19th September 2015: Ivo Neame’s ‘Strata’ featured in Rhythm Magazine plus latest press round up including 4 stars from The Guardian, The Irish Times, Jazzwise and All About Jazz.

Ivo Neame, takes a side step from his octet and other projects to release this exciting new quintet title Strata. Collaborating again with UK luminaries (including three fellow Whirlwind artists) Tori Freestone (saxes/flutes), Jim Hart (vibraphone), Tom Farmer (bass) and Dave Hamblett (drums), this collection of eight Neame originals gyrates energetically

18th September 2015: Big News: Pete Mcann’s Range ft: John O’Gallagher, Henry Hey, Matt Clohesy and Mark Ferber released today! Early press highlights, tour dates and full length track.

Click here for a CD or digital albums (ALAC, FLAC, MP3s and more)   “Those perfectly acceptable opening tracks are more than the stuff of just-another-jazz-guitar-recording… now they’re the lead-up to liftoff, when the musicians let loose, and technical precision transforms into a wild energy unleashed.” Bird Is The Worm

17th September 2015: Jazz FM and Jazzwise preview Michael Janisch’s ‘Paradigm Shift’ as launch tour continues this week + recent tour photos

Some four years in gestation, the ambitious new double-disc project Paradigm Shift from London-based US bassist, composer and producer Michael Janisch sees the Whirlwind Recordings founder enter the spotlight with his multi-level approach to composition and performance. With the extensive launch tour currently underway, taking in Cardiff, Dorking, Derby and

15th September 2015: 4 stars from All About Jazz for Pete McCann prior to release of ‘Range’ this week.

Enjoying some 25 years as a highly respected sideman on the New York circuit, and a regular performer at Greenwich Village’s popular 55 Bar, multi-faceted jazz guitarist Pete McCann brings his fifth solo album to Whirlwind Recordings – a quintet recording of all-new material which distills his vast experience of

15th September 2015: “A winning combination.” Hi-Fi news and Record Review on Jochen Rueckert’s ‘We Make The Rules’

We Make The Rules is the debut Whirlwind release from the multifaceted drummer & composer Jochen Rueckert, a German native who’s been based in NYC since 1995, where he’s become one of the preeminent artists of his generation. We Make The Rules features all original music written by Rueckert and subsequently toured

13th September 2015: ‘Prologue’: Live video recording of Nick Vayenas 5tet ft: Patrick Cornelius.

Recorded live, earlier this Summer, this video shows Nick Vayenas and his 5tet featuring Patrick Cornelius performing ‘Prologue’, written by the New York based trumpet player, trombonist and composer for his debut Whirlwind release Nick Vayenas. Seamlessly straddling the commercial music industry and the improvised music world through his work with international

11th September 2015: ‘It Don’t Mean A Thing’ – New York Standards Quartet release new live video.

The New York Standards Quartet (NYSQ) is pianist David Berkman, drummer Gene Jackson, saxophonist Tim Armacost, and bassist Daiki Yasukagawa. This New York-based unit have developed a near telepathic relationship playing together since 2006. Conceptually, the NYSQ strives to develop its own language within the tradition of performing standard jazz

11th September 2015: Jazzwise Magazine reviews Tam de Villiers’ ‘Panacea’ ahead of official UK album launch at ‘Whirlwind Nights at The 606’ 7th October.

For the the best part of a decade, British-born guitarist Tam de Villiers (now firmly established in France) has been striving for musical authenticity, compositional originality and honest group interplay. A core aim of  recent release Panacea was to build upon the long-standing musical relationship of de Villiers’ quartet and use

11th September 2015: ‘Robin Goodie’ receives 4 Star review from The Evening Standard.

Robin Goodie is the second album on Whirlwind Recordings for Russian alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev and his acclaimed fusion-edged six-piece Smiling Organizm featuring Blue Note-signed trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, double bassist Larry Grenadier (Brad Mehldau and Pat Metheny), electric bassist Tim Lefebvre (Wayne Krantz and Michael Wollny), pianist Taylor Eigsti (Joshua Redman and Christian

9th September 2015: Big News: Julian Argüelles to release ‘Tetra’ Oct 16, 2015. Available for Pre-Order Now plus UK Tour dates & album trailer.

     Pre order Tetra now and get the album in MP3 320 instantly with the physical CD to follow on release.   Esteemed British saxophonist Julian Argüelles brings his working quartet, Tetra, to Whirlwind in an immersive, hour-long sequence of material written specifically with his colleagues in mind: Kit Downes (piano),

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