17th January 2012: New WWR Artist performance dates added for 2012 including a major UK tour from WWR Chief Janisch….

A plethora (we love this word) of dates are currently being added to the Events page on the WWR site, listing dates that our artists will be performing near you, well hopefully near you…We’re just getting all our artists’ schedules now so expect all of them to be added soon if you don’t see them up yet…..

Of special note is the Major UK Tour that WWR record label boss Michael Janisch is embarking on in April of 2012.  For this tour, Janisch will be the featured guest of the New York Standards Quartet, which is a collective of some of the top marquee players from their generation on the world jazz scene:  Tim Armacost on saxophones, David Berkman on piano, and the legendary Gene Jackson on drums.  The tour reaches across a great chunk of the UK and they will be on the road for a total of 19 days solid.  This is the first time the NYSQ has hit the UK shores so catch them if you can.  There are also 12 workshops planned (some for public and some at private universities).  More dates to be added but the current performance schedule is:

Michael Janisch & the NYSQ 

feat. Tim Armacost, Saxophones | David Berkman, Piano | Gene Jackson, Drums


April 2012 UK Tour

5: SoundCellar, Poole, England
7:  Oxford Jazz Festival, Oxford, England
8: Herts Jazz Club, Welwyn Garden City, England
9: 606 Club, London
11: Colston Hall, Bristol, England
12: Grimsby Jazz Club, Grimsby, England
14: Porthcawl International Jazz Festival  + Daytime Masterclass, Porthcawl, Wales
15:  The Drum, Birmingham  + Daytime Masterclass
16: Southampton Jazz Club,  Southampton, England
18: Hull University Daytime Masterclass,  Hull Jazz Club Nightime,  Hull, England
19: Severn Arts, Leeds Jazz Society,  (workshop in the afternoon)  Leeds, England
20: Sheffield Jazz Society,  Sheffield England
22: Southport Melodic Jazz Club,  Southport, England

Tour Ends