14th November 2014: Four Dates for Tori Freestone at the EFG London Jazz Festival

WWR Artist and saxophonist Tori Freestone (who released In The Chop House with us earlier this year) will be playing four dates as part of The EFG London Jazz Festival, which starts today. November 15th with E17 Large Ensemble, The Barbican Centre. Details November 16th (2pm) with Solstice at E17

13th November 2014: New York Standards Quartet ‘The New Straight Ahead’ reviewed in Jazz Weekly + USA tour pics

The New Straight Ahead is the debut WWR release from the New York Standards Quartet (NYSQ) and their fourth album to date. The NYSQ is made up of pianist David Berkman, drummer Gene Jackson, saxophonist Tim Armacost, and double bassist Daiki Yasukagawa. The band has just been on a two

10th November 2014: RELEASE DAY: Simon Purcell’s debut album ‘Red Circle’ out today

Red Circle (click here for your copy) is the debut release from international acclaimed pianist and educator Simon Purcell, currently the Head of Jazz at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music in London. Purcell originally came to prominence during the UK jazz boom of the 1980s through his

9th November 2014: Bobby Avey w/ Euro tour of ‘Authority Melts From Me’ w/ Miguel Zenon, Ben Monder, Michael Janisch and Jordan Perlson DEC 2014

Authority Melts from Me  (released earlier this year) is the fascinating new album from Bobby Avey, praised by the New Yorker magazine as “A young pianist of invention and refinement.” Winner of the 2011 Thelonious Monk Competition for composition, Avey also received the 2011 “New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble

6th November 2014: Ahead of her appearance at The EFG London Jazz Festival, Jazz Journal reviews Tori Freestone at the 606.

“This music is free in style but always melodic, probing and with a strong sense of form. freedom within the confines of classic jazz tradition might be a suitable phrase to describe The Tori Freestone Trio.” Click HERE for full review   The Tori Freestone Trio presented songs from her

3rd November 2014: Release Day: Paul Jackson Trio ‘Groove Or Die’ is out!

It’s with great pleasure we release the album of legendary bassist and original founding member of The Headhunters, Paul Jackson and his new trio’s album Groove Or Die.  Click here to be taken to the album page to pick up a copy as well as a number of digital album

Menu