Steve Lodder

Lodder became active in jazz music, playing with Maggie Nicols, John Etheridge, Harry Beckett, and Deirdre Cartwright.

Since 1989 Lodder has worked with Andy Sheppard, on several projects (including Soft on the Inside, Co-Motion, Inclassifiable, and 20th century Saxophones).

In 1994 he accompanied Ernestine Anderson and worked with Brazilian ensemble Nois.

From 1995 Lodder worked with Paul McCartney on his Standing Stone composition, which was premiered and recorded in 1997.

He returned to tour with George Russell from 1997, and was with Carla Bley in 1998 for performances of Escalator Over the Hill.