Anticipation is building for Rudresh Mahanthappa‘s latest Whirlwind album, Hero Trio, out June 19th. On Hero Trio, he has moved the focus away from his own compositions to pay tribute to his greatest influences with an album of interpretations. All of the material is presented in Mahanthappa’s characteristically original arrangements,
We’re delighted to announce that saxophonist Josephine Davies is due to release the third iteration of the Satori project on 9th October 2020. Davies continues to assert her unique presence across the crowded landscape of international jazz with the latest release from the acclaimed trio project that she has been
Following a delay due to Covid-19, In The Heat, the latest release from Kenny Warren Trio, is now able to pre-order on Vinyl, shipping from July 24th. Check it out over on our Bandcamp site, where the Trio’s record is also available on CD & DL.
Pre-order now on CD / DL / 180 gram Limited Edition White Vinyl & receive instant grat track: here Rez Abbasi has established an enviable reputation over the course of his fourteen album releases as leader: not simply as one of the finest guitarists of
Pre-order now on CD / DL / 180 gram Limited Edition White Vinyl & receive instant grat track: here Saxophonist and composer Quinsin Nachoff’s career to date has delivered a boundary-crossing body of work that’s consistently unpredictable, fearlessly innovative, breathtakingly accomplished, and full of creative passion, constantly increasing
The third single from Michael Olatuja‘s Lagos Pepper Soup, ‘Ma Foya’ (ft. Brandee Younger) is released today. Brandee contributes harp to the acoustic textures of ‘Ma Foya’ – on this, Michael comments: “She’s NYC’s premier harp player! We get along like a house on fire – she joked about being left off
‘“Imagined Sky” has a warm, feel-good atmosphere to it. It’s accessible, yet healthily unconstrained by genre and sure of its own identity…with a refreshing vitality, I’d highly recommend it.’ ★★★★ UK Vibe (full review) Available now on CD / DL / 180 gram Limited Edition Vinyl: here ‘Imagined
In Common 2, the latest release from Walter Smith III and Matthew Stevens, was released on Whirlwind Recordings on May 15th. The duo first collaborated in 2017 for the first In Common. In Common 2’ explores the same parameters, adjusting the personnel to produce an intriguingly different but equally dynamic
‘Red Cross’, the latest single from Rudresh Mahanthappa‘s Hero Trio, is released today. The Charlie Parker tune was one of the first that Rudresh ever learned, and the trio give it a thorough rework. On the track, Rudresh says: “It’s been interesting for me to take things apart – we
Kenny Warren’s April release In The Heat sees the Brooklyn trumpeter team up with bassist Matthias Pichler and drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell in a fluid exploration of the classic trio set up. An unfiltered and deeply personal project, the album sounds pulls together the many diverse strands that form Warren’s creative