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Small independent label run by bass player and composer Ben Crosland. Based in Huddersfield, England. Produces CD's featuring both local and internationally known musicians.

HUMPHREY LYTTLETON: BBC RADIO 2 BEST OF JAZZ 1ST JANUARY 2007. "Time for another reflective moment now and if I'm looking for that, I can do no better than go to Ben Crosland, bassist, composer and bandleader from the North East of England, who over the years has come up with some lovely stuff on CD."

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Track CD # Album Title
Track 1 JC CD 101 The Northern Run
Track 2 JC CD 102 Spread The Word
Track 3 JC CD 103 A Dales Day
Track 4 JC CD 104 Who Turned The Lights Out ?
Track 5 JC CD 105 Echoes In The Valley
Track 6 JC CD 107 Return Of The Room Darkener
Track 7 JC CD 108 Heartland
Track 8 JC CD 109 Last Flight Out
Track 9 JC CD 110 Conversations
Track 10 JC CD 111 Stitched Up
Track 11 JC CD 112 Songs of the Year
Track 12 JC CD 112 Songs of the Year
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Ben Crosland. Bass
Alan Skidmore tenor sax
Adrian Ingram guitar
Rod Mason sop.alto ten.sax
Stuart Macdonald. tenor sax
Robert Howard drums.
Dave Tyas drums

Recorded 25th. September 1993. and 4th. of February 1994. Bradford UK. JC CD 101.

£7. including postage and packing

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Ben Crosland Bass
Adrian Ingram guitar
Jim Mullen guitar
Eryl Roberts drums

Recorded October, Bradford UK. 1995 and March 1996. JC CD 102.

£7. including postage and packing

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Ben Crosland Bass
Steve Waterman Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Rod Mason Saxes
Stuart MacDonald Saxes
Steve Buckley Guitar
Dave Tyas Drums

Recorded 17-18 th. January 1998, Bradford UK. JC. CD. 103.

£7. including postage and packing

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Rod Mason Saxophones
Jez Franks Electric Guitar
Ben Crosland Bass
Dave Walsh Drums

Recorded Autumn. January 1999, The Woodman Studio, Elland, West Yorkshire. UK. JC. CD. 104.

£7. including postage and packing

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Ben Crosland Bass
Steve Waterman Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Alan SkidmoreTenor Sax
Mark Nightingale Trombone
Rod Mason Saxes, Bass clarinet, Flute
Mike Hall Tenor and Soprano Saxes
Steve Buckley Guitar
Dave Tyas Drums

Recorded 18-19 March 2000.
(The Quintet tracks on the) 25th. May 2000, Woodman Studio. Elland, UK.
JC. CD. 105. (Double CD)

£10. including postage and packing

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Rod Mason SaxesBen Crosland Bass
Jez Franks Guitar
Steve Lodder Piano
Dave Walsh Drums

Recorded Autumn. January 2001, The Woodman Studios, Elland, West Yorkshire, UK. JC. CD. 107.

£7. including postage and packing

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Ben Crosland Bass
Steve Waterman Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Stuart McCallum Guitar
Dave Walsh Drums

Recorded 29-31 March 2002, Woodman Studio. Elland, UK. JC. CD. 108.

£7. including postage and packing

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Ben Crosland Bass
Steve Waterman Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Stuart McCallumGuitar
Dave Walsh Drums

Recorded 7-8th. February 2004.
Woodman Studio. Elland, UK.
JC. CD. 109.

£7. including postage and packing

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Ben Crosland Bass
Steve Waterman Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Steve Lodder Piano and Keyboards
Feb and July 2005, Red Gables Studio, London, UK. JC. CD. 110.

£7. including postage and packing

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John Etheridge Guitars
Ben Crosland Bass
Dave Tyas Drums
July 2006, Machine Rooms Studio, Elland, UK. JC. CD. 111.

£7. including postage and packing

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Ben Crosland Bass
Steve Waterman Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Steve Lodder Piano and Keyboards
August 2008, Red Gables Studio, London, UK. JC. CD. 112.

£7. including postage and packing

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THE CAT'S WHISKERS. JAZZ CAT RECORDS 1995-2010.

Steve Buckley. Mike Hall. Dave Walsh. Dave Tyas. Jez Franks. Mark Nightingale. Stuart McCallum. Steve Lodder. Alan Skidmore. Adrian Ingram. Rod Mason. Robert Howard. Steve Waterman. Jim Mullen. Eryl Roberts. Stuart MacDonald. John Etheridge. Ben Crosland.

£2. including postage and packing

LATEST ALBUM - AN OPEN PLACE - BEN CROSLAND BRASS GROUP

Steve Waterman: Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Martin Shaw: Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Mark Nightingale: Trombone
Barnaby Dickinson: Trombone
Steve Lodder: Piano and Keyboard
Ben Crosland: Bass

£9.50 including postage and packing

The compositions are inspired by the sculptures at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The album title is intended to reflect the spirit of YSP both physically and metaphorically.

Recorded 30th. and 31st. of March 2011 at Red Gables Studio London by Dick Hammett. Mixed and mastered by Richard Scott at Audio Services, Manchester.

Track 5. Running Man

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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