Steve Franklin
Keyboards

Born : ???
Past Bands : Steps, Macondo, Paraphernalia, Flight to L.A., John Etheridge Quartet, Momentum, In Cahoots
Current Bands : Tony Marsh / Steve Franklin / Tim Crowther

A Short Bio:

Steve Franklin has toured and recorded with many bands including guitarist Phil Miller's In Cahoots with Elton Dean (sax) and Pip Pyle (drums); a quartet led by the ex-Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge; the Brit-Magyar Quintet; the Simon Picard Quartet and an improvising quartet with George Haslam (sax), Paul Rutherford (trombone) and Marcio Mattos (bass).

His debut recording was of his own compositions with his first band, Steps, and he has subsequently led several bands, including Momentum and the Steve Franklin Group, featuring such musicians as Mick Hutton (bass), John Paracelli (guitar) and Ray Warleigh (sax).

In the late 80s, he formed the improvising group Conglomerate with Tim Crowther (guitar) and Ted Emmett (trumpet), and released two CDs, the second of which featured Hugh Hopper on bass.

His current trio, with Crowther and Tony Marsh (drums), was formed in 1998 with the intention of creating improvised electric music. Their first CD, "Shell Of Certainty", was recently released on their independent label Visionlogic.

Discography:

  • Steps: "Steps" (1978, EMI/Pathé-Marconi)
  • Macondo: "Leverkusen Jazz Festival Anthology" (1985)
  • In Cahoots: "Split Seconds" (1988, Reckless)
  • In Cahoots: "Live 1986-89" (1991, Mantra)
  • Haslam: "Level Two" (1988, Slam)
  • Conglomerate: "The Bible Says" (1990, Impetus)
  • Conglomerate: "Precisely The Opposite Of What We Now Know To Be True" (1995, Progressive International)
  • John Etheridge: "Ash" (1993, The Jazz Label)
  • T.Marsh/S.Franklin/T.Crowther: "Shell Of Certainty" (1999, Visionlogic)