Thank you Mr. Lord. The living legend, the genius, the Lord of the Hammond, in short the Maestro. Bo Olsson reviews Jon Lord's concert in Essen, Germany on November 15: It all started with a reworked Sarabande. What a pleasure, it worked wonderful in this new format. It did manage to improve on the recording. … Continue reading Essen: What an evening!
Jon Lord writes: "A few days ago - fittingly, on Remembrance Day - I lost a friend. He was my manager from 1968 to 1976, my daughter Sara's Godfather and the man who was instrumental in helping me to realise, in 1969, the dream which defined my musical life - that of a Concerto for … Continue reading Jon Lord honours Tony Edwards
What are your favourite tracks from Jon Lord? For a provisional Best Of album, we would like to know what you think is Jon Lord's best work on album. Please take a moment to give us your favourites via the link below (not in the comments on this page). The list includes all Jon Lord's … Continue reading Vote for your Jon Lord favourites
Jon Lord live at The Congress Hall, Warsaw, Nov 10th, 2010. Review by Marcin Karski Jon Lord has taken the Polish capitol by storm and it was the best I've ever seen from him. The way he moved, conducted, played and sounded will remain vivid in my mind, hardly forgettable. I can only thank the … Continue reading Warsaw: Here be friends, here be a hero…
Doogie White will handle male vocals at Jon Lord's concert in Essen this Monday November 15. Doogie has previously sung with Jon Lord in Luxembourg and Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Here are two clips from Luxembourg 2010:
This rather excellent photo captures Jon Lord onstage in Sofia, Bulgaria on October 30. We thank you Fedia Trifonov for sending the photo. You can read his letter here: Dear Mr. Lord, First of all I’d like to express mine and my family and friends’ admiration from your personality as a human being, musician and … Continue reading Sofia says thank you
Listen to Planet Rock's brand new interview with Jon Lord from this week. To coincide with the release of the 35th anniversary edition of Come Taste The Band, Jon Lord talks about his time with Deep Purple Mk4 - and the reissue of the expanded Deepest Purple compilation album, both of which are released this … Continue reading Come Taste The Band was Deep Purple’s love child
Among his many upcoming projects, Jon Lord has been commissioned to compose a concerto for Hammond organ and orchestra and with special parts for tympani. The piece will be premiered with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with Tom Vissgren on tympani in Oslo, Norway in the Spring of 2012. - It is basically a concerto for … Continue reading Jon Lord to compose concerto for Hammond and tympani
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