11th August 2021: Michael Janisch to headline Ronnie Scott’s on September 13th with more tour dates in October

After being sidelined for well over a year due to the global pandemic which forced the cancellation dozens of tour dates for his new band, Whirlwind founder and MOBO nominated artist Michael Janisch is set to restart his touring career with a special headline show at Ronnie Scott’s on September 13th. Further dates include Malvern Jazz Club October 13th and EastSide Jazz Club Birmingham October 14th.

Joining Janisch (on basses) for his live shows is his new London-based band which showcases some of the finest performers in the UK today – Nathaniel Facey on alto saxophone (Empirical, Gary Crosby OBE), George Crowley on tenor saxophone (Melt Yourself Down, Yazz Ahmed), Rick Simpson on piano/keys (Christian Scott, Leo Richardson), and Shane Forbes on drums (Soweto Kinch, Empirical).

Along with new music composed during the pandemic, the band will play selections from Worlds Collide, his latest album which was one of 2019’s most talked about jazz releases with well over 1 million streams globally.

Here’s Janisch’s band live in Spain just before the pandemic sidelined the Worlds Collide tour, playing Janisch’s ‘An Ode To A Norwegian Strobe’ featuring the soloistic might of both Crowley and Facey.