29th August 2017: Rez Abbasi’s ‘Unfiltered Universe’ feat Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Johannes Weidenmueller, Dan Weiss and Elizabeth Mikhael now available for pre order

Pre-order Unfiltered Universe and receive ‘Thin-King’ as instant download (click the player below to listen)   Unfiltered Universe by Rez Abbasi Completing a trilogy of albums whose compositions are infused with the various, colorful strands of traditional music from his Pakistani/Indian homeland, New York guitarist Rez Abbasi’s Unfiltered Universe presents

25th August 2017: September 22 release for Jure Pukl and Matija Dedić ‘Hybrid’ ft. Matt Brewer, Johnathan Blake with guest Melissa Aldana

  Click to pre 0rder Hybrid and receive an instant gratification track   An energized and impassioned studio session from New York-based Slovenian saxophonist Jure Pukl, Croatian pianist Matija Dedić and their quartet with bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Johnathan Blake brings new release, Hybrid, to the Whirlwind label.Pukl’s prolific ascendancy

25th August 2017: Gareth Lockrane’s ‘Fistfight at the Barndance’ released today. Official launch event September 11 at London’s Kings Place

  Fistfight at the Barndance : CDs, FLACS, ALACS, Digital Downloads and more Album Launch – September 11th – Kings Place, London – 7.30pm (Tickets)   In his most ambitious artistic undertaking yet, respected British flautist, composer and educator Gareth Lockrane brings his debut big band project to Whirlwind to

24th August 2017: ‘A work that pulses with meaning.” ★★★★ from the The Evening Standard for Samuel Eagles’ Spirit and ‘Ask, Seek, Knock’

“Eagles delivers eight prismatic originals… A work that pulses with meaning, taking the active listener deeper and higher.” ★★★★ The Evening Standard Increasingly incandescent across the London jazz, funk and world music scenes, alto saxophonist and composer Samuel Eagles’ SPIRIT (saxophonist Duncan Eagles, pianist Sam Leak, vibraphonist Ralph Wyld, double bassist

19th August 2017: Premier of new video from Joel Harrison’s ‘The Other River’ + ★★★★ review in DownBeat Magazine

“Pensive, dreamy Americana/indie-folk record The Other River—dips its bucket at every turn into the deep well of American music.” Grateful Web (website) See the full premier of the new ‘So Long Chelsea Hotel’ video here “Varied, intimate emotions course through The Other River… The arrangements are unique to each song giving colour

19th August 2017: Gareth Lockrane Fistfight at the Barndance official album trailer, Jazzwise Magazine feature and official launch event details

“Infectious, well-crafted pieces draw from latin, funk, New Orleans second line and blues rock idioms… Lockrane’s sinuous flute solos are the pick of the bunch.” Jazzwise Magazine (scroll down for full feature) PRE-ORDER Fistfight at the Barndance and receive an instant downloadable track: here The official album launch event will

18th August 2017: New Focus (Euan Stevenson & Konrad Wiszniewski) play two nights at Ronnie Scott’s and headline at the Crypt, Camberwell this week

New Focus On Song by Euan Stevenson & Konrad Wiszniewski Tonight, (Friday August 18th) following two consecutive nights at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club supporting James Taylor Quartet, pianist Euan Stevenson and saxophonist Konrad Wisniewski lead their own quartet at The Crypt, Camberwell. The evening feature music from their recently released second

1st August 2017: Dee Byrne’s Entropi ‘Moment Frozen’ out Sept 15 (pre order now available) + tour dates + Kings Place Launch + new video

Pre Order Moment Frozen available now – album out September 15   Moment Frozen by Dee Byrne’s ‘Entropi’ With an invigorating spirit embodying the sequential, macrocosmic concept of ‘order, unpredictability, then descent into disorder’ (originally launched and explored in the debut album New Era), London-based alto saxophonist Dee Byrne’s five-piece

31st July 2017: New album trailer for Oli Rockberger’s ‘Sovereign’ – now available for Pre-Order (Out OCT 20) + Links for launch concerts @ Pizza Express Holborn

Check the new album trailer for Oli Rockberger’s forthcoming release Sovereign which drops on OCT 20 – AND – you can now pre-order the album and get 2 instant gratification tracks.  Click here for more info. Also – Oli will be touring to support the release in OCT – here’s

27th July 2017: DownBeat Magazine features NYSQ and latest release ‘Sleight of Hand’

The new release from NYSQ Sleight of Hand builds on their catalog of five previous album recordings (most recently, The New Straight Ahead and Power of 10, on Whirlwind). Tim Armacost – saxophone David Berkman – piano Gene Jackson – drums Daiki Yasukagawa – double bass     “NYSQ creates

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