Free CD at this gig see below for details.

Andrew Bain is one of the leading performers and educators in the UK. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Winner of the BBC Big Band Drummer, he has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Natalie Cole, Kenny Wheeler, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Bob Mintzer, John Taylor, Jason Rebello, Jean Toussaint, Stan Sulzmann, and was a member of Jacqui Dankworth's band (2007-8) recording with the late Sir John Dankworth in 2008.

He has performed at many prestigious venues in the UK, Europe and the US, including the BBC Proms and the Montreux Jazz Festival. Receiving his MMus from the Manhattan School of Music, he was resident in New York from 2001-2007. During this time he performed extensively with Thelonious Monk Competition winner Jon Irabagon and singer Jason Liebman. He has performed at many of New York's famous clubs including Sin-E, CBGBs, Tonic and the Mercury Lounge, and recorded at Sony Studios. Andrew co-leads the NY-based group Confluence whose eponymous debut showcased original and highly inventive compositions. Andrew is Senior Lecturer in Jazz at the Birmingham Conservatoire and Artistic Director of Jazz for the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland. He is also a member of the National Youth Jazz Collective with Artistic Director Dave Holland.

George Colligan is a New York based pianist, organist, drummer; trumpeter, teacher, and bandleader who is one of the most original and compelling jazz artists of his generation. An award-winning composer (Chamber Music America/Doris Duke Foundation grant recipient) and player (winner, Jazzconnect.com Jazz Competition), Colligan is highly in demand as a sideman, having worked with players like Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Buster Williams, and Lonnie Plaxico, both on the bandstand and in recording sessions (appearing on over 100 CDs). He has released 24 recordings full of his intelligent writing and impressive technique. His latest CD on the Origin Label is called The Endless Mysteries and features Larry Grenadier and Jack DeJohnette.

Colligan's musical style incorporates everything from show tunes to funk, from free improvisation to 20th century classical music. His performances include dazzling technique as well as mature restraint. Colligan was on the faculty of the Juilliard School for two years and is currently an Assistant Professor at Portland State University. He is currently a member of Jack DeJohnette's New Quintet.

The winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition, Irabagon has since topped both the Rising Star Alto Saxophone and the Rising Star Tenor Saxophone categories in the DownBeat Magazine Critics' Poll and been named one of Time Out New York's 25 New York City Jazz Icons. Jon was also named 2012 Musician of the Year in The New York City Jazz Record. An integral member of such high-profile ensembles as Mostly Other People Do The Killing and the Mary Halvorson Quintet, as well as an established bandleader in his own right, his list of current projects includes the bands Bryan and The Haggards and Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys as well as a longstanding partnership with legendary drummer Barry Altschul and Dave Douglas' new quintet.

Jon's own record label, Irabbagast Records, has currently released five of his efforts, including I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues Volume 2: Appalachian Haze (with Mike Pride and Mick Barr), Outright! Unhinged (with Ralph Alessi, Jacob Sacks, John Hebert and Tom Rainey) and It Takes All Kinds (featuring Mark Helias and Barry Altschul), and most recently, the dual release of Behind the Sky (featuring Tom Harrell, Luis Perdomo, Yasushi Nakamura and Rudy Royston) as well as Jon's first solo saxophone recording.

Michael Janisch is an electric and double bassist, composer, bandleader, producer, professor of music and record label owner originally from the USA currently based in London. His multitude of talents across the music industry have seen him become one of the leading artists of his generation in contemporary improvised and experimental music. As a bassist he's known for his versatility, full-toned sounds and passion for playing time and groove with authenticity and dedication, no matter the context. A keen improviser, he has been described as 'virtuosic and emphatic' (The Guardian) and Bass Musician Magazine asserts "Janisch is one of the few bass players out there who plays both electric and upright with equal facility, passion and musicality". In addition to performing he's an adjunct Professor of Double Bass at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and regularly performs masterclasses at universities and festivals around the world.

As a composer and bandleader, Janisch has released four critically-acclaimed albums to date: The TransAtlantic Collective's Traveling Song (co-led with Patrick Cornelius) in 2008, Purpose Built (debut solo album) in 2010, Banned in London (co-led with Aruan Ortiz) and First Meeting: Live in London, Volume 1 (co-led with Lee Konitz, Dan Tepfer and Jeff Williams). His debut solo album established his international reputation as one of the premier bassist-bandleaders-composers working in contemporary improvised music, and drew together his sure-footed bass work, original compositions, and arranging skills Purpose Built was also the impetus for the creation of Janisch's new record label, Whirlwind Recordings.

Since the formation of Whirlwind in January of 2010, Michael has become an in-demand producer with over 60 credited sessions to date. On October 2, 2015 Janisch launched his second solo album Paradigm Shift, a double-disc album featuring his new electro-acoustic sextet of the same name.

Whirlwind Recordings Showcase Event: A Free CD from Whirlwind Recordings (Andy Milne & Dapp Theory's 'Forward In All Direction') for all ticket buyers.

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