Jon Lloyd (musician)

[1] Through the nineties his quartet with John Law, bassist Paul Rogers (or Tim Wells) and drummer Mark Sanders released CDs on LEO Records (Syzygy, 1991; Head!

In the late nineties, Lloyd extended his compositional approach, writing more tightly composed music for a sextet of improvising musicians, releasing "Praxis" on FMR records.

At the end of the nineties several new projects arose, notably "Jon Lloyd Four" (released on HatOLOGY in 1999) with drummer Paul Clarvis, cellist Stan Adler and Brazilian bassist Marcio Mattos, and in 2001 the release on HatOLOGY of "Abacus", John Law's suite for jazz quartet also comprising bassist Tim Wells and American drummer Gerry Hemingway.

Returning to jazz-related performance in 2005, Jon worked again with John Law and in 2006 they released "Mimesis" (ASC Records), a suite of compositions (written by both musicians) for piano and soprano saxophone.

The Jon Lloyd Quintet toured widely in the UK and the 2013 release "Vanishing Points" (33Xtreme) with drummer Asaf Sirkis, bassist Tom Farmer, pianist John Law and guitarist Rob Palmer left free music behind and began to explore a much wider European sound.