The Highway Star Deep Purple website has published a highly recommended in-depth interview with Jon's Concerto for Group and Orchestra conductor Paul Mann. The interview goes through many aspects of the new Concerto; from the choice of musicians, Jon's illness, possible future recordings of Jon's music to the pros of finally recording the Concerto in … Continue reading Interview: Concerto talk with Paul Mann
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
- Was ist mit deine Nase los? Compiled from footage shot on Ian Gillan's personal video camera, this 'bloody funny' film, shows Jon on tour with Deep Purple in his final years with the band, including the Concerto tour, backstage, onstage, enroute, in interview, etc... GillanCam was first released as a bonus feature on Ian Gillan's … Continue reading GillanCam: Jon on tour with Deep Purple
If Sunflower Jam 2011 was the unofficial crowning glory for Jon and his career, then this year's Sunflower Jam at London's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday Sep 16 was both the wake and the afterparty. Jon's singer Steve Balsamo paid a moving tribute to the missing maestro, and everybody else made sure the music stayed vibrant. Rasmus … Continue reading Afterparty at Sunflower 2012: Thank you, Jon
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