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Steve Lodder

North York Skies

By Ben Crosland Quintet

Label: Jazz Cat Records / Music Connection / ECN Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Optimist; North York Skies; Howardian Undulations; Ballad Of Lilla Howe; The Blakey Lions; George And Monty; Breathing Space; Fat Betty; Purple is The Colour; Vigilamus; The View From Room 12; Ain Howe Farewell.

Ben Crosland Quintet: North York Skies

by Neil Duggan
August 7, 2026

Bassist Ben Crosland's compositions are invariably rooted in strong melodies, but they are equally shaped by a sense of place. North York Skies is a heartfelt tribute to the North York Moors, celebrating the beauty, history, folklore and mythology of the upland national park in the English county of North Yorkshire. As Crosland explains, “The twelve compositions are ...

2 sorts of 3

By Steve Lodder

Label: Sleeve Records in association with ECN Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Onto the Water; No Smoking in the Aisles; Komodo's Kimono; Dip Blue Deep Green; Sand Twixt Toes; Ridges and Slopes; Ready the Lifeboats!; Elephant in a Teashop in Paris; Down on Mudchute Farm; Red Sails Creek; The World Slips By; Out of the Water.

SEMA4

By Alison Rayner

Label: Blow the Fuse
Released: 2025
Track listing: Espíritu Libre; Looking For A Quiet Place; Semaphore; Hamble Horror; Signals From Space; Trip Dance; Riding The Waves; The Handkerchief Tree; All Will Be Will.

Steve Lodder: 2 sorts of 3

by Neil Duggan
December 4, 2025

Pianist Steve Lodder's album 2 sorts of 3 was originally envisaged as two separate projects, one acoustic and one electronic. He ultimately bought them together to create a single release that bridges both plugged and unplugged worlds. Lodder utilizes two contrasting lineups, on the electronic side, he is joined by his long-term collaborators; Dudley ...

Alison Rayner Quintet: SEMA4

by Neil Duggan
March 9, 2025

Live albums offer a snapshot of a band at a particular time, sometimes capturing them at their peak, when the adrenaline is flowing and the group's energy and cohesion are at their best. SEMA4 by the Alison Rayner Quintet (also known as ARQ) is such an album. It was recorded live at the Vortex Jazz Club ...

Harken!

By Ben Crosland

Label: Jazz Cat
Released: 2024
Track listing: Welshcake; Billie's Blessing; AB4BC; Humility; Ambition; Resilience; Kindness; Lazy Susan; Cairnbank; Black Crow; Lonely Streets; Lester Lopes Out.

Threeway with special guest John Etheridge: Harken!

by Neil Duggan
June 22, 2024

2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Threeway. This chamber jazz trio without drums consists of bassist Ben Crosland, pianist Steve Lodder and Steve Waterman on trumpet and flugelhorn. They have released three previous albums on the Jazz Cat label: Conversations (2005), Songs of the Year (2009) and Looking Forward, Looking Back (2013). For this recording, they ...

Celeste: Not Your Muse

by Chris May
June 27, 2022

The mega-concert staged in front of London's Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2022 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee was not an obvious save-the-date event for British jazz fans or non-monarchists. It was, however, brilliantly staged, and worth watching for that reason alone. And as it turned out, it contained three-and-a-half minutes of transcendent song ...