Results for "Steve Waterman"

Steve Waterman

Born: September 8, 1960

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 ...

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.

Conor Cantrell: A Place Between Homes

by Neil Duggan
November 5, 2024

Finding his voice as a composer and guitarist has taken Conor Cantrell on a journey from his native Galway in Ireland to Berlin, via London. So, it may not be a surprise to find that his debut album A Place Between Homes contains song titles like “Departing," “Arriving" and “Another Goodbye." It is clear that his ...

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 ...

Mosaics: The Life and Works of Graham Collier

by Duncan Heining
August 28, 2018

The following is an excerpt is from “Chapter 9: The Eighties or Graham Collier -The Wilderness Years" of Mosaics: The Life and Works of Graham Collier by Duncan Heining (Equinox Publishing, 2018). All Rights Reserved. The late Graham Collier was a bandleader, a composer and a jazz educator. As far as this latter ...

The 2014 British Jazz Awards: The Results

November 21, 2014

The Winners of the 28th British Jazz Awards are announced today across the 12 solo instrument categories, two sections for bands and two trade awards to record companies. Known as the Jazz Oscars, The British Jazz Awards have been presented every year since 1987 and have long been established as the most important jazz awards in ...

Graham Collier: Luminosity

by Duncan Heining
November 14, 2014

A new work, posthumously released and recorded--how many of those can there have been in jazz? Luminosity features two late works by composer Graham Collier brought to realisation through the efforts of his partner, author John Gill and conductor Geoff Warren. To say this record is a fine valediction is a statement infused with regret. These ...

Babel Label: More Songs from the Tower of Sound

by Jakob Baekgaard
May 20, 2013

In a time of financial crisis in the world in general and in the music business in particular, the natural thing to do would be to cut down the number of releases and concentrate on safe and palatable productions that cater to a major audience with a predefined taste. However, Oliver Weindling's Babel Label has always ...