17th December 2019: ★★★★ review from Songlines Magazine and Jazzwise Magazine for Natacha Atlas’ ‘Strange Days’ + Jazzwise feature and upcoming tour dates

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

16th December 2019: Rez Abbasi – Latest reviews for ‘A Throw of Dice’ including ★★★★ from Icon Magazine + more

  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

13th December 2019: Jure Pukl to tour ‘Broken Circles’ 2020 including NY’s Winter Jazz Fest – album releases February 21

    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

12th December 2019: Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens IN COMMON 2 – coming April 2020 – with Micah Thomas, Linda May Han Oh and Nate Smith

“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

11th December 2019: Michael Janisch – Cover Feature in Concerto Magazine Austria for December + Spain Tour 2020 + No. 3 in Jazzwise Magazines Albums of the year

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

10th December 2019: Will Vinson – Dec 17th Show at The Vortex – Whirlwind debut ‘four forty one’ releasing in Jan 2020

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

9th December 2019: Tony Tixier – January 2020 Tour

  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

6th December 2019: Exclusive Whirlwind Store release today for Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet ‘When Angels Fall’ + pre order LP + tour dates + plus new video

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

4th December 2019: Scott Kinsey – Jazzwise Feature, latest reviews from UK & Greece and ‘Where the Moon Goes’ video

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,

22nd November 2019: Harish Raghavan ‘Calls for Action’ launch show in NYC at The Jazz Standard December 11th + worldwide iTunes / Apple Music feature

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

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