Off the Rails Jazz Club is reopening in December after a major refurbishment of its base at 1 Kew Road, Richmond, during the months of October and November. The premises have now been re-designated as an All Bar One. The owners of the building, formerly the Station Hotel, are committed to the building's historic role as a music venue. In the early Sixties it hosted the famous Crawdaddy Club, where the Rolling Stones played their early gigs. 

Live contemporary jazz resumes on 8th December with Lydian Collective. 

There's a special significance in presenting Lydian Collective for this event, since the band was the first ever act to appear at Off the Rails back in September 2021. The Lydian Collective sound is a unique combination of accessible melodies, accomplished musicianship, hypnotic rhythms and an uplifting vibe, which has already been drawing in audiences from around the world. With over six million Spotify streams and more than two million YouTube views, this London-based instrumental jazz/fusion quartet have established themselves as a musical tour de force in the UK and beyond. 

Their debut album Adventure was released in March 2018. Within days, it reached the top 10 in the iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Bandcamp Jazz charts, and had extensive official playlisting on several Spotify editorial favourites, including State of Jazz, Fusion Fest, and Jazz UK. BBC Radio 3’s Nick Luscombe called the album ‘Life affirming music’.

The band’s second album - Return - was released in October 2022 to wide acclaim. Within two weeks it had amassed over 500,000 streams on Spotify alone, and their launch show at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club sold out. 

The millions who follow the band’s online channels include fans from as far afield as the USA, China and Japan – with a healthy following on home ground as well, through early support from the likes of Tom Robinson at BBC6Music.

Lydian Collective are: Aaron Wheeler (keys), Sophie Alloway (drums), Ida Hollis (bass) and Dan Lee (guitar).