18th January 2013: UK Tour + Album Launch Concert Announced in Recent Jazzwise Article for WWR Artist Dave Hamblett + Album Page w/ Sound Samples of ‘Light at Night’

Newly signed WWR artist and winner of the ‘Yamaha 2010 Jazz Scholar’s Program’ Dave Hamblett will be touring music from his upcoming Feb. WWR debut solo album release ‘LIGHT AT NIGHT’ (which now has preview tracks to hear the entire album!!), with his all-star cast of musicians featuring Ivo Neame, Josh Arcoleo, Joe Wright, Calum

11th January 2013: New Focus makes Top 50 Albums List for 2012 in The Herald (all genres of music!!) + Great review

  Great news comes to us today that ‘New Focus‘ has been listed in the top 50 albums of 2012 by The Herald of Scotland (which also gave the album a 5 star review) for ALL genres of music, which is a big feat as thousands of albums were released

5th January 2013: Brand new Promotional Video for ‘Banned in London’ by The Aruan Ortiz & Michael Janisch Quintet ft Greg Osby

  We have spent the last few days preparing the new promo video for one of our big 2012 releases ‘Banned in London‘ by the Aruan Ortiz & Michael Janisch Quintet.  The group is one of world’s new contemporary-music super-groups, and we were delighted to help them release their debut

3rd January 2013: Robert Mitchell’s ‘The Glimpse’ Advance Copies now for sale!! + news update: Marlbank preview, LondonJazz interview, Leftitute Festival and 21-Date Solo Album Launch Tour

   We’ve got a lot of great news for Robert Mitchell fans, as this prolific composer, arranger, bandleader, educator and world-renowned pianist has been very busy indeed these past few month.  To start, we have the exciting news that his debut WWR release, ‘The Glimpse’ (a ground-breaking solo-left hand only

29th December 2012: Tickets are now on sale for The Walter Smith III Project ft WWR’s Michael Janisch: 2 London shows only at the Pizza Express Jazz Club of 15 date UK tour

Ticket’s are now on sale for a first in London– the inaugural headlining performances of one of contemporary music’s finest voices: saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III.  The two nights are presented by WWR’s own Michael Janisch (who also will be performing as double bassist) alongside first call American-based musicians

29th December 2012: Six WWR releases make The Jazz Breakfast ‘Best albums of 2012’ List.

Six WWR albums make ‘The Jazz Breakfast’ ‘Best Albums of 2012’ year end list!         Congratulations to George Crowley (Paper Universe), Euan Stevenson & Konrad Wiszniewski (New Focus), Gareth Lockrane (The Strut), Euan Burton (Occurrences), Jim Hart (The Cloudmakers Trio ft Ralph Alessi), & Aruan Ortiz &

28th December 2012: The Strut named ‘CD of the Month’ on UK Jazz Radio + glowing review from Jazz Mann Site

Great news hits as Gareth Lockrane’s ‘MOJO Magazine’ album of the year has been named ‘CD of the Month’ for UK Jazz Radio.  They also give the album a great review. ‘The Strut’ released in NOV of this year, and has been heralded universally as one of the top albums

28th December 2012: Three WWR Albums make the London Jazz best of 2012 Critics list

Happy Holidays! We’ve tuned in from our holiday celebrations just to mention some exciting news that has just hit with regards to some end of year ‘best of 2012’ lists. We’re delighted to report that three of our 2012 releases have made the best of 2012 critics list from our

22nd December 2012: LIVE IN LONDON: The new album featuring Lee Konitz, Michael Janisch, Dan Tepfer, and Jeff Williams, set for May 20th 2013 release!

After a very exciting fall 2012, we’re plowing forward into 2013 (now that we’ve had assurance that the Mayans were wrong :-)) and wanted to let the world know about something very special coming in the spring of next year.  ‘LIVE IN LONDON’ will be released worldwide on May 20th,

18th December 2012: WWR boss Michael Janisch receives PRS for Music Foundation Grant in support of upcoming Walter Smith III Project.

 Exciting news comes to us today as WWR’s founder and international renowned bassist and composer Michael Janisch receives a prestigious and highly sought-after grant from the PRS for Music Foundation in support of his upcoming UK tour with one of the preeminent saxophonists of his generation, Walter Smith III, (who

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