The eagerly awaited expanded edition of Jon's Concerto for Group and Orchestra will be released on December 7, 2012. Pre-order your copy now. Officially known as the Mediabook Edition, it comes with the standard CD of the Concerto plus a 72-page book and a documentary DVD. Along with unseen photographs from the recording sessions, the … Continue reading Enhanced Concerto edition announced
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Jon's Concerto for Group and Orchestra has been out for a couple of weeks now. You can order it from JonLord.org. This promotional video shows a collage of Jon Lord visuals from throughout his career while you listen to an excerpt of the Second Movement featuring Jon's solo, Joe Bonamassa's and Bruce Dickinson's vocals. The … Continue reading A joy to behold – reviews and chart action for the Concerto
Deep Purple California Jam is a new coffee table documentary book published by Rufus Stone Limited Editions this December. The book takes an in-depth look Deep Purple's appearance at the Calfornia Jam festival on April 6 1974 in front of 165.000 people. Strictly limited to 1.000 copies across three different edition, pre-orders are taken now. The … Continue reading Jon Lord autographed California Jam book
Disguises, Zarabanda Solitaire and Jon's orchestral arrangement of Child in Time. These three pieces have been added to the Works section. Conductor Paul Mann is currently going through all of Jon's works with a view of providing a complete resource for everything to do with Jon's work as a composer. Click on the titles for full … Continue reading Update: More works from Jon
Jon's family have been informed that someone has been selling unofficial T-shirts at gigs and online regarding Jon's passing. They would like to make it very clear that this has nothing to do with the family or Deep Purple, and they are upset that anyone should profit from this tacky endeavour - unless the money … Continue reading Pirate T-shirts exploiting Jon’s passing
'A technically brilliant pianist and soulful exponent of the Hammond organ, he brought a rare combination of taste and feeling to a playing style lit up with extrovert firepower.' So writes Record Collector in their new tribute to Jon, which recounts the story of Jon's musical career and interviews Rick Wakeman about the two keyboard … Continue reading Concerto for Jon, Record Collector’s tribute
Today, Sunday September 16, two months after Jon's passing, sees him remembered at two different events - in London and in Liverpool. The Sunflower Jam at London's Royal Albert Hall will feature a slew of Jon's peers including his brother-in-law and Deep Purple band mate Ian Paice, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, Queen's Brian May, Steve … Continue reading A Sunday of memories
Over the coming weeks and months, a full catalogue of Jon's compositional work will appear online for the first time. Aimed at concert promoters and performers foremost, as well as fans and friends, our new Works section will provide all available information on each of Jon's works, including instrumentation and performance details. Jon's trusted musical collaborator, … Continue reading Jon’s work cut out for you
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