London-based instrumental jazz/fusion quartet Lydian Collective will be the first band to play at the new Off the Rails jazz night at One Kew Road, Richmond. The band's accessible melodies, accomplished musicianship, hypnotic rhythms and uplifting vibe has been drawing in audiences from around the world.

Following the success of their first album 'Adventure' in 2018, they will be releasing their second this Autumn.

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

In early 1963, Sunday nights at 1 Kew Road were the launchpad for a recently-formed r&b group called The Rolling Stones. These were the early days of the Crawdaddy, a new club started by Giorgio Gomelsky at the Station Hotel, as the building was then called. According to a report in the Richmond and Twickenham Times, Mick Jagger was still a student at the LSE; Keith Richards was an art student, Brian Jones an architect, and Charlie Watts a designer; Bill Wyman was a "representative", and on piano was the almost-forgotten Ian Stewart. Gomelsky offered them a weekly residency, and an initial audience of 50 rapidly grew to 320. One night The Beatles came to hear them. After that the crowds grew so large that the promoter was forced to relocate the club to the nearby Richmond Athletic Ground.

In 2021, musicians Peter Jones and Clement Regert decided to set up a new Sunday night jazz club for the post-pandemic era, and Off the Rails was born.

Upstairs at One Kew Road is a large, airy space with plenty of seating, plus a good menu, and there are bars and tables both upstairs and downstairs.