London label Whirlwind Recordings sign a lot of artists. It’s hard to keep up. Here’s the latest one they’ve just announced, a tantalising new album from New York-based German drummer Jochen Rueckert whose impressive CV include stints with the might-as-well-be legendary Marc Copland and with Eric Clapton-approved jazz guitar supremo Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Rueckert's first album for Whirlwind is called We Make the Rules. It’s a stellar quartet affair, the drummer joined by Fly trio tenorist Mark Turner, whose new solo album for ECM Lathe of Heaven is about to come out, and by guitarist Lage Lund (remember Owl trio?), with highly-rated James Farm bassist Matt Penman completing the line-up.

All the tunes are Rueckert's, including the one in this video, which is a live version of ‘Eggshells’, a tune that opens the album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmujuRCDXkY

Rueckert, above, with his quartet, play the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London on 9 October just ahead of release.