5th July 2024: Joe Sanders to release ‘Parallels’ October 11 2024 featuring Logan Richardson, Seamus Blake, Greg Hutchinson and more.

Announcing the debut Whirlwind solo release from bassist, composer and producer Joe Sanders: one of the world’s most in demand and prolific bassists. Released on CD / DL / 180 gram 2xLP on October 11, 2024. Just as his basslines never stay within the limits of the obvious, so Joe

21st June 2024: Orlando le Fleming & Romantic Funk – ‘Wandering Talk’ out today

Out today – Digital Album / Streaming and Physicals (CD/LP) shipping in August   Bassist, bandleader and composer Orlando le Fleming continues to make music that crosses genres as readily as he crosses the Atlantic. After 20 years in New York City, he’s back in his native UK, forging new

31st May 2024: OLATUJA – from Alicia & Michael Olatuja – out today

Available from today in CD / DL / 180 gram LP (vinyl ships later, check site for dates)   Olatuja is a band, a project, an album full of the uplifting, joyful music of the African diaspora, and a beacon of healing in a divided world. Michael ‘Leye’ Olatuja first

5th April 2024: Alicia & Michael Olatuja release OLATUJA – first single IJO pre save available, plus album pre order

Announcing the new album from Alicia and Michael Olatuja, OLATUJA, available to pre order now along with the pre save of the first single IJO   Full album is out May 31 2024 in CD, DL, LP   Olatuja is a band, a project, an album full of the uplifting,

5th April 2024: Orlando le Fleming & Romantic Funk are back with new album ‘Wandering Talk’ for June, pre order available now, plus upcoming dates

Pre Order Available Today CD/DL/LP Bassist, bandleader and composer Orlando le Fleming continues to make music that crosses genres as readily as he crosses the Atlantic. After 20 years in New York City, he’s back in his native UK, forging new pathways and renewing old partnerships. His love for the

5th April 2024: John O’Gallagher is back with BEAST – pre order available now for May 2024 release

  . We’re happy to announce the pre order for master alto saxophonist John O’Gallagher’s next release BEAST – an album of four extended improvisational settings, featuring his new working group based in Portugal where John has recently relocated. This album presents the next instalment in the journey of one

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,

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