing review from the York Press who say that “Halftime is an assured and impressive debut and as a leader and composer and Rachael’s choice of musicians could not be better, Robson always impressive 
In today we have an interview from Boston Globe with WWR artist Patrick Cornelius which talks of his achievements and recent projects, including a suite of six songs based on “When We Were Very Young” of A.A. Milne’s 1924 book of child-friendly poetry which made it’s premiere at Red Room at 
John Escreet’s ‘Sabotage and Celebration’ recently released on WWR and already it’s creating quite a stir in the US, with a review in from Huffington Post who say that “Mr. Escreet’s Sabotage and Celebration is a complex and intriguing album that showcases the young pianist’s increasing maturation as a composer”. The review continues 
In today we have a collection of glowing reviews from Jazz Views, Jazz Camera, The Guardian and radio airplay from Jazz fm and Radio Cardiff for vocalist Nia Lynn’s debut WWR release Points of View. The Jazz Views review state that “her singing exhibits an integrity of breath and tone so seldom heard 
A plethora of reviews and airplay in today for Andre Canniere’s latest release Coalescence with a 4 star review from The Scotsman, reviews from Dan Paton, Jazz Camera, The Guardian, York Press and airplay from BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Line-Up and Soul and Jazz. The 4 star review from The Scotsman says that “the American-born trumpeter