15th May 2020: Released today – ‘In Common 2’ by Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens ft. Micah Thomas, Linda May Han Oh & Nate Smith + Wall Street Journal, JazzTrail and Jazz Times Magazine reviews

  “Smith III and Stevens culled inspiration from their own imagination as well as from the comprehensive musical universe that inspire their work. Hence, In Common 2 is replete with magnificent ideas.” JazzTrail (full review) “A wide range of influences arrive unself-consciously in the music… Both the leaders and their

14th May 2020: Rudresh Mahanthappa’s ‘Hero Trio’ (out June 19th) featured in WGBO Jazz & interview on Jazziz Daily Brunch

  Anticipation is building for Rudresh Mathanthappa‘s Hero Trio release on Whirlwind Recordings (out June 19th). On Hero Trio, his sixteenth release as a leader/co-leader, Rudresh has moved the focus away from his own compositions to pay tribute to his greatest influences with an album of interpretations, enlisting the talents of long-time

14th May 2020: Will Vinson – Latest reviews for ‘four forty one’ include ★★★★ from Jazzwise + press reaction from London Jazz News, Step Tempest and Bebop Spoken Here

four forty one was alto saxophonist Will Vinson‘s debut recording on Whirlwind which saw him realise on a long-held dream – to record with five of today’s finest pianists. Featuring Sullivan Fortner, Tigran Hamasyan, Gerald Clayton, Fred Hersch and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, the differing combinations each represent a different aspect of Vinson’s

14th May 2020: Quinsin Nachoff to release third Whirlwind album ‘Pivotal Arc’ – 7th August – featuring Nathalie Bonin, Molinari String Quartet, Mark Helias, Satoshi Takeishi, Michael Davidson and JC Sanford

  We’re pleased to announce that Quinsin Nachoff‘s third Whirlwind album Pivotal Arc will be available CD • DL • 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Vinyl on 7th August 2020. Saxophonist and composer Quinsin Nachoff’s career to date has delivered a boundary-crossing body of work that’s consistently unpredictable, fearlessly innovative,

12th May 2020: ‘Queen Anne’ (feat. Macie Stewart) the second single from Matt Gold’s ‘Imagined Sky’ released today + early press reaction includes ★★★★ from UK Vibe

  ‘Queen Anne’, the second single from Matt Gold‘s upcoming release Imagined Sky is out today. The release is Chicago-based guitarist and songwriter Matt Gold’s debut as leader, and features a central trio of Bryan Doherty (bass) and Jeremy Cunningham (drums). Imagined Sky has creative collaboration at its core, and is driven

12th May 2020: Introducing #WhirlwindInFocus – a new exclusive series of artist features, interviews, Q&A & Live sessions available only on the Whirlwind website

We’re pleased to announce a new development at Whirlwind: #WhirlwindInFocus. As a result of Covid-19 we’ve needed to immediately alter the way we work as a label, and one positive change will be working even closer with our artists – both past and present – to help promote their music in

11th May 2020: Rez Abbasi to release third Whirlwind album – ‘Django-shift’ – 28th August – feat. Neil Alexander and Michael Sarin

We’re delighted to announce that Django-shift, the new release from guitarist and multiple DownBeat critics poll winner Rez Abbasi, will be released on CD / DL / 12″ LP 180g Limited Edition Vinyl on 28th August 2020. The album merges many of Django Reinhardt‘s rarely heard compositions with Abbasi’s arranging skills

11th May 2020: ICYMI Satori’s ‘Wabi Sabi’ featured as Jazziz ‘Song of the Day’ + trio to release How Can We Wake? on October 9th 2020

Satori’s ‘Wabi Sabi’ was featured as Wednesday’s ‘Song of the Day’ on Jazziz (full feature). Inspired by the all-encompassing Japanese philosophy that celebrates the beauty of interpretation, the track appears on Satori’s album, In the Corners of Clouds, which is available: here. Off the back of this feature, we’re pleased

9th May 2020: “One to watch”: Rebecca Nash’s Peaceful King + ★★★★ Jazzwise Review + reaction from Jazz Journal, All About Jazz and more

Peaceful King was promising keyboardist and composer Rebecca Nash‘s first major recording as leader. An album with collaboration at its core, it takes inspiration from an array of sources – rock, drum-and-bass, ‘70s fusion, soul-jazz and electronica, alongside singer-songwriter influences – and melts them into a progressive landscape that reflects the

8th May 2020: Released today – Chris Montague’s ‘Warmer Than Blood’ featuring Kit Downes and Ruth Goller

  Now available on CD / DL / 180 gram Limited Edition vinyl: here    Warmer Than Blood , the new release from critically acclaimed composer and guitarist ​Chris Montague ​is released today. The release brings together Montague (Troyka, Squarepusher, Benny Greb), pianist and ECM recording artist Kit Downes

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