Whirlwind Recordings

Le Fleming goes full-on pulsating Jaco on ‘FOMO Blues’, the impressive Sean Wayland straight out of the Zawinul school of trippy synthjazz. The contrastingly chilled impressionism of tunes... — Jazzwise, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Janisch enjoys considerable kudos as the founder and head of the dynamic independent record label Whirlwind Recordings, but that should not overshadow his skill as a leader, composer and soloist.... — Jazzwise, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

‘The Interloper’ is deliciously and fragmentedly hip, like a Monk piece full of contemporary timeshifts and rhythmic contortions; ‘Oddity’ is a reshuffled 12-bar, while ‘Scrunge’ (a regular... — Jazzwise, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Inspired by saxophonist John O’Gallagher’s tone-row theories of 12-tone improvisation the pianist used the combination of mathematics, science and music as the basis of compositions derived... — Jazzwise, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Programmatic jazz of this kind isn’t always noteworthy but this is an exception. The themes are mostly on the folky side, with a Celtic-ish kind of feel, creating an airily pastoral ambience... — Jazzwise, December 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

...Yet all three players, as much as they express themselves to the full, embellishing phrases and turnarounds with no inhibition, gel as a unit. The result is an overwhelming feeling of joy... — Jazzwise, August 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The youthful personnel, who played together in Blue Note-signed vibraphonist Joel Ross’ band, deliver the goods with Raghaven’s darkly shimmering, solidly resonant rich-toned bass proving a... — Jazzwise, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A thorough command of hard-hitting afrobeat, jazz and funk enables Olatuja to make appealing music that draws a coherent line from the rhythmically and metrically complex to ballads with a soulful... — Jazzwise, July 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…