Stephen Large is a London-based keyboard player, composer and arranger, currently performing with UK band Squeeze.http://www.squeezeofficial.com/line-up/ He is also Musical Director for singer/songwriter Duffy

Duffy (singer)

Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold...

, as well as having MD’d for the legendary US soul group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

Martha and the Vandellas

Martha and the Vandellas were among the most successful groups of the Motown roster during the period 1963–1967...

, James Brown

James Brown

James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

's sax player, funk legend Pee Wee Ellis

Pee Wee Ellis

Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was an important member of James Brown's band in the 1960s and appeared on many of Brown's most notable recordings...

, English Jazz singer Clare Teal

Clare Teal

Clare Teal is an English jazz singer who has become famous not only for her singing, but also for having signed the biggest ever recording contract by a British jazz singer.-Biography:...

, and his own highly regarded 60s-influenced combo, Lord Large

Lord Large

Stephen "Lord" Large was a keyboard-player in the Electric Soft Parade, a band who won a Q award and a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2002.He has since recorded and toured with the following artists: The Ordinary Boys and; The Dualers. He played organ on a Graham Coxon album...

.http://www.myspace.com/lordlarge

Selected Biography

As a keyboard player, Large has worked with Rumer

Rumer

Rumer may refer to:*Rumer , British singer*Rumer Willis , actress, daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore*Rumer Godden , English author*Yuriy Rumer , Russian physicist also known as Georg Rumer...

, Imelda May

Imelda May

Imelda Mary Higham, Clabby , known as Imelda May, is an Irish vocalist and musician. She began her career in music at 15 and released her debut album in 2005. She also plays the bodhrán and guitar...

, Quantic Soul Orchestra with Spanky Wilson

Spanky Wilson

Spanky Wilson is an American soul, funk and jazz vocalist, born in Philadelphia. She lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA until 1967 and then moved to Los Angeles, California, USA...

, Terry Reid

Terry Reid

Terry Reid is an English rock vocalist and guitarist. He has performed with high profile musicians, as a supporting act, a session musician, and sideman.- History :...

, Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty is an English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist. He is best known musically for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he reformed with Carl Barât in 2010. His other musical project is indie band Babyshambles...

, Baby Shambles

Babyshambles

Babyshambles are an English indie rock band established in London. The band was formed by Pete Doherty during a hiatus from his former band The Libertines, but Babyshambles has since become his main project . Babyshambles has released two albums, three EPs and a number of singles...

 and the Noisettes

Noisettes

Noisettes are an English indie rock band from London, comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison...

, as well as being a founder member of jazz outfits The Rag 'n' Bone Club and Ronnie Scott’s Rejects.

Stephen received web notoriety after an appearance with Squeeze on the US Jimmy Fallon Show, during which he played a keyboard solo on the new Apple iPad for the song Pulling Mussels (From The Shell). This appears to be the first use on live TV of the iPad as a musical instrument. Further TV credits include Parkinson

Parkinson (TV series)

Parkinson is a British television talk show that was presented by Sir Michael Parkinson. It was first shown on the BBC from 1971 to 2004, and on ITV from 2004 to 2007.-Background:...

with Rod Stewart, dueting with Glenn Tilbrook on Later With Jools Holland, and playing Grandma in CBBC's Big Babies.

He left Kings College, Canterbury with a first class degree in art and music, and had an early breakthrough with the band Koot, who were initially signed to the Warner Records label, releasing a single album Skyjacked through Some Bizarre in 2001. Koot also contributed the song Sunshine At Last to the soundtrack of the film Saving Grace

Saving Grace (2000 film)

Track Listing# "Introduction" – 1:02# "Grace's Theme" – 2:42# "Take a Picture" – 5:55# "Make Me Smile " – 4:07# "Spirit in the Sky" – 3:56...

. After a spell as keyboard player for the Mercury Award nominated and Q Award winning band The Electric Soft Parade

The Electric Soft Parade

The Electric Soft Parade are an English psych-pop band from Brighton, comprising brothers Alex and Thomas White, the creative core of the band, as well as a number of other musicians with whom they record and perform live, most recently including Andrew Mitchell and Damo Waters, as well as...

, Large contributed his skills to recordings by The Ordinary Boys

The Ordinary Boys

The Ordinary Boys are an English indie rock band from Worthing, in West Sussex, England. Originally named Next in Line, they were influenced by mod revival and Britpop music, as well as the bands Madness, The Specials, The Kinks and The Smiths...

, Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon

Graham Leslie Coxon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter. He came to prominence as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of rock band Blur, and is also a critically acclaimed solo artist, having recorded seven solo albums...

, The Shortwave Set

The Shortwave Set

The Shortwave Set are a British alternative pop band whose debut album, The Debt Collection, was released in 2005 on Independiente Records. The band's music combines sample-based music with more traditional songwriting and instrumentation to create a sound the group have described as "Victorian Funk"...

, Sonny J

Sonny J

Sonny J is the stage name of English turntablist and singer-songwriter Sonnington James III, from Liverpool.His debut single, "Can't Stop Moving", was brought out by Stateside Records in 2007...

, Simply Red

Simply Red

Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...

, Lucky Soul

Lucky Soul

Lucky Soul are a British six-piece pop band based in South East London. Formed in 2005, the band consists of Ali Howard on vocals, Andrew Laidlaw and Ivor Sims on guitars, Russell Grooms on bass and Paul Atkins on drums, with the recent addition of Art Terry on keys.The band have performed numerous...

 and Marina and the Diamonds, amongst others. He is also a long-term member of Glenn Tilbrook

Glenn Tilbrook

Glenn Martin Tilbrook is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid 1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the melody for Squeeze, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics...

's marvellously monikered band 'The Fluffers'http://www.glenntilbrook.com/, for whom he has co-written songs with the notorious Squeeze front man. Further MD experience includes work with Gary Kemp, Ali Campbell, Nerina Pallot, Wreckless Eric and others.

Co-writing credits include music for Billy Connelly's Billy's Route 66 (2011), CBBC TV show Big Babies

Big Babies

Big Babies is a live action cartoon comedy, in which Rocco and Brooks, the babies with grown-up heads, reluctantly leave the telly to go on unpredictable adventures in the world of the everyday...

 http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/big_babies/details/ and the BBC's Wimbledon coverage (2008 and 2009), as well as songwriting with Chris Difford

Chris Difford

Chris Difford is a singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer....

, Andrea Britton

Andrea Britton

Andrea Britton is a British singer-songwriter and a soulful dance|trance music|trance vocalist.-Biography:Britton's single "Am I on Your Mind?", recorded with Oxygen, made it to #30 on the UK Singles Chart in late 2002. In 2005, she had another hit single, "Winter", with DT8 Project, which made #35...

, Imelda May

Imelda May

Imelda Mary Higham, Clabby , known as Imelda May, is an Irish vocalist and musician. She began her career in music at 15 and released her debut album in 2005. She also plays the bodhrán and guitar...

, Connor Reeves and his own band Lord Large. Large has worked with a range of producers, including Liam Howe

Liam Howe

Liam Coverdale Howe is a London based record producer, musician and songwriter.- Musical beginnings :...

, John Kelly, Steve Booker

Steve Booker (producer)

Steve Booker is an award-winning British music producer and songwriter best known for "Mercy", "Stepping Stone" and "Rain on Your Parade", three hits he produced and co-wrote for Duffy's Brit and Grammy award winning debut album "Rockferry"...

, Andy Wright, Jim Abiss, Stephen Street

Stephen Street

Stephen Street is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s. Street also collaborated with Morrissey on some of his most popular work after The Smiths broke up, playing instruments and co-writing songs...

, Dangermouse

Danger Mouse

Brian Joseph Burton , better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album, which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from The Beatles' White Album.He...

 and others.

Stephen Large has also produced String and Brass arrangements for Noisettes

Noisettes

Noisettes are an English indie rock band from London, comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison...

, CocknBullKid

CocknBullKid

Anita Blay better known by her professional name CocknBullKid, is an English singer-songwriter. Her first releases were released under the name thecocknbullkid.-Career:...

, Marina & the Diamonds

Marina & the Diamonds

Marina Lambrini Diamandis , better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds , is a Welsh singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after reaching number two on the BBC Sound of 2010 poll list, coming second to Ellie Goulding...

, Squeeze and Clare Teal.

Lord Large is the result of a close collaboration with drummer, writer and producer Andrew J Jones, with whom Large has worked since their days in Koot. The group's debut album The Lord's First XI, released on the Acid Jazz label, has been championed by the likes of Paul Weller

Paul Weller

Paul Weller is an English singer-songwriter. Starting with the band The Jam , Weller then went on to branch out musically to a more soulful style with The Style Council...

, Mark Lamarr

Mark Lamarr

Mark Lamarr is an English comedian, radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Lamarr was born in the Park South area of Swindon and has three elder sisters. His father is Irish...

, Robert Elms

Robert Elms

Robert Elms is an English writer and broadcaster. Elms was a writer for The Face magazine in the 1980s, and has a self-confessed love of clothes and fashion...

 and Gary Crowley

Gary Crowley

Gary Crowley is an English broadcaster and DJ.When he was at school in the late Seventies Crowley started a punk fanzine titled The Modern World, interviewing some of the most important bands of the day including the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Jam.After leaving school he took up a junior...

, and has seen Large working with a range of legendary soul singers, including Clem Curtis

Clem Curtis

Clem Curtis is a singer and former lead vocalist of sixties British soul group The Foundations.-Early years:...

 of The Foundations

The Foundations

The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" , written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and "Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations...

, Dean Parrish

Dean Parrish

Dean Parrish is an American soul singer from New York, best known for the song, "I'm On My Way", which became famous for being the last record that was played at Northern Soul all-nighters at the Wigan Casino.-Career:Anastasi was born to Italian and Spanish parents and was raised in Little Italy,...

, Linda Lewis

Linda Lewis

Linda Lewis is an English vocalist, songwriter and Guitarist. Lewis is the oldest of six children two of whom also had singing careers...

 and The Peddlers

The Peddlers

The Peddlers were a British pop trio of the 1960s and 1970s.-History:The Peddlers formed in Manchester in April 1964, as a trio of Trevor Morais , Tab Martin and Roy Phillips The Peddlers were a British pop trio of the 1960s and 1970s.-History:The Peddlers formed in Manchester in April 1964, as a...

' Roy Phillips

Roy Phillips

Roy Phillips was Director, System Design and Integration at Cessna Aircraft Co. in Wichita, Ks. He was employed at Cessna Aircraft Co. for 38 years. He was a long time contributor to the Wichita State University athletic department. His family has set an Engineering scholarship for WSU baseball...

, as well as the more contemporary talents of Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook, Andrea Britton and ex-Freakpower

Freakpower

Freak Power was a band founded by Norman Cook , Ashley Slater , and Jesse Graham aka the Bass Cadet...

 trombonist Ashley Slater

Ashley Slater

Ashley Slater is a UK based trombone player and best known for his work with Norman Cook in the band Freak Power. He was born in Schefferville, Canada in 1961...

.

During a short break from Squeeze starting September 2010, Large was temporarily replaced by Steve Nieve

Steve Nieve

Steve Nieve is an English keyboardist, best known for his work with Elvis Costello and the Attractions and Elvis Costello and the Imposters.-Musical career:...

 (previously of Elvis Costello and the Attractions), before re-joining the band for a performance at the Royal Albert Hall, as part of the annual Teenage Cancer Trust concerts on March 22nd 2011.

Selected Recent Discography

• 2011 Squeeze Spot the Difference
  Spot the Difference (Squeeze album)
  Spot The Difference is a 2010 album by the British New Wave group Squeeze. It is the band's thirteenth studio album, and consists entirely of new recordings of older Squeeze songs...
  
  (produced by Jones/Tilbrook)
• 2010 CocknBullKid
  CocknBullKid
  Anita Blay better known by her professional name CocknBullKid, is an English singer-songwriter. Her first releases were released under the name thecocknbullkid.-Career:...
  
   Adulthood (produced by Liam Howe)
• 2010 Marina & the Diamonds
  Marina & the Diamonds
  Marina Lambrini Diamandis , better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds , is a Welsh singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after reaching number two on the BBC Sound of 2010 poll list, coming second to Ellie Goulding...
  
   The Family Jewels (produced by Liam Howe)
• 2010 Lucky Soul
  Lucky Soul
  Lucky Soul are a British six-piece pop band based in South East London. Formed in 2005, the band consists of Ali Howard on vocals, Andrew Laidlaw and Ivor Sims on guitars, Russell Grooms on bass and Paul Atkins on drums, with the recent addition of Art Terry on keys.The band have performed numerous...
  
   A Coming Of Age (produced by Andy Laidlaw)
• 2009 Noisettes
  Noisettes
  Noisettes are an English indie rock band from London, comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison...
  
  , Film Soundtrack for Nine (produced by Steve Booker)
• 2009 Simply Red
  Simply Red
  Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...
  
   (new album demos produced by Andy Wright)
• 2009 Noisettes
  Noisettes
  Noisettes are an English indie rock band from London, comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison...
  
   Wild Young Hearts (produced by Jim Abiss)
• 2009 Peter Doherty
  Peter Doherty
  Peter Charles Doherty AC is an Australian veterinary surgeon and researcher in the field of medicine. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996 and was named Australian of the Year in...
  
   Grace/Wastelands (produced by Stephen Street)
• 2009 Glenn Tilbrook & the Fluffers Pandemonium Ensues (produced by Tilbrook/Clearmountain)
• 2008 Soundtrack for film Definitely, Maybe (solo piano, produced by Adam Brooks)
• 2008 Sonny J
  Sonny J
  Sonny J is the stage name of English turntablist and singer-songwriter Sonnington James III, from Liverpool.His debut single, "Can't Stop Moving", was brought out by Stateside Records in 2007...
  
   Disastro (produced by Kyle/Farrell)
• 2008 Squeeze Quintessential (produced by Difford/Tilbrook)
• 2008 The Shortwave Set
  The Shortwave Set
  The Shortwave Set are a British alternative pop band whose debut album, The Debt Collection, was released in 2005 on Independiente Records. The band's music combines sample-based music with more traditional songwriting and instrumentation to create a sound the group have described as "Victorian Funk"...
  
   Replica Sun Machine (produced by Dangermouse)
• 2007 Lord Large
  Lord Large
  Stephen "Lord" Large was a keyboard-player in the Electric Soft Parade, a band who won a Q award and a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2002.He has since recorded and toured with the following artists: The Ordinary Boys and; The Dualers. He played organ on a Graham Coxon album...
  
   The Lord’s First XI (produced by Jones/Large)
• 2007 Babyshambles
  Babyshambles
  Babyshambles are an English indie rock band established in London. The band was formed by Pete Doherty during a hiatus from his former band The Libertines, but Babyshambles has since become his main project . Babyshambles has released two albums, three EPs and a number of singles...
  
   Shotter's Nation (produced by Stephen Street)
• 2006 Graham Coxon
  Graham Coxon
  Graham Leslie Coxon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter. He came to prominence as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of rock band Blur, and is also a critically acclaimed solo artist, having recorded seven solo albums...
  
  Love Travels At Illegal Speeds (produced by Stephen Street)

Keyboards

A collector and player of vintage and other keyboards, Stephen 'Lord' Large uses the following instruments:

• Wurlitzer Electric Piano
• Rhodes Mk.1 Electric Piano
• Hohner Clavinet Mk.1
• Hohner Clavinet Mk.2
• Kawai MP5 Electric Piano
• Kawai MP9500 Electric Piano
• Elysian Upright Piano
• Hammond Organ L100
• Nord C1 Combo Organ
• Nord Stage 2 SW73
• Korg CX3 Organ
• Roland VK7 Organ
• Moog Prodigy Synthesiser
• Korg MS2000 Synthesiser
• Roland Juno 6 Synthesiser
• Various Hohner Melodicas
• Various Leslie Speakers
• B&H Euphonium
• Yamaha Valve Trombone

External links

• Lord Large
• The Rag 'n' Bone Club
• BBC Radio 4 Front Row & Oxford Jazz Festival accompanying jazz viola play David Lasserson
• Record Collector Magazine (Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers)
• Ronnie Scott's Rejects biography

Richard Blackborow 16:17, 24 August 2011 (UTC)