7th April 2016: Jason Palmer and Cédric Hanriot to release ‘City of Poets’ featuring Donny McCaslin, Michael Janisch and Clarence Penn on 20th May 2016.

  2016 Releases Sampler by Cédric Hanriot & Jason Palmer The very essence of American trumpeter Jason Palmer and French pianist/composer Cédric Hanriot’s improvisational concept City Of Poets – centered around Olivier Messiaen’s 7 Modes of Limited Transportation and US author Dan Simmons’ acclaimed, four-novel science fiction series Hyperion Cantos

5th April 2016: “Our guitarist of the year if not the decade.” Latest reviews from across Europe for Matthew Stevens and ‘Woodwork’ + live video of Matthew’s interview with The Pace Report.

NYC-based Guitarist and composer Matthew Stevens is heralded as one of the most promising young artists in contemporary jazz music through his associations with NEXT Collective, Christian Scott, Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Walter Smith III, and Harvey Mason. Now Stevens comes fully into his own with his debut recording

4th April 2016: ★★★★ from The Scotsman amongst latest reviews for Matt Ridley and Mettã ft: John Turville, Jazon Yarde and George Hart. Tour starts again this week.

Following up his debut release on Whirlwind (Thymos, 2013), British double bassist and composer Matt Ridley presents his latest release  Mettã. The album,  – its title and concept referencing themes of benevolence and goodwill – finds him progressing his shared creativity again with his quartet of pianist John Turville, drummer George Hart,

1st April 2016: RELEASE DAY: Zhenya Strigalev’s ‘Never Group’ ft: Eric Harland, Tim Lefebvre & guests + 4 Star Guardian review

“A typical Strigalev collision of hip jazz virtuosity and surrealism… Strigalev’s alto displays bebop agility, shivery lyricism, or sometimes a bluesy Ornetteish swerve.” ★★★★ The Guardian Click here for a CD or digital albums (ALAC, FLAC MP3s and more)   Russian-born, London-based alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev follows up his 2015 Whirlwind sextet release

1st April 2016: Jazzwise Magazine gives ‘While We’re Still Young’ ★★★★ review and composer Patrick Cornelius is this months ‘Taking Off’ featured artist.

2016 Releases Sampler by Whirlwind Recordings Featuring Patrick Cornelius​ -​​ a​lto​/​s​oprano ​s​ax​es​, ​flute​, compositions​, Jason Palmer​ -​ ​ t​rumpet, John Ellis​ -​ ​t​enor ​saxophone, ​b​ass ​c​larinet, Nick Vayenas​ -​ ​t​rombone, Miles Okazaki​ -​ ​g​uitar, Gerald Clayton​ -​ ​p​iano, Peter Slavov​ -​ ​ b​ass and Kendrick Scott​ – drums, While We’re Still Young is the sixth and latest album

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