12th October 2020: Whirlwind receives Culture Recovery Fund grant award from Arts Council England, DCMS & HM Treasury

      We’re delighted to be included in the #CultureRecoveryFund & gratefully acknowledge our grant award from Arts Council England Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, HM Treasury – the funding allows vital support for our artists, their music, our staff & network of creatives as we continue

9th October 2020: ‘Upside’ the second single from Will Vinson, Gilad Hekselman and Antonio Sanchez’s Trio Grande – Out Today

‘Upside’, the second single from Trio Grande (Will Vinson, Gilad Hekselman & Antonio Sanchez) is out NOW on all DSPs… Check it on all platforms: here. Trio Grande is available to pre-order on 2x 180g Marble LP, CD & DL.

9th October 2020: Josephine Davies’ third Satori project (Dave Whitford, James Maddren) ‘How Can we Wake’ released today.

  CD • DL • 12″ 180g LP (Limited Edition): Here   “An introspective display of the bandleader’s musical prowess and the ensemble’s unquestionable simpatico on a record of timely urgency.” DownBeat Magazine   Josephine Davies continues to assert her unique presence across the crowded landscape of international jazz with the

8th October 2020: “Take this time to really be an artist” – Jure Pukl: On Lockdown & Beyond – a catchup with the saxophonist, producer and composer from Velenje, Slovenia

 Jure Pukl’s Broken Circles is something of a change of tack for the Slovenian saxophonist. Previous Whirlwind releases Doubtless and Hybrid have focused respectively on chordless quartet and saxophone and rhythm sections. The immediate change is in personnel, bringing in the understated vibraphone tones of Joel Ross, and Charles

5th October 2020: Natacha Atlas ‘Strange Days’ is one today! Recent Press includes Spalding Today, Jazz Journal, Written in Music and Inside Arabia – find the full album on 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Vinyl, CD & DL

  Today marks one year since Natacha Atlas released her Whirlwind debut, Strange Days, an effortless genre-fluid record that reflects Atlas’s background. Both Atlas and musical partner Samy Bishai felt drawn to the idea of combining Arabic scales and textures with the changes and harmonic language of jazz, and this idea

2nd October 2020: Pre-order Brotherly ‘Analects’ today – available on formats including Limited Edition Signed Bundle, 180 gram, 12″ 2x Gatefold LP in Electric Blue/White Vinyl, CD & DL

  Today’s the day for Brotherly fans to *finally* get their music on vinyl – pre-orders are LIVE (shipping December 4th). Building a bridge between jazz and experimental dance music, Brotherly were one of the most creative bands to emerge from Britain in the mid 2000s. Vocalist-pianist Anna Stubbs and

2nd October 2020: #OTD 20 years ago, Radiohead released ‘Kid A’ – Rick Simpson’s second single ‘Kid A’ premieres on Jazz In Europe today – ‘Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited’ available to pre-order on 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Black & Gold Split Vinyl, CD & DL on #BandcampFriday

  Today marks twenty years since Radiohead released their genre-defining album Kid A, an album that has provided inspiration for countless musicians over the years, including jazz musicians from Robert Glasper to Jamie Cullum. This time, British pianist Rick Simpson reimagines the album with a quintet of the finest musicians on the UK circuit – Tori

2nd October 2020: Jeff Williams to release sixth Whirlwind album ‘Live at London Jazz Festival: Road Tales’ (featuring John O’Gallagher, Josh Arcoleo & Sam Lasserson) on November 20th – available to pre-order now on 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Vinyl, CD & DL

  We’re delighted to announce that prolific drummer Jeff Williams is to release his sixth album on Whirlwind – Live at London Jazz Festival: Road Tales on November 20th. Road Tales release follows Jeff’s five previous releases – Bloom, Lifelike, Outlier, The Listener and Another Time. This recording features an all-star cast

1st October 2020: Rudresh Mahanthappa ‘Hero Trio’ Red-Splattered Vinyl – Now SOLD OUT

We’d like to thank everyone who picked up the limited edition pressing of Rudresh Mahanthappa‘s Hero Trio in red-splattered vinyl, but as of yesterday we’re now sold out.  Along with Rudresh, we decided to do a one-time, unique pressing for this release which will not be replicated the same in

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