5th April 2024: CLOUDMAKERS TRIO with LEO GENOVESE – A DROP OF HOPE IN THE OCEAN OF UNCERTAINTY – Digital Album Available Today plus full length video ‘Voodoo Grave’ from Abbey Road Studio 3

  In 2009 Jim Hart first came together with Michael Janisch and Dave Smith to create Cloudmakers Trio. Since then their powerfully original vision has grown and sustained an international touring career, keeping them at the forefront of contemporary instrumental music in an exciting, horizon-spanning space where jazz, European improvisation,

15th March 2024: Empirical – ‘Wonder is the Beginning’ – Out Today

   Out Today in all formats:  Click Here to Order   Real groups like Empirical are a rarity in contemporary jazz, where musicians so often come together for single projects then disperse again once they are done: groups that endure for fifteen years, without slackening in their quest for the

8th March 2024: Cyrille Aimée’s À Fleur de Peau OUT TODAY – including two new hand-numbered LP editions

  Today, on International Women’s Day, Cyrille Aimée À Fleur de Peau is out on all formats (CD / DL / Black LP) – and with the release we’re announcing two new LP versions on our site. We’ve printed 200 Neon Magenta LPs and 300 of a Transparent Light Blue

12th February 2024: Jim Hart & Cloudmakers Trio (Michael Janisch & Dave Smith) with new tour/recording featuring Grammy award winning artist Leonardo Genovese for March 2024

    Cloudmakers Trio (with three previous albums on Whirlwind) blends downtown New York and European improvised music with world and rock influences. This project’s original vision – to match the textural density of a piano trio, but instead headed up by vibraphone – places exhilarating improvisation at the core,

26th January 2024: In Duo – out today – David Liebman and Jeff Williams

  “In this extraordinary album, we witness the combination of the spontaneous creative impulses and actions of the two artists with aesthetic enthusiasm. Sound vibrations, which usually shine and disappear for a short time during the live performance, are like the handsome corpses of the jazz cemetery, but this recording

19th January 2024: Empirical ‘Wonder is the Beginning’ – pre order today ahead of March 15 release – featuring guests + Jazzwise Magazine video of the day + launch show

We’re very happy to announce the signing of Empirical, one of the most established of UK jazz groups today, and their release Wonder is the Beginning (March 15 release) – pre order today and get instant grat track/first single Plus, check the full length video of the first single ‘The

8th December 2023: Pre Order ‘à Fleur de Peau’ by Cyrille Aimée from today – worldwide release date – March 8 2024

We’re very happy to announce the debut Whirlwind release from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Cyrille Aimée. À Fleur de Peau presents Cyrille in her own words, with her own original compositions presented in her own arrangements, developed in close collaboration with New York multi-instrumentalist & producer Jake Sherman. Multiple Vinyl formats will

8th December 2023: ‘In Duo’ – Pre Order Available now for January 2024 duo record by Jeff Williams and David Liebman

Announcing the 7th Whirlwind album from legendary drummer Jeff Williams, a live, fully-improvised set recorded in 1991 in duo with master saxophonist David Liebman that was lost for many years and now is available for the first time. Pre Order Here Full album release: January 26, 2024 All true improvisation

1st December 2023: Pre Order for Igor Osypov’s debut Whirlwind release Motherland?2K14 available now – out February 2024 – CD / DL / LP + 2024 Tour Dates

  The pre order is now available for Ukrainian guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Igor Osypov’s debut Whirlwind release MOTHERLAND?2K14, and comes with instant grat track with pre order. FEB 2024 – CD / DL / LP   Igor Osypov is an artist standing at a complex crossroads where different

17th November 2023: MILLION SELLER releases today – Matt Calvert takes cues from Herbie Hancock’s 1971 Classic Mwandishi… with guests

    Release day for MILLION SELLER from Matt Calvert – CD / DL / 180 gram, 2xLP   Million Seller is the new album and project led by Matt Calvert, one of the founding members of the underground alt-rock sensation Three Trapped Tigers. The inspiration for the project originated

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