Lord Large

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Lord Large
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Background information
GenresSoul, R&B, pop
Labels Acid Jazz, 2Bit

Lord Large is a 60s-influenced Acid Jazz band formed by Stephen Large, [1] a British keyboard-player currently in Squeeze (and previously in the Electric Soft Parade, a band who won a Q Award and a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2002) and drummer Andrew Jones (from Ronnie Scotts Rejects). [2]

Contents

Career

An album by Lord Large, The Lord's First XI, was released that featured Lord Large with some other artists namely Roy Phillips from The Peddlers, [3] Clem Curtis of The Foundations, UK female soul singer Linda Lewis, Glenn Tilbrook and Dean Parrish. [4] [5] The album which contains a hidden bonus jam got a 4 star rating by Metro . [6] It was given a 3 star rating by Mojo with Curtis' three songs as the highlights and "Stuck in a Wind Up" being the perfect Northern Soul dance floor filler. [7] A number of singles were released including "Stuck in a Wind Up" by Lord Large feat Clem Curtis and "Left Right & Centre" by Lord Large feat. Dean Parrish. [8] Parrish's single charted, peaking at No. 93 on 19 August 2016. [9]

Lord Large performs regularly with other musicians at the North Pole cocktail bar in Greenwich.

Members

Stephen Large

Stephen Large has recorded and toured with the following artists: The Ordinary Boys, The Dualers and Squeeze. He played organ on a Graham Coxon album. He has also recorded Glenn Tilbrook and has duetted with Glenn Tilbrook [10] and Jools Holland. [11]

Andrew Jones

As well as being the drummer for Ronnie Scotts Rejects, Jones has collaborated with the band Morcheeba and set up laptop pop record label 2bit Recordings in 2005. [12]

Discography

Singles

Albums

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  3. Scoop.co,.nz , 19 July 2017 - The Voice of ‘the Peddlers’
  4. The Malta Independent , Friday, 11 January 2008 - Andrea Britton Live on ‘Bla Agenda’
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  7. Mojo , Issues 158-161 - - -
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