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Thomson Kneeland

coustic bassist and composer Thomson Kneeland has established himself as a formidable sideman and leader since moving to New York City in 2003. He quickly found himself working with such established musicians as Ted Rosenthal, Kenny Werner, Billy Drummond, Lynne Arriale, Paul Bollenback, Peter Leitch, Jed Levy, and many others, as well as leading his own groups. Kneeland has established himself as an in demand bassist with a rock solid swing feel and a unique virtuousic and rhythmic voice; but while delving deep into the jazz history, Kneeland also brings a variety of musical interests to the table from classical counterpoint and 20th century chamber music, to Indian Karnatic music, Indonesian gamelan, Balkan folk music, electronica, heavy metal, and more

Better Than Anything

By Jaana Narsipur

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Better Than Anything; The Jody Grind; Small Day Tomorrow; Nica's Dream; But For Now; Comin' Home Baby; Lonely Woman; Senor Blues; Devil May Care; Peace

Whirlwind Recordings Winter Sale - 25% Off All Site Products Until December 31st

December 27, 2016

This month Whirlwind releases our 86th album since we began in early 2010, and we’d like to thank everyone for their continued support of our artists and their music in 2016. Whirlwind-signed musicians performed over 700 concerts this year and as a label we released 17 eclectic albums, inlcuding recent releases from John O'Gallager, Ingrid Jensen, ...

Aaron Irwin Quartet: A Room Forever

by Neri Pollastri
November 3, 2016

Quartetto dall'approccio molto cameristico questo messo assieme dal clarinettista e compositore statunitense, oggi di stanza a New York. Un camerismo che viene esaltato da un lato dalla formazione, priva di batteria, e dall'altro dalle ispirazioni extramusicali delle composizioni, che fanno riferimento ai racconti dello scrittore statunitense Breece D'J Pancake, morto suicida nel 1979 a soli ventisette ...

Bobby Avey: Inhuman Wilderness

by Dan Bilawsky
May 6, 2016

The failings and callousness of mankind have long served as muse and model for artists, but rarely have such negative stimuli yielded such powerful, probing, and positively mesmerizing work as what can be heard on Inhuman Wilderness. This fifth album from pianist Bobby Avey provides extraordinarily intense and thoughtful musical commentary on topics ...

Aaron Irwin Quartet: A Room Forever

by Budd Kopman
April 15, 2016

Reedman Aaron Irwin is a very ambitious composer and on his latest, A Room Forever, shows how to plumb emotional depths with subtlety and grace. The inspiration for this music is the short stories by Breece Dexter John Pancake, sometimes written Breece D'J Pancake, the spelling of which comes from a typo ...

Oscar Perez: Prepare A Place For Me

by Mark Sullivan
December 27, 2015

The heart of this album is found in pianist/composer Oscar Perez's trio with bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Alvester Garnett. Their four tracks showcase the cohesive sound they have developed together, Perez's elegant pianism matched by his empathetic partners. It's a modern piano trio, with a conversational style and all members contributing. There's enough ...

Oscar Perez: Prepare A Place For Me

by Dan Bilawsky
October 6, 2015

If Oscar Perez hadn't taken to the piano, he might've had a promising career in music journalism. In the concise and profound liner essay for this album, Perez intelligently considers the meaning of music, the struggles and joys connected to the art of creating and performing, and the way an individual's very being seeps into the ...

Gene Ess: Eternal Monomyth

by Geannine Reid
September 15, 2015

Award winning guitarist, Gene Ess, draws upon a diverse background to form his unique style of playing and writing. Eternal Monomyth is a companion piece to Ess' last album, Fractal Attraction. Ess explains, “the music should be heard in that regard. In a transparent sense, it is a continuation of my exploration with the combined timbre ...

Matt Panayides: Conduits

by Jack Bowers
August 18, 2015

Conduits, Matt Panayides' second album as a leader, pairs his resilient guitar on the front line with the reliable tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, ably supported by bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Mark Ferber. In spite of its esoteric name, the album is unshakably bright and accessible, with everyone abiding by Panayides' muse and playing their roles ...