Acrobats Release date: February 10, 2023 Label: Whirlwind Recordings Australian vocalist Jo Lawry has forged an impressive solo career with a global fan base, while earning deep respect as a ‘musician’s singer’ within and beyond jazz circles. She’s also spent nearly a decade performing and recording with Sting and has worked with Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel. … Read More
Tripwire Release date: September 16, 2022 Label: Whirlwind Recordings Tripwire is the latest album from saxophonist and composer Will Vinson that was recorded in just one day. Realizing a long-held ambition to record a cordless trio album, Vinson is joined here by bassist Matt Penman, one of today’s most adventurous bass players, and drummer Eric Harland, known for … Read More
In Tense Release date: July 29, 2022 Label: Whirlwind Recordings In Tense is the latest album from New York-based composer and bassist Harish Raghavan, following his 2019 debut Calls For Action. This new and all-original output was recorded at the end of 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The album’s six tracks were written especially … Read More
We’re All Improvisers Now Release date: June 24, 2022 Label: Whirlwind Recordings New York/Montreal-based performer Tommy Crane presents his debut solo album, We’re All Improvisers Now. A tranquil yet propulsive, introspective yet outwardly optimistic journey through boundary-traversing instrumental electronic jazz, We’re All Improvisers Now is buoyed by the creative elan of an acclaimed drummer in full experimentation mode. Using electronic and acoustic … Read More
Samara Joy Release date: July 9, 2021 Label: Whirlwind Recordings After winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, the now 21-year-old ascendant vocalist Samara Joy has announced her self-titled debut release, which puts the singer’s spin on jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. Produced by Grammy-nominated veteran Matt Pierson, she’s joined by … Read More
AfroFuturismRelease date: March 12, 2021Label: Whirlwind RecordingsWhirlwind Recordings is proud to announce the March 12th release of AfroFuturism, the fifth album by alto saxophonist, producer, and composer Logan Richardson. Richardson’s career has been marked by his deep engagement with the Black American improvised music tradition as much as by his fearlessly open-minded embrace of the … Read More
Acadia – Way of the CairnsRelease date: October 30, 2020Label: Whirlwind RecordingsOver the course of eighteen years living in New York City, Patrick Cornelius has earned a substantial reputation as a saxophonist, composer, solo artist and educator, and created an impressive body of work comprised of nine albums as a leader, featuring some of the … Read More
Trio GrandeRelease date: November 13, 2020Label: Whirlwind RecordingsTrio Grande is the debut statement from a brand new project that unites three of the most inventive, exciting and accomplished musicians working at the interface of New York’s contemporary musical culture, where the city’s rich tradition of jazz meets crosscurrents blowing in from across the world.British-born saxophonist … Read More
Romantic Funk – The UnfamiliarRelease date: September 18, 2020Label: Whirlwind Recordings“Outstanding” is an overused description but one that’s applied to bassist Orlando le Fleming so consistently that its justification can’t be denied. Since relocating from his native UK to New York City, he has thrived in the world’s toughest jazz environment, and brought his inimitable personality to … Read More
Lagos Pepper SoupRelease Date: June 12, 2020Label: Whirlwind RecordingsOn his third release as a bandleader, bassist and composer Michael Olatuja presents his spectacular blend of West African Afrobeats and jazz, with the support of a string orchestra – arranged by iconic film score orchestrator Dave Metzger – alongside an international all-star cast which features Angelique … Read More
