Ryan Quigley Signs To Whirlwind Recordings
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Ryan Quigley, the Parliamentary Jazz Award winning virtuoso trumpeter, has signed to Whirlwind Recordings with an album release lined up for 2015.
Quigley is set to tour later this month with music from the forthcoming album that will be recorded late July at Steve Winwood’s private studio. The band includes: Whirlwind founder Michael Janisch on bass, Paul Booth on saxophones, Steve Hamilton on piano and New York based Clarence Penn on drums.
Quigley was formally a member of Brass Jaw and currently plays principal trumpet for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, BBC Big Band and multiple national-level symphony orchestras, as well as sessions and tour work.
Catch Ryan and his cross-Atlantic group on his following UK dates: The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh (23 July); Stereo, Glasgow (24 July); Urban Coffee, Church Street, Birmingham (25 July); and Pizza Express Jazz Club (26 July).
– Tom Wright
For more information go to www.whirlwindrecordings.com