We are very pleased to be able to announce that the concert to celebrate Jon Lord's life and music will be held at London's Royal Albert Hall on April 4th 2014. Artists confirmed so far include Deep Purple members, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Don Airey and Steve Morse. Iron Maiden frontman and long-time support of The Sunflower Jam Bruce Dickinson will … Continue reading Concert to celebrate Jon: April 4, 2014
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Today, Jon would have turned 72. In his honour, below is an exclusive and previously unseen clip of Jon rehearsing Lazy with Doogie White and the DCRS in Essen, Germany on November 15, 2010. Tell us your story Jon's family and management are planning a deluxe photo book to celebrate Jon's life. It will contain … Continue reading New photo book to celebrate Jon’s life
Ritchie Blackmore explains to NJ.com the origins of his instrumental tribute to Jon - Carry On... Jon: - We were snowed in, in that blizzard (on Feb. 8). The engineer and myself, the producer, we had nothing to do. I said, 'I have an instrumental that I've vaguely finished. Do you want to try it?' … Continue reading – Maybe Jon caused the blizzard
BBC Radio 4 are repeating Rock'n'Roll in Four Movements, the programme first broadcast last August, which featured Jon's last recorded interview. Taking a closer look at the musicians that have worked to combine the worlds of rock and classical music, in the programme, Jon talks about his passion for writing classical music, inspired by his … Continue reading BBC Radio 4 to rebroadcast Jon’s final interview
When Rock Meets Classics is a highly recommended 48-minute radio retrospective in Jon's memory. Opening with a snippet of the piano version of Child in Time, the comprehensive yet succinct overview of Jon's career features all-new interviews with a list of important players in Jon's musical life - incl. an interview with himself conducted in 2010 - and … Continue reading Celebrating the life of Jon
In this video interview, Steve Morse remembers Jon, starting with the first time they met at rehearsal 24 hours before their first concert together in Deep Purple. In that dressingroom, Jon immediately picked up on Steve's guitar licks and replicated them and improvised over them on the Hammond - a deep chemistry the pair would … Continue reading Steve Morse remembers Jon
This year's Zermatt Unplugged Festival in Switzerland (April 9-13) made special effort to honour two of its own - Jon Lord and Claude Nobs.A special lounge offered people the opportunity to remember and pay tribute to Jon and to Nobs, the man behind Montreux Jazz Festival and the Funky Claude in Deep Purple's Smoke on … Continue reading – To my pianist… Frida’s tribute to Jon
Carry On… Jon is the title of a new instrumental piece written by Ritchie Blackmore in tribute to his former band mate for 25 years. The Deep Purple-esque track will feature on Blackmore's Night's upcoming album Dancer And The Moon to be released in June. Ritchie Blackmore spoke about Jon last July: - Jon was not … Continue reading Blackmore writes tribute to Jon
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