Ubuntu to release Earth Songs!

The fabulous UK jazz label Ubuntu are to release the Jon Lloyd Quartet album Earth Songs in February 2024! We are delighted to appear on this great label, and very excited about the future of the group with this forward-thinking…

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Earth Songs to be released in February 2024

The new release by the Jon Lloyd Quartet will be called “Earth Songs”. The label is under wraps for now, but release will be in February 2024.

We are very excited about this. The music represents my compositions beautifully, and…

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Summer Concerts

The new European contemporary jazz group The Jon Lloyd Quartet hits the south of the UK!

We are playing the Swanage jazz festival on Saturday 8th July and the Frome festival on Sunday 16th July. Please check both venues to…

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Quartet recording

Last weekend the Quartet recorded 12 pieces for a CD release. The session was fabulous, and I now have the privileged, enjoyable yet tricky job of listening to all the takes and distilling the music down to an album's length…

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Duo recording!

On Saturday April 8th, John and I recorded our duo album at Crescent Studio in Swindon. The great engineer Damon Sawyer recorded us, and we now begin the lovely process of hearing what we've got and creating a CD length…

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New recording project...

The Jon Lloyd Quartet is very much on the move… 

We're currently raising crowdfunding to record our debut CD. As you know, times are hard for financing music, because since Spotify raised its lovely head the consumer gets their music…

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New Jon Lloyd Quartet!

In November 2022 The Jon Lloyd Quartet reformed in some style. We filmed a performance at The Lighthouse Studio Poole UK, posted six pieces on Youtube and so transmission of the new music began!

The European jazz flavour of the…

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New quartet!

Great to announce the Jon Lloyd Quartet! 

In September 2022 the new JL quartet begins... featuring John Law on piano, Henrik Jensen on bass and Andy Chapman on drums.

We'll be playing a whole sheaf of my new compositions and…

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New projects...

This year I've hugely enjoyed playing John law's compositions with Renaissance. His pieces are based on the source material from the 15th and 16th centuries, and the harmonic textures created by Jasper Law gave us such a beautiful base over…

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