Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes trio debut IN STORES THIS WEEK on LP & CD /// Bandcamp Listening Party this Friday
Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, Sam Wilkes
UHLMANN JOHNSON WILKES
LP, CD, Cassette, Digi Download
out March 14th, 2025
(available on all streaming platforms April 3rd)
โ...like winter light through a lace curtain into a mostly empty room, draping the scattered furnishings and making them softly glow.โ
- Andy Cush, Hearing Things
โ...a stunning instrumental interplay that demands closer listening and headphone immersionโฆโ
- Jeff Terich, TREBLE
"...a mood music of the dreamy, introspective, soulful, ebbing and amorphous."
- Dominic Valvona, Monolith Cocktail
โ...itโs a warm, elegantly woozy set which combines free playing with composition, and moves between ECMish chamber music and airy, soulful jazz.โ
- Sharon OโConnell, UNCUT
( hot shop shot c/o friends @ Going Underground Records in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles CA )
!!! Buy it IRL !!!
Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes is available in record stores worldwide this Friday March 14th, three weeks before the full album hits streaming platforms !!!
We strongly support the experience of buying records in real life from an independent, brick and mortar business in your neighborhood. To help make that easy as possible, we've compiled below a list of record shops that have confirmed are stocking the album.
If you're planning to buy Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes, please check it out, look for your town or your favorite record shop on this list, and buy from them!
Amsterdam, NL - Rush Hour
Asheville, NC - Harvest Records
Athens, GA - Wuxtry Records
Athens, GR - Father Coffee & Vinyls E.E.
Aurora, IL - Superjumbo
Austin, TX - Breakaway Records
Baltimore, MD - Sound Garden
Bath, UK - Resolution Records
Beitou, TW - Beethobear
Berkeley, CA - Amoeba Music
Birmingham, AL - Seasick Records
Boise, ID - Record Exchange
Brighton, UK - Good Vibes Neighbourhood Store
Brooklyn, NY - Psychic Records
Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
Calgary, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Calgary, AB - Melodiya Records
Canada - Atom Heart
Canada - Birdman Sound
Carlsbad, CA - Spin Records
Charlotte, NC - Lunchbox Records
Chicago, IL - 606 Records
Chicago, IL - Dusty Groove
Chicago, IL - Laurie's Planet of Sound
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Belmont)
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Loop)
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Wicker Park)
Cincinnati, OH - Shake It
Cork, IE - Plugd Records
Coventry, UK - Just Dropped In
Dallas, TX - Josey Records
Davenport, IA - Ragged Records
Dearborn, MI - Dearborn Music
Denver, CO - Twist & Shout
Denver, CO - Wax Trax
Durham, NC - Chaz's Bull City Records
Edmonton, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Edmonton, AB - Listen Records
Ferndale, MI - Found Sound
Geneva, CH - Hum Distribution
Glasgow, UK - Second Line Records Ltd
Golden Valley, MN - Down in the Valley
Guadalajara, Jal - Tea Recs
Hamburg, DE - Hauptsache Musik
Indianapolis, IN - Indy CD and Vinyl
Iowa City, IA - Record Collector
Kansas City, MO - Josey Records
Kansas City, MO - Mills Record Company
Little Canada, MN - Cheapo Discs
London, UK - World of Echo
London, UK - Vinyl Factory Records
London, UK - The Jazz Vault
London, UK - Stranger Than Paradise Records
London, UK - Rough Trade
London, UK - Juno Record
London, UK - First Press
London, UK - Elephant Records
London, UK - Dreamhouse Records
London, UK - Jelly Records
Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Music
Los Angeles, CA - Going Underground
Los Angeles, CA - Record Surplus
Loveland, OH - Plaid Room Records
Madison, WI - B-Side CD's
Madison, WI - Strictly Discs
Manchester, UK - Piccadilly Records
Medford, OR - Biscuits & Vinyl
Melbourne, AU - Quiet Storm Records
Miami, FL - Sweat Records
Milan, IT - Serendeepity
Minneapolis, MN - Electric Fetus
Montreal, QC - Aux 33 Tours
Nashville, TN - Grimey's
New Orleans, LA - Euclid Records
Norwich, UK - Venus Vinyl
Nottingham, UK - Nottingham Record Co-op
Oak Park, MI - Street Corner Music
Olympia, WA - Rainy Day Records
Orlando, FL - Park Ave. CD's
Oxford, MS - The End of All Music
Oxford, UK - Truck Music Store
Phoenix, AZ - Stinkweeds
Pittsburgh, PA - The Government Center
Portland, OR - Music Millennium
Princeton, NJ - Princeton Record Exchange
Richmond, VA - Plan 9
San Diego, CA - Folk Arts Rare Records
San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Music
San Luis Obispo, CA - Boo Boo Records
Scottsdale, AZ - Passenger Seat Records
Seattle, WA - Silver Platters
Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records
Somerville, MA - Vinyl Index
St. Louis, MO - Euclid Records
Taylorsville, UT - Graywhale
Tenerife, ES - Hey Boy Hey Girl! Records & Things
Tokyo, JP - H.Architecture
Toronto, ON - Rotate This
Toronto, ON - Sonic Boom
Totnes, UK - The Drift Record Shop
Troy, NY - Sound House Records
Vancouver, BC - Audiopile Records
Vancouver, BC - Dandelion Records
Wallingford, CT - Redscroll Records
West Palm Beach, FL - Rust & Wax
Winnipeg, MB - McNally Robinson
Winooski, VT - Autumn Records
Bandcamp [VIRTUAL]
Listening Party
Help us celebrate Gregory, Josh, and Sam's trio debut with this album listening party slash chat-a-thon on Bandcamp. Join the artists and our IARC crew in the chat room as we listen to this beautiful album in full.
March 14th, 2025
10am Los Angeles / 12pm Chicago
IARC0095
Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, Sam Wilkes
UHLMANN JOHNSON WILKES
Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes is a collection of eleven instrumentals that bring to life a jazz-informed take on progressive electro-acoustic chamber music. It fits firmly in the form-smashing lineage of its principals' past projects โ from Music For Saxofone and Bass Guitar, Wilkes' beloved collaboration with Sam Gendel put out by Leaving Records in 2018, to last year's Small Medium Large, the breathtaking debut from Uhlmann and Johnson's group SML โ that have become era-defining documents of Los Angeles's thriving new jazz scene.
Conceived during two live shows at ETA (recorded by Bryce Gonzales) and a session at Uhlmannโs house in Los Angeles, Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes's skeletal grooves and ghostly moods revel in a kind of minimal, post-modern swing. Even in its more metaphysical and contemplative moments, the album's compositional restraint feels daring and alluring, inviting close appreciation of Uhlmannโs fingerpicked electric guitar, the hybrid rhythm-lead of Wilkesโ bass chording, or the harmonic world-building of Johnsonโs transmogrified alto saxophone.
The arc of the groupโs story is one of camaraderie and mutual admiration. That instantaneous cualidad simpรกtico that makes this Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes trio special. A friendship between high-level improvisers is translated into musical moments, and executed with such curious precision that the lines between supposed opposites โ composition and improvisation, jazz and chamber music, ennui and contentment โ are delightfully blurred.
Los Angeles Release Show
April 16th @ Barnsdall
The trio are set to celebrate the album release with a live performance at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles on April 16th โ tickets and info here.
Chicago Release Show
August 7th @ Constellation
The trio are set to celebrate the album release with a live performance at Constellation in Chicago on August 7th โ tickets and info here.
(( Photo by Roman Koval ))
...about...
Sam Wilkes
American bassist, producer, arranger, and composer based in Los Angeles. Wilkesโ music is steeped in genre fusion, collaboration, and tight rhythm section performance.
A frequent collaborator of Sam Gendel, Louis Cole/KNOWER, and Jacob Mann. Other collaborations throughout Wilkes' career include: Chaka Khan, Mk.gee, Jacob Collier, Rufus Wainwright, Maggie Rogers, & Dijon etc. Wilkes performs live primarily playing a Fender Precision bass while sitting down.
Gregory Uhlmann
Gregory Uhlmann is a guitarist, composer, and producer from Chicago living in Los Angeles. His musical palette embraces beautiful warble-y sounds, playful rhythms that overlap in surprising ways, and low fuzzy vibrations.
He is currently a member of SML, Duffy x Uhlmann, Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes, and a duo with Dustin Wong. Additionally, he has collaborated with Perfume Genius, Hand Habits, Fell Runner, Miya Follick, Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Tasha, and many others.
Josh Johnson
Johnson is a saxophonist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and Grammy Award-winning producer. He is a regular collaborator with some of contemporary musicโs most innovative artists, including Meshell Ndegeocello, Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Marquis Hill, Chicago Underground Quartet, and SML.
He can also be heard on wide-ranging records by artists such as Nate Mercereau, Harry Styles, Kiefer, Broken Bells, Leon Bridges, and Chris Cohen.
Deluxe Vinyl Package
Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes comes on a 140g vinyl LP in heavyweight reverse-board jacket, with IARC 2025 obi strip & poly-lined inner sleeve. Pressed at Pallas in Germany, with lacquers cut by Daniel K @ SST.
Available on limited edition "Concord Grape" color vinyl for $29 USD.
Also available on classic black vinyl for $24 USD.
The ๐ช๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ โ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ is now available !!
It's a new season of new releases and the Winter โ25 Bundle collects all three of the new LPs announced this season (including Alabaster DePlume's A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole and Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes) and ships them to you as a single parcel.
Purchase gets you a bundle-exclusive discount of 10% off the LP prices as well as a discounted shipping cost.
The bundle will ship from our warehouses in the US, EU, and UK, but donโt wait too long, the quantity available in each warehouse is limited! Early purchase is recommended to ensure the lowest possible shipping, tax, and VAT costs.
All items will ship together in one package around March 7th, so you will receive one LP by its street date and the other two releases shortly ahead of their release dates. Bandcamp downloads will be sent via email for all the releases by, or on, the ship date. Thank you as always for your trust in our labelโs output and for your support <๐ฏ
