“An album that is a serious listen, further evidence that Simmons can be counted as one of the most creative trumpeters on the UK jazz scene at the moment with ideas to burn firing us all up.” – 4 Stars, Marlbank “At times fascinatingly challenging, unsettling and emotional, this album
Two WWR double billed concerts will be happening this month, and Jazzwise has picked them up as a special feature which you can view here. The first double bill will be at The Forge in Camden, London on 22nd April and will feature the Tori Freestone Trio performing music from
Featuring Alice Zawadzki – vocals, violin, piano Alex Roth – guitars Andreas Lang – double bass Kit Downes – hammond organ Jon Scott – drums with guests: Shirley Smart – cello Emilia Martensson, Fini Bearman – vocals Eva Thorarinsdottir, Steven Proctor – violin Lucy Nolan, Tahan Stevens – viola
The Bannau Trio, led by singer Nia Lynn, have gained a mighty collection of glowing reviews for their latest release Points of View released on WWR in late 2013. These include a 4 star review from both Jazzwise and Jazz Journal, as well as high praising reviews from London Jazz News, Jazz
“It’s an absorbing quite superb listen, the suite inspired by Haiti’s 1791 slave revolt at its core. A significant achievement” 4 Stars, Marlbank The above quote is taken from the recent Marlbank review on Bobby Avey’s upcoming May 6 release Authority Melts From Me, and we couldn’t agree more. On
Congratulations to Tori Freestone on the release of her debut album In The Chop House. Get your copy here. In The Chop House is the debut album from Tori Freestone, a saxophonist, flautist and violinist who has been performing at the forefront of the British improvised music scene as both
Saxophonist Tori Freestone recently released her debut WWR release In the Chop House and we now have in a collection of praising reviews including a 4 star review from Marlbank plus live reviews from God is in the TV, Bebop Spoken Here and an interview with Tori by London Jazz News.
Rory Simmon’s ‘Monocled Man’ will soon be releasing their debut WWR album Southern Drawl and we already have in a glowing 4 star review from Marlbank. The review describes it as an “album that is a serious listen” continuing to say that it’s “further evidence that Simmons can be counted as
More great press than we can shake a stick at! Joel Harrison & Anupam Shobhakar released Leave the Door Open in March and since it’s release we’ve had dozens of reviews and radio play for the album hit from around the world. Recent highlights include BBC Radio 3 play, 4
Saxophonist Alex Garnett released Serpent with us in 2011 to widespread acclaim and has recently finished a nationwide UK tour with his new project ‘Bunch of Fives’ featuring fellow tenor sax man and long time friend Tim Armacost from NYC, UK based musicians Liam Noble on piano, Michael Janisch on