{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Whirlwind Recordings | parent = | founded = {{start date|2010}} | founder = Michael Janisch | distributor = Proper, Indigo, The Planet Company, Bertus, Distrijaz | genre = Jazz, experimental, world | country = U.K. | location = London, England | url = {{URL|whirlwindrecordings.com}} }} '''Whirlwind Recordings''' is a London, UK-based independent record label established in 2010 by Michael Janisch.<ref name=Hum>{{cite web|last=Hum|first=Peter|title=Reap the Whirlwind Recordings (CD reviews)|url=http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2014/01/01/reap-the-whirlwind-recordings-cd-reviews/|publisher=The Ottawa Citizen|accessdate=19 March 2014|date=January 2014|archive-date=4 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104215216/http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2014/01/01/reap-the-whirlwind-recordings-cd-reviews/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History== The label was founded in 2010 by bassist, composer, educator and producer Michael Janisch in order to release his debut solo album ''Purpose Built''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Whirlwind Festival|url=http://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2013/08/the-whirlwind-festival-october-10-11-12-kings-place-in-london/|publisher=Jazz In Europe|accessdate=19 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Canter|first=Andrea|title=Michael Janisch: Finding Inspiration From Ellsworth to London|url=http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/11059/68/|publisher=Jazz Police|accessdate=19 March 2014|archive-date=19 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319145334/http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/11059/68/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Whirlwind Festival== In October 2013, Whirlwind Recordings held the Whirlwind Festival.<ref name=jazzbreak>{{cite web|last=Bacon|first=Peter|title=Whirlwind of Jazz Blows Into Kings Place|url=http://thejazzbreakfast.com/2013/10/10/whirlwind-of-jazz-blows-in-to-kings-place/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319161821/http://thejazzbreakfast.com/2013/10/10/whirlwind-of-jazz-blows-in-to-kings-place/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 19, 2014|publisher=The Jazz Breakfast|accessdate=19 March 2014}}</ref> The festival ran from October 10–12 at Kings Place in London. Among its 18 bands and 86 musicians were Andre Canniere, Greg Osby, Mike Gibbs, Norma Winstone, Robert Mitchell, and Logan Richardson.<ref name=guardianfestival>{{cite news|last=Fordham|first=John|title=Whirlwind Festival Review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/13/whirlwind-festival-review |publisher=The Guardian (UK)|accessdate=17 March 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2013-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Selwyn|title=Whirlwind Recordings Festival |url=http://whirlwindrecordings.com/pressjazzwise.html|publisher=Jazzwise Magazine|accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.whirlwindrecordings.com}}
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Category:British jazz record labels Category:Record labels established in 2010 Category:British companies established in 2010 Category:2010 establishments in England