Moving Air ( Basho SRCD 14-2) features me playing all the reeds, joined by drum supremo Martin France, guitarist John Parricelli and bassist Dudley Phillips. There are various instrumental combinations, textures and grooves , from a sax and drum duet to a 'drum and bass' inspired quintet.

Here are some of the reviews, if you like the sound of it you can make me very happy and buy a copy (postage free) from www.jazzcds.co.uk

01/12/0005 Jazzwise ****
Featuring four exceptional musicians, some really strong tunes and equally classy arrangements, this deserves to do well. What's more it actually dares to be different from the pack. There's almost a chamber jazz quality to some of these pieces. 'Man In The Moon' is a lovely , lilting, dancing piece. In turn , electronics add layers of weird sounds to 'Strange Remark' . Parricelli provides the perfect foil for the leader here and throughout, while France's use of of electronic percussion alongside kit drums is just what these tunes require. Whether its the gentle ballad-like quality of 'Ship To Shore', the powerful 'Dreamland' or the glacial beauty of 'Light Years' , Lockheart can be truly proud of this album".

01/11/0005 John Kelman , All About Jazz
"The most remarkable thing about Moving Air is Lockheart's ability to make the multitracking process feel organic. On three of the album's nine tracks, he layers saxophones, clarinet, and keyboards, with only Martin France accompanying,and yet everything sounds and feels vivid and alive. Elsewhere, odd meters and displaced rhythms abound, blended with themes that seamlessly shift between unison and counterpoint, creating richly detailed backdrops that paradoxically encourage, rather than impede, imaginative improvisation. Were Lockheart living in New York , he'd likely be a part of the circle that includes David Binney, saxophonist Chris Potter , guitarist Adam Rogers, and bassist Scott Colley. That's recommendation enough for jazz fans outside the UK to step beyond their own defined circles and check out a player as contemporary and significant as any of his American counterparts".

21/10/0005 John Bungey , The Times ****
"Lockheart, one of Polar Bear's saxophonists , is a mainstay of the younger British scene, graduating through Loose Tubes and Perfect Houseplants. His restless, multilayered music is closer to the mainstream than Polar Bear's- more concert hall than club. Like Django Bate's output , his open-hearted tunes reflect wide listening- folkish themes, contemporary classical

and drum' n'bass percussion all tussle for space. The nine varied pieces have an aura of spontaneity and inventiveness that comes, you suspect, only from careful design".

17/10/0005 John Lewis, Time Out
"Ex- Loose Tuber and Polar Bear member Mark Lockheart's Moving Air is a multi-layered work that sets his sax and haunting bass clarinet against gentle electronics, multi tracked horns and beautifully textured contemporary tunes, and with John Parricelli and Martin France on board reminds us that the influence of Loose Tubes lives on".

16/10/0005 Bev Stapleton , All About Jazz
"Here Lockheart draws his melodies from various sources. He often employs the minimalism associated with composers like John Adams, as on 'Tell Me Why'. Especially memorable is 'Dreamland' where the richness of the composing is especially strong. The closing track 'Light Years' evokes the immense space implied in the title, a world reminiscent of Copland's 'Quiet City'. Although conceived on a smaller scale, 'Moving Air' often recalls the recent music of Maria Schneider, with its attention to compositional detail, the way solos seem to rise naturally out of the written music and the beauty of its melodies".