Big news has reached us at WWR today as we hear that Euan Stevenson and Konrad Wiszniewski’s New Focus has gained the long-list for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award (aka the SAY awards, the Scottish equivalent to the Mercury prize). The SAY awards are “a new and ambitious national prize established to reward and
“A more confident recording that builds on the success of its predecessor to deliver a powerful artistic statement. An album that should ensure that Sam Crowe’s star continues to rise.” – The Jazz Mann Today sees the release of Sam Crowe’s second album Towards The Centre of Everything and already
BIG NEWS: Congratulations go to Sam Crowe today as he releases his album Towards the Center of Everything worldwide (check the great artwork to the left). Now you can purchase the album on our site as a physical CD, digital album with album artwork, or individual tracks. Or, pick it
Many new and great things are happening here at Whirlwind Recordings this month, including the release and launch of pianist Sam Crowe’s album ‘Towards The Centre of Everything’, as well as a Matt Ridley concert at The Vortex in advance of his debut album release ‘Thymos’ to be released this autumn.
The Patrick Cornelius pre-launch tour for his upcoming release Infinite Blue (out on July 22, 2013) is coming to a big finale tomorrow at the 606 club in Chelsea, London, which starts at 8:30 pm for two sets. Joining Patrick is WWR’s own Michael Janisch on double bass, WWR Artist
We’re very excited to announce we’ll be at jazzahead! in Bremen, Germany (the world’s largest annual jazz exhibition and networking meeting) from April 24-28th next week. Here’s our official announcement. Please stop by our stand at G01 where you can meet WWR Artists Michael Janisch, Robert Mitchell & Jim Hart.
More press rolls in today for a recent WWR release, adding to an already impressive collection of reviews for Robert Mitchell’s ‘The Glimpse’. The recent review states “…Robert Mitchell deserves great credit” for his left-hand only improvisations, arrangements and original compositions featured on the release. Robert is still touring ‘The Glimpse’ all
We’re getting ready to release Sam Crowe’s debut WWR album Towards the Center of Everything (check the new promo video out) on April 29th and the press is starting to roll in. A nice mention from Jazz UK is reprinted below and click here to read the first online review
Here’s the new promo video for Jim Hart’s Cloudmakers Trio and their debut album which features the iconic trumpeter from NYC, Ralph Alessi. Recorded Live at the Pizza Express in London during their UK tour, the album has been one of our most popular to date. In the video,
On the 29th of this month we’re releasing ‘Towards the Center of Everything‘ by Sam Crowe, his debut album for WWR which features a bumper crop of the finest young improvisers on the planet: Sam Crowe – Piano/Rhodes/Keyboards | Will Vinson – Alto Saxophone | Adam Waldmann – Soprano |