Natacha Atlas – Strange Days – CD • DL • 12″ 2x Gatefold LP – 180g – Limited Edition . Check out the little video Natacha sent over after opening her ‘Strange Days’ 2xLP for the first time. Her album continues to get great coverage from around Europe, here’s some
In September Rez Abbasi released his 13th album & first film score A Throw of Dice featuring his group The Silent Ensemble. The album is based on ‘A Throw of Dice (A Romance of India)’, a vintage black-and-white Indian-German silent film from 1929: Rez Abbasi – electric and acoustic guitars Pawan
Broken Circles from saxophonist and composer Jure Pukl will be released on CD / DL / 180 gram limited edition vinyl on February 21 2020. The album features Charles Altura – guitar, Matt Brewer – double bass, Joel Ross – vibraphone and Kweku Sumbry – drums and percussion. Jure will
“Walter and I had been talking about putting a recording session together” explains Stevens, “and decided to go into the studio with music that could be quickly interpreted with an interesting group of musicians and to let it unfold naturally from there.” The resulting sessions yielded an unaffected and dynamic
WWR founder, bassist and composer Michael Janisch is the cover feature for the December Edition of the Austrian Magazine CONCERTO. The article talks about Michael’s new album Worlds Collide as well as his formative years leading up to music and work at Whirlwind Recordings. Michael will be appearing in Spain on
Composer and saxophonist Will Vinson will be releasing his Whirlwind debut and eighth solo album, four forty one on January 31st, 2020 on all formats. four forty one features a truly remarkable lineup of pianists: Sullivan Fortner, Tigran Hamaysan, Gerald Clayton, Fred Hersch and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, with rhythm section players Matt Brewer, Matt Penman, Rick Rosato, Larry Grenadier, Obed Calvaire, Billy Hart, Clarence Penn, Jochen Rueckert and Eric
Melodic master, Tony Tixier released his Whirlwind debut Life Of Sensitive Creatures in August 2017 and it was incredibly well received. Tony will be heading out on the road come January 2020 with Matt Clohesy, Ben Leifer, Karl McComas Reichl, Jongkuk Kim, Ryan J Lee & Jonathan Pinson. Keep an eye out for his
To commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the death of Krzysztof Komeda (1931–1969), a legend of Polish jazz and an illustrious Hollywood film composer, Whirlwind is offering an exclusive online release of Wojtek Mazolewski’s tribute to Komeda When Angels Fall. Click here to purchase the DL or the CD Other
Scott Kinsey‘s We Speak Luniwaz continues to draw attention from the music press with reviews coming in from Europe and a feature in the December issue of Jazzwise Magazine on news stands now. Check out this video from ‘Where the Moon Goes’ from the album, ft. Katisse Buckingham, Jimmy Haslip,
Harish Raghavan has a launch show coming next month in NYC playing music from his Whirlwind debut, Calls for Action. The show is on December 11 at the Jazz Standard with two sets at 7:30 & 9:30 pm, and there’ll be plenty of signed CDs and beautiful Double Vinyl, 180 gram