Video of the Day: Threeway share new track ‘Humility’ featuring John Etheridge

HARKEN! is the new album by Threeway, featuring Steve Waterman on trumpet/flugelhorn, Steve Lodder on piano, Rhodes and Hammond organ and Ben Crosland on electric bass with special guest John Etheridge.

Threeway have been engaging audiences for twenty years with their melodic, subtle jazz, all the while developing the intense interplay between the players that so characterises the group’s identity and sound – a chamber jazz trio distinguished by the absence of drums.                        .

The release celebrates the trio’s 20th anniversary with eleven original compositions written by the trio and John Etheridge as well as an interpretation of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Black Crow’. Four of the tracks make up The Hark Suite by Crosland and the inspiration for the title of the album.

“Sedbergh School in Cumbria, where I studied, and where I still enjoy a musical connection, is celebrating its Quincentenary next year,” explains Crosland. “HARK is an acronym for the four core values which encompass life at the school: Humility, Ambition, Resilience and Kindness.”

The album is released on Friday 5 July and the band play the following live dates:

18 May – Church of St Mary, Lastingham, North Yorkshire

19 May – Huddersfield Jazz

9 June – Wylde Green URC, Sutton Coldfield (20th Anniversary Concert)

20 June – Coventry Jazz

22 June – Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

23 June – Harwich Festival

8 July – Buxton International Festival with special guest John Etheridge (album launch)

31 October – Davenham Jazz, Cheshire

1 November – St Lucius Church, Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield

2 November – St Gabriel’s Parish Church, Aldersbrook, London

17 November – Ashburton Arts Centre, Newton Abbott

18 November – North Devon Jazz, Bideford

19 November – St Ives Jazz Club

6 December – Bracknell Jazz