23rd February 2018: ‘Traveling Pulse’ by Cloudmakers Five (Jim Hart, Michael Janisch, Dave Smith, Hannes Riepler and Antonin-Tri Hoang) released today. Watch new video of ‘The Road’ from the album here

  CDs, Downloads, Album artwork and more here: Traveling Pulse   Under the leadership of vibraphonist Jim Hart, Cloudmakers Five is the new band grown from his long-standing Cloudmakers Trio with Michael Janisch and David Smith, now augmented with Austrian-born guitarist Hannes Riepler and French-based alto saxophonist Antonin Tri Hoang. Vibraphonist,

16th February 2018: Brand new album trailer for Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick’s ‘Criss Cross’ available for pre-order now (album drops March 23rd)

  Criss Cross now available for pre order here: Criss Cross   With the playful opening bars of new release Criss Cross, the sublime world of tenor saxophonist and flautist Tori Freestone and pianist Alcyona Mick (plus guest vocalist Brigitte Beraha) is encapsulated through creative intrigue and improvisational dexterity, frequently glinting with mischievous

9th February 2018: Walter Smith III ‘TWIO’ ft Harish Raghaven and Eric Harland with special guests Christian McBride and Joshua Redman released today + DownBeat Magazine ‘Editor’s Pick’ feature and full Euro tour details (starts London, Monday 12th Feb)

​ “​The lively opener, Monk’s “Ask Me Now” is indicative of Smith’s feisty yet sensitive approach to the album… ​He now must surely rank highly amongst the finest saxophonists playing today.” ★★★★½ All About Jazz​ (full review)   CDs, digital downloads and more available: here   Twio from tenor saxophonist and

8th February 2018: Ingrid and Christine Jensen’s ‘Infinitude’ nominated for Canadian Juno Award

Congratulations to Ingrid Jensen, Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins and Jon Wikan who have been nominated in the category  ‘jazz album of the year: group’  in the 2018 Juno Awards (Canada’s most prestigious music awards show) for their debut ensemble recording Infinitude released to worldwide acclaim on Whirlwind.  The

2nd February 2018: ” An all-too-rare combination of angularity with warmth.” ★★★★ All About Jazz review for Julian Siegel’s ‘VISTA’ released today + Jazzwise cover and feature

“An all-too-rare combination of angularity with warmth… This album perfectly demonstrates how a quartet of seasoned musicians can successfully and seemingly effortlessly, produce an album of fresh ideas and catchy themes.” ★★★★ All About Jazz (full review)   “Plenty of pushing at the barriers of tonality as you’d expect from such

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