11th August 2020: First single from Josephine Davies’s ‘How Can We Wake?’ – ‘Ananda: bliss’ available now + whole album available to pre-order on 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Vinyl, Digital Download and CD

Saxophonist Josephine Davies continues to bring a distinctive voice to the UK Jazz scene. Her latest Satori project is the most spiritually engaged so far. How Can We Wake? engages in a spiritual, existential journey through a variety of different moods and mental states, to create a flowing response that embraces

9th August 2020: ‘Guardians Of The Heart Machine’ – saxophonist Seamus Blake’s 2019 quartet release featured in Concerto Magazine, Medien Info and more – available on Vinyl, CD & DL

  Guardians of the Heart Machine – the debut Whirlwind release from tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake – blends Blake’s considerable experience in contemporary jazz with three exciting players originally from the French scene – pianist Tony Tixier, double bassist Florent Nisse and drummer Gautier Garrigue. Heralded as one of the

9th August 2020: John Turville ‘Head First’ (featuring Julian Argüelles, James Maddren, Dave Whitford and Robbie Robson) featured in Concerto Magazine, Fono Forum and Musik Reviews

Pianist John Turville has established himself as a mainstay of the UK and European contemporary jazz scenes. His debut quintet release, Head First, features many of the finest players on the UK circuit: saxophonist Julian Argüelles, double bassist Dave Whitford, drummer James Maddren; and trumpeter Robbie Robson. The album is

7th August 2020: Rick Simpson – ‘Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited’ available to pre-order today on 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Black and Yellow Split Vinyl / CD / DL – listen to ‘Morning Bell’ now

Reframing Radiohead’s iconic Kid A has been a long time coming for pianist Rick Simpson. Today, Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited is available to pre-order on 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Black and Yellow Split Vinyl / CD / DL: here. When you pre-order the album, you will be

7th August 2020: Out today – Quinsin Nachoff’s Pivotal Arc on 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Dark Green Vinyl / CD / DL featuring Nathalie Bonin, Mark Helias, Satoshi Takeishi, Michael Davidson, JC Sanford and Molinari String Quartet – available on 12″ LP 180g Dark Green Vinyl / CD / DL

“A multifaceted but seamless sound world interweaving driving rhythms, pointillistic modernism, and folk-tinged romance.” CBC (full feature) Pivotal Arc is available now on 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Dark Green Vinyl / CD / DL / Stream: here Out today as part of August’s #BandcampFriday Saxophonist and composer Quinsin Nachoff’s career

5th August 2020: #WhirlwindInFocus: ‘Pivotal Arc’ – a long time in the making! Quinsin Nachoff and Nathalie Bonin chat about their long-term project, out on 8th August

Quinsin Nachoff’s previous projects with Whirlwind includes Path of Totality, an album inspired by the moon’s total eclipse in 2017, and Quinsin Nachoff’s Ethereal Trio with Mark Helias and Dan Weiss described as having “Sophisticated structures framed in original and innovative thematic improvisations.” by Jazz Poland. Now Quinsin is back with a new

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