A formidable improvisers’ showcase of reflectiveness and fierce intensity.” ★★★★ The Guardian (full review) “The three musicians gel together perfectly, exuding skill and harmony within an all-too-rarely heard chordless formation.” ★★★★ All About Jazz (full review) Tori Freestone will be at the 606 Jazz Club, London this evening to launch her
Collaborating again with UK luminaries (including three fellow Whirlwind artists) Tori Freestone (saxes/flutes), Jim Hart (vibraphone), Tom Farmer (bass) and Dave Hamblett (drums), this collection of eight Ivo Neame originals gyrates energetically with complex written grooves and varying instrumental colors to spark opportunities for venturous, improvised blowing. A player whose
British tenorist Sam Crockatt brings the energy and immediacy of his quartet to Whirlwind on Mells Bells, an album of eight original compositions from the leader. Crockatt (a member of London-based Loop Collective) collaborates with many of today’s increasingly successful contemporary jazz and improvisational artists, particularly revelling in the focus
Preston Glasgow Lowe is the eponymous debut album from London-based trio David Preston (guitar), Kevin Glasgow (six-string electric bass) and Laurie Lowe (drums). The sheer, virtuosic rapidity of the playing found within these 65 minutes is striking – from the tumultuous, firecracker synchronicity of ‘C:\>PU’ and ‘Colour Possesses’ to the melodic
Click here for a CD, digital albums, ALAC, FLAC, MP3s and more A formidable improvisers’ showcase of reflectiveness and fierce intensity.” ★★★★ The Guardian (full review) “The three musicians gel together perfectly, exuding skill and harmony within an all-too-rarely heard chordless formation.” ★★★★ All About Jazz (full review) 2016
Zero Sum World is the second solo release from guitarist and composer Ant Law and his first for Whirlwind Recordings. The album features four guiding lights in British contemporary music: Ivo Neame (piano), James Maddren (drums), Michael Chillingworth (multiple reeds) and Tom Farmer (bass). Zero Sum World showcases an eclectic mish-mash
Enjoying some 25 years as a highly respected sideman on the New York circuit, and a regular performer at Greenwich Village’s popular 55 Bar, multi-faceted jazz guitarist Pete McCann brings his fifth solo album, jazz/rock cornucopia Range, to Whirlwind Recordings – a quintet recording of all-new material which distills his
NYSQ’s latest recording, Power of 10 is their second release for Whirlwind and a tribute to their ten years of performing together. Comprising David Berkman (piano), Tim Armacost (sax), Gene Jackson (drums) and Michael Janisch (bass), the hallmark of the group’s playing is an easy rapport with one another developed through ten
American trumpeter Jason Palmer and French pianist/composer Cédric Hanriot’s improvisational concept City Of Poets – centers around Olivier Messiaen’s 7 Modes of Limited Transportation and US author Dan Simmons’ acclaimed, four-novel science fiction series Hyperion Cantos. The recording, captured before a receptive, live audience at London’s Pizza Express Jazz Club,
Drummer Jeff Williams has graced innumerable New York and London stages over the years, making frequent Atlantic crossings between the two cities. With Outlier, his latest solo project, the accomplished band leader and composer presents an engaging album of originals. On July 28th, Jeff is at Smalls Jazz Club, New York,