On Wild Orchard Records:
				Patrick Noonan - Beat Noir (1996)
				Laurasia - East River Consort (1978)

also:

NEW RELEASE! Mark Kleinhaut Trio - Secrets of Three (2000) (invisible music )

• Click here for a review of Jim's latest recording! [Bay Review, October, 2000]
• excerpt:s ...a realistic, natural upright bass sound...Lyden is a strong player with a beautiful, traditional tone who creates consistently melodic, singing solos, which hint here and there at more modern influences, such as on "Vacation," where his solo contains echoes of Charlie Haden and perhaps a touch of Dave Holland's influence as well.
  

and:

The Mary Anne Driscoll Quintet (2000) (Madris Records, Belfast ME)
W. Allen - Sketchbook (1999) (Reggalation Music)
Leila Percy & Murial Havenstein - Those Sirens of Swing (1999) (invisible music )
The Scott Oakley Trio - Doberman Attack (1999) (Amazon.com)
Kate McDonnell - Next (1998) (waterbug.com)
Jennifer Porter - Hyacinth Blue Boy (Harmony Ridge Music)
The Scott Oakley Trio - Come Home Brother Johnson (1996)

Early on, he did his share of rock, blues, fusion, country and lounge gigs. While living in New Haven, Conn. and Boston in the late 70's, Jim was the first regular bass player for the East River Consort, later to become Laurasia.

For nearly 20 years one of the first call bassists for jazz in southern Maine, Jim has performed as a sideman with John LaPorta, Roswell Rudd, Herb Pomeroy, Frank Foster, and many other musicians in the northern New England area. Free-lance work, which ranges from Dixieland to avant-garde, also includes gigs with the trombone septet "The Maine Bones," a western swing band "The Pinetones," as well as an Afro-Cuban ensemble and summer theater musicals.

Jim can be heard on several jazz and folk recordings and recently performed with the Mary Anne Driscoll Quintet in Budapest and Kalocsa, Hungary.