14th June 2019: 10 new vinyl releases available now for ordering – Lee Konitz, Rez Abbasi, Tori Freestone, Gareth Lockrane, Walter Smith III + more
As a pre-celebration of our 10 year anniversary in 2020 we’ve decided to release 10 new vinyl products which you can order now from our site or from our new vinyl partner Diggers Factory, all links below.
We’re delighted to dig into our back catalog and make available for the first time this limited edition printing of First Meeting: Live in London Volume 1, by Lee Konitz, Dan Tepfer, Michael Janisch and Jeff Williams.
One of our all-time most popular releases, this new double LP with gatefold artwork features the entire album recorded live in London across 4 sides of music on 180 gram, Purple Vinyl. We are doing a one time printing of this so order fast as this will certainly become a collector’s item. Click here for ordering.
By popular demand, we are doing a second and final printing of Walter Smith’s TWIO. The first edition sold out in no time and we’ve had many emails asking if we were going to re-print this, so we’ve obliged in style. This second printing features 180 gram, TRI-Color Vinyl, which again will become a collector’s item, so order quick before this one goes. Also featuring Eric Harland, Harish Raghavan, Joshua Redman and Christian McBride. Order here.
Unfiltered Universe was one of the jazz world’s biggest releases in 2017 – and we had plenty of interest for this in vinyl. Now we’re happy to offer this limited edition, double LP with gatefold artwork at 180 gram. World-renowned guitarist and composer Rez Abbasi leads an all star cast featuring Vijay Iyer, alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, bassist Johannes Weidenmueller and drummer Dan Weiss, plus guest appearances from renowned classical cellist Elizabeth Mikhael. Order here.
With an authority developed over two decades on the circuit, Partisans are proud to unleash their first live album and their first LP, Nit De Nit, recorded at London’s Vortex Club. Across this rezzed-up hour-plus of back-catalogue reinventions and new delights, electric guitarist Phil Robson, saxophonist Julian Siegel, electric bassist Thaddeus Kelly and drummer Gene Calderazzo command the stage with inimitable joie de vivre. Fans of Partisans have been asking for vinyl for years so we’re very excited to present this. (12″ 180 gram) Order here.
We’re happy to announce the first LP release from legendary drummer Jeff Williams, and his fith album for Whirlwind. It speaks volumes when the bustling opening track his new piano trio release, Bloom, is revealed as “just us warming up, getting our headphone mix together”! For that’s the remarkable, spontaneous quality which his partnership with pianist Carmen Staaf and double bassist Michael Formanek delivers across ten numbers individually penned by each, plus a Buster Williams interpretation. 12″, 180 gram LP, order here.
The contemporary sound is strong in this sparkling, eponymous debut from new European quartet SCOPES, led by Austrian drummer Mathias Ruppnig and German bassist Tom Berkmann. Originally meeting up when based in New York for several years, performing there in various projects with French pianist/keyboardist Tony Tixier, they created the basis of a striking collaboration completed by acclaimed Dutch alto saxophonist Ben van Gelder. 12″ 180 gram. Order here.
Another back catalog item, we’re happy to release Fistfight At The Barndance on 4-sided, double LP at 180 grams in gatefold artwork by The Gareth Lockrane Big Band. In his most ambitious artistic undertaking yet, respected British flautist, composer and educator Lockrane brought his debut big band project to Whirlwind to interpret eleven original works on an exciting, cinematic scale. Known for his considerable work with smaller ensembles such as Grooveyard (with saxophonist Alex Garnett), as well as being a familiar sideman on the UK scene, here Lockrane distils all of his experience into leading a 20-piece which sparkles with ebullient expression. Order here.
We’re delighted to release the first LP from Tori Freestone. The natural phenomenon of the Canary Islands’ ‘sea of clouds’ is an exhilarating experience – a highland ascent which rewards with views across the shifting stratocumulus ocean surrounding El Teide (the highest point in Spain) and her neighboring summits. It’s a landscape which has proved endlessly inspirational for tenor saxophonist and composer Tori Freestone, and a special impetus for El Mar de Nubes, her third trio album with double bassist Dave Manington and drummer Tim Giles. (12″ 180 gram) Order here.
The passion and energy in the performances of Brazilian harmonicist Gabriel Grossi are as crystal clear as the sounds and atmospheres he produces from one of the smallest yet evocative instruments on the bandstand. Described by legendary Toots Thielemans as his successor, Grossi’s many collaborations have included Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins, Guinga and Snarky Puppy. Now he releases his first live album, #motion, on Whirlwind, and his first 180 gram LP – a joyous celebration of his career to date, dedicated to those he loves, featuring his latest quintet: trombonist Sergio Coelho, pianist Eduardo Farias, bassist André Vasconcellos and drummer Rafael Barata. Guest appearances including celebrated fellow countryman Hermeto Pascoal. Order here.
One of our most popular of recent releases, and now with a sold out first LP printing, we’re releasing a second and final pressing of In Common by Walter Smith III and guitarist Matthew Stevens in 180 gram, Yellow Vinyl, another collector’s item. Together with vibraphonist Joel Ross, bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Marcus Gilmore, they fashion striking improvisations from original compositional foundations. Order here.