Jon Lloyd

This is UK saxophonist and composer Jon Lloyd's website, with links to all things concerned with his two current projects:

Jon Lloyd Quartet and Naissance

"His tunes are steeped in the ECM aesthetic, and he and long-time collaborator John Law on piano make it sound like the only music you ever want to hear."

                                                                           Jon Turney, London Jazz News, 2023

Jon Lloyd Quartet is an ECM-styled European jazz quartet featuring virtuoso pianist John Law, drummer Alex Goodyear and bassist Nick Pini. Their 2024 album “Earth Songs”, released on Ubuntu, is currently on over 2.5 million streams wordwide. 

" An accomplished album of many highlights... characterised by emotion and beauty... offering inventive textures, dynamics shifts and a touch of magic."

                                                                                All About Jazz **** review, 2025

“Anima”, the quartet's second release, is due out on 11th September 2026.

“the best of contemporary jazz –steeped in non-Western music, ECM melodic fusion and a hushed neo-classical grace.”

Naissance is the intimate European music duet of Jon Lloyd and John Law.

                        “A beautiful recording with a serenity and sense of open accomplishment all its own.”

                                                                                                      All About Jazz ****, Feb 2025

Jon was part of the UK and European jazz and free music scene for several decades, recording albums on Hat Hut, Leo and FMR, with musicians including John Law, Paul Rogers, Mark Sanders, Phil Wachsmann, Marcio Mattos, Mark Boukouya, Alex Kolkowski, Tim Wells, John Edwards, Stan Adler, Gerry Hemingway and Paul Clarvis.

“A saxophone delivery as persuasive as a speaking voice”

Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD

His musical development towards the European “ECM” sound took in “Vanishing Points” on 33records in 2013 ( with Asaf Sirkis, Tom Farmer, Rob Palmer and John Law) and “Brittle They Snap” in 2019 with cellist Stan Adler. “Renaissance”, with John Law and Patrick Dunn in 2022, was recorded in Malmesbury Abbey, and was the forerunner of “Naissance”.