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Article: Interview

Michael Janisch: The Whirlwind, Paradigm Shift and London's Label of the Moment

by Phil Barnes
November 11, 2015

However you look at it Michael Janisch is an extraordinarily driven, highly motivated, success story. Not only has he been the founder, owner and force behind London's wonderful Whirlwind Recordings for the last five years, but he has also just released one of 2015's finest albums in the adventurous 2CD set Paradigm Shift. It's no coincidence ...

Article: Album Review

Phil Robson: The Cut Off Point

Read "The Cut Off Point" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
May 16, 2015

With four albums already to his name and another four by the band Partisans which he co-leads with saxophonist Julian Siegel, British guitar phenomenon Phil Robson hardly needs any introduction, save that his new musical departure is realised by an organ trio offering a smörgåsbord of exciting and imaginative compositions. “Thief" hits the ground ...

Album

Partisans - Swamp

By Partisans

Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1. Flip the Sneck; 2. Low Glow; 3. Thin Man; 4. Swamp; 5. Veto; 6. Overview; 7. Mickey; 8. Icicle Architects.

Article: Year in Review

Phil Barnes' Favourite Albums of 2014

by Phil Barnes
December 24, 2014

The sheer volume of great records that I have managed to hear, and the knowledge that there are many more that I haven't, means that I make no pretence of presenting a list of the definitive albums of the year. Instead, this is a snapshot list of the ten records that I have enjoyed the most ...

Article: Album Review

Partisans: Partisans - Swamp

Read "Partisans - Swamp" reviewed by Phil Barnes

by Phil Barnes
August 6, 2014

Partisans, seen by many as the godfathers of the flourishing UK prog jazz scene, plough their own idiosyncratic path on this their fifth album, and first to appear on London label of the moment Whirlwind. The title conjures up fears of a blues rock abomination but thankfully the gentlemen have refrained from donning bandanas or placing ...

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2014

by John Kelman
July 8, 2014

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Ambrose Akinmusire By Invitation Tigran By Invitation Tord Gustavsen Quartet / Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana, Mehliana June 26-July 6, 2014 There simply isn't a festival in the world like the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. Where else in the world can you ...

Article: Live Review

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival 2014, Days 7-9

by John Kelman
July 2, 2014

Days 1-2 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Anat Fort / Susanna Torben Waldorff Wah Wah / Norma WInstone Partisans TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 20-July 1, 2014 For the last three days in Ottawa before heading to Montréal for five days of the Festival ...

Video

Swamp EPK

Featuring the music of Partisans
Duration: 12:24
June 30, 2014

Promotional video for Swamp, the new album by UK's Partisans: Phil Robson: guitar; Julian Siegel: saxophone, bass clarinet; Thad Kelly: bass; Gene Calderazzo: drums. Due out on Whirlwind Recordings at the end of September, the quartet will be road-testing it (and making advance copies available) during its upcoming six-date North American tour.

Article: Live Review

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival 2014, Days 1-2

by John Kelman
June 25, 2014

Days 1-2 | Days 4-6 | Days 7- 9 Joey DeFrancesco Trio / Sun Rooms / Harris Eisenstadt Golden StateTD Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 20-July 1, 2014 Another year, another TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, except to say so would sound dismissive of a festival that, year after ...