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He is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms. He has most famously been a member of Deep Purple, as well as of Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord, The Artwoods and Flower Pot Men. This article is about the rock band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Paice, Ashton and Lord (PAL), was a rhythm and blues, funky-soul, rock band founded after the break-up of the British superband Deep Purple (DP) in 1977. ... The Artwoods were formed in 1963, and over the next two years became an extremely popular live attraction, rivaling groups such as the Animals, although, despite releasing a clutch of singles and an album, their record sales never reflected this popularity. ... The Flower Pot Men were a British pop group created in 1967, who enjoyed fleeting fame. ...

In 1968, Lord co-founded Deep Purple. He and drummer Ian Paice were the only constant band members during the band's existence from 1968 to 1976 and from when they reformed in 1984 until Lord's retirement in 2002. Ian Paice Ian Anderson Paice (born June 29, 1948; Nottingham, England) made his name as drummer with seminal heavy rock band Deep Purple. ...

One of his most ambitious works was his composition Concerto for Group and Orchestra, which was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969 with Deep Purple (Lord and Paice with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, singer Ian Gillan and bass guitarist Roger Glover) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The concerto was revived for its 30th anniversary in 1999 with another performance at the Albert Hall, again performed by Deep Purple (Lord, Paice, Gillan, Glover and Steve Morse in place of Ritchie Blackmore) with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a concerto performed by Deep Purple and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969, composed by Jon Lord. ... “Albert Hall” redirects here. ... Richard Hugh Blackmore, (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. ... Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ... Roger David Glover (b. ... The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is an English orchestra based in London. ... Steve Morse Steven J. Morse is a rock guitarist and guitar virtuoso, best known for his position as guitarist in the Dixie Dregs and Deep Purple. ... The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. ...

In 2002 he retired from Deep Purple for good, to concentrate on composing and on lower-key blues/rock performances.

He is married to Vickie, the twin sister of Ian Paice's wife, Jackie. They both live in the United Kingdom.

Before Deep Purple 1941-1968

Jon Lord was born in Leicester on 9 June 1941 to his late parents Miriam (1912-1995, nee Hudson) and Reg. He studied classical piano from age five, and those influences are a recurring trademark in his work. His influences range from Bach (a constant connection in his music and his keyboard improvisation) to Medieval popular music and the English tradition of Elgar. In music, the BACH motif is the sequence of notes B flat, A, C, B natural. ... Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, Bt OM GCVO (June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934) was a British composer, born in the small Worcestershire village of Broadheath to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ...

Simultaneously, Lord absorbed the blues sounds that played a key part in his rock career, principally the raw sounds of the great American blues organists Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff and "Brother" Jack McDuff ("Rock Candy"), as well as the stage showmanship of Jerry Lee Lewis. The jazz-blues organ sounds coming from those musicians in the 1950s and 1960s were seminal influences, the trademark blues-organ sound created by utilising the blues scales on the Hammond organ (B3 and C3 models) and combining it with the Leslie speaker system (the well-known Hammond-Leslie speaker combo). Keyboard contemporaries in the 1970s Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman generally steered away from the blues or only showcased it as a novelty, but Lord embraced it fully into his style. A young Jimmy Smith, on the 1958 album House Party Jimmy Smith, nicknamed The Incredible Jimmy Smith, (December 8, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose Hammond B-3 electric organ performances helped to popularize this instrument. ... lots of issues | leave me a message 23:00, 2 September 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations | Hammond organ players ... Brother Jack McDuff (September 17, 1926 - January 23, 2001) was a jazz organist and bandleader prominent during the soul jazz era of the 1960s. ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Leslie speaker is a specially constructed amplifier/loudspeaker used to create special audio effects utilizing the Doppler effect. ... Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, Yorkshire) is a British keyboard player and composer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Lord moved to London in 1959/60, intent on an acting career and enrolling at the Central School of Speech and Drama, in London's Swiss Cottage. Small parts followed on such contemporary TV series as "Emergency Ward Ten", and Lord continued playing piano and organ in clubs and as a session musician to make ends meet. The Central School of Speech and Drama is a United Kingdom government funded higher education college in London. ... The original Swiss Cottage Ye Olde Swiss Cottage pub Swiss Cottage is a landmark of North-west London in the London Borough of Camden. ... Emergency Ward 10 was a British television series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. ...

He started his London band career in 1960 with jazz ensemble the Bill Ashton Combo. Ashton, now an MBE, became a key figure in jazz education in the UK, creating what later became the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Between 1960 and 1963, Lord (along with Ashton) moved onto Red Bludd's Bluesicians (also known as The Don Wilson's Quartet), the latter of which featured singer Arthur "Art" Wood. Wood had previously sung with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated and was a junior figure in the British blues movement. In this period, Lord's session credits included playing keyboards on You Really Got Me (The Kinks 1964 classic). William Michael Allingham Bill Ashton MBE BA DipEd FCLCM (born 1936) is a British saxophonist and composer, best known for co-founding the London Schools’ Orchestra, now the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), of which he is Musical Director. ... MBE can stand for: Member of the Order of the British Empire Mail Boxes Etc. ... The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) is a British jazz orchestra founded in 1963 by its current chairman, Bill Ashton. ... Arthur Art Wood (July 7, 1937 - November 3, 2006) was a British blues, pop and rock singer, who led The Artwoods in the 1960s and subsequently became a graphic artist. ... Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Korner, 19 April 1928 in Paris, France - died on 1 January 1984 in Westminster, London, England) Korner is probably best remembered as the Founding Father of British Blues and a pioneering blues musician. ... Blues Incorporated was a British R&B band in the early 1960s, which was led by Alexis Korner and which featured at various times such musicians as Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies, and Dick Heckstall-Smith. ... You Really Got Me is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. ... The Kinks were an English rock group formed in 1963 by lead singer-songwriter Ray Davies, his brother, lead guitarist and vocalist Dave Davies, and bassist Pete Quaife. ...

Following the break-up of Redd Bludd's Bluesicians in late 1963, Wood, Lord and drummer Red Dunnage put together a new band. The Art Wood Combo also included Derek Griffiths (guitar) and Malcolm Pool (bass). Dunnage left in 1964 to be replaced by Keef Hartley, who had previously replaced Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... Rory Storm (January 7, 1938 – September 28, 1972), real name Alan Caldwell, was the leader of Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, a Liverpool band who were contemporaries of The Beatles in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ...

The Artwoods were worthy of comparison to blues-influenced bands with a similar focus on the organ as the bluesy, rhythmic core of their sounds, such as the Spencer Davis Group (Steve Winwood on organ) and the Animals (with Alan Price). However, the same commercial success eluded The Artwoods. They did make appearances on TV shows such as Ready Steady Go!, performed abroad and appeared on the first Ready Steady Goes Live, promoting their first single Sweet Mary. The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s British beat group from Birmingham, England, founded by Spencer Davis (born 17 July 1939, Swansea, Wales). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The US edition of The Animals self-titled debut album. ... Alan Price (born April 19, 1941 in Fairfield, Washington, Tyne and Wear, England) is a musician, songwriter, and actor. ... RSG! studio floor with Manfred Mann performing. ...

Their only chart single was I Take What I Want, which reached No 28 on 8 May 1966. The band regrouped in 1967 as St Valentine's Day Massacre, in a vain attempt to cash in on the 1930s gangster craze triggered by the film Bonnie & Clyde. Hartley left in 1967 to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Lord joined Santa Barbara Machine Head (featuring Art's brother, the young Ron Wood) but left soon after to cover for keyboard player Billy Day in The Flower Pot Men, where he met bassist Nick Simper. Lord and Simper toured with the band in 1967 to support their Let's Go To San Francisco hit single, but they never recorded with them. Bonnie and Clyde clowning. ... John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton album cover John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band that included such luminaries as: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (later in... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nick Simper Nicholas Simper (b. ...

In early 1968, now intent on capturing a heavier sound (given the emergence of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience), Lord helped form Boz, featuring Boz Burrell (later of Bad Company), session guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (whom Lord first met in December 1967), drummer Ian Paice and bassist Chas Hodges (later of 'Cockney' pop group Chas & Dave). That effort was short-lived, but it spawned Roundabout, which by March 1968 had morphed into Deep Purple Mk I: Lord, Simper, Blackmore, Paice and singer Rod Evans. Cream were a classic 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is widely considered to be the most important electric guitarist in the history of popular music. ... Raymond Burrell AKA Boz Burrell (born Raymond Burrell on 1 August 1946, in Lincoln, England, died 21 September 2006 in Spain) was a bass guitarist known for his involvement in bands such as King Crimson and Bad Company. ... Bad Company were an English hard rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free (Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke), Mott the Hoople (Mick Ralphs) and King Crimson (Boz Burrell). ... Chas Hodges is the piano and guitar playing half of the English music group Chas and Dave. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Deep Purple 1968-1976

It is in this period that Lord's classic keyboard sound emerged. He began experimenting with a keyboard sound centred on the Hammond organ (in spite of the emergence of the Moog synthesizer in rock through the experimentation of keyboard players like Keith Emerson), but heavier than a blues sound and delivered a rhymthic foundation to complement Blackmore's speed and virtuosity as a highly technically gifted lead guitarist. Lord also loved the sound of an RMI 368 Electra-Piano and Harpsichord, which was used to great effect of songs like "Demon's Eye", and "Space Truckin'". Somewhere around 1973, Lord and a technician combined his Hammond C3 Organ with the RMI. Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, Yorkshire) is a British keyboard player and composer. ... The RMI 368 Electra-Piano and Harpsichord was an electronic piano and the most popular instrument created by RMI. It was renowned in different forms of popular music. ...

With a technician, he began to experiment by pushing the Hammond-Leslie sound through Marshall amplification and what resulted was the backbone of the Deep Purple sound: a growling, heavy, mechanical sound that gave Purple a unique rhythmic counterpoint to Blackmore's lead playing, but that allowed Lord to compete with Blackmore with an organ that sounded as heavy as a lead guitar. From early recordings like Hush (1968) to the eventual seminal Deep Purple in Rock album (1970) it is clear that Lord's sound was as critical to the Deep Purple sound as Blackmore's. In fact, Lord's willingness to play many of the key rhythm parts to underpin Blackmore gave the guitarist the freedom to let loose both live and on record. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hush can refer to many things: Literally: Stop talking. Hush, an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Hush, a 2000 album by Jane Siberry. ... Deep Purple in Rock is a hard rock album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1970. ...

On Deep Purple's second and third albums, Lord began indulging his ambition to fuse rock with classical music. This enhanced his reputation among fellow musicians, but caused tension within the group. Blackmore was keen to explore riff-based heavy rock, inspired by the success of Led Zeppelin, while Simper later said: "The reason the music lacked direction was Jon Lord ****ed everything up with his classical ideas." For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ...

Blackmore agreed to go along with Lord's experimentation, provided he was given his head on the next band album. The resulting Concerto For Group and Orchestra (in 1969) was one of rock's earliest attempts to fuse two distinct musical idioms. Performed live at the Royal Albert Hall on 24 September 1969 (with new band members Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, Evans and Simper having been fired), recorded by the BBC and later released as an album, the Concerto gave Deep Purple their first highly-publicised taste of mainstream fame and gave Lord the confidence to believe that his experiment and his compositional skill had a future. The Concerto also gave Lord the chance to work with established classical figures, like Malcolm Arnold (knighted in 1993), who conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the performance and who also brought his technical skills to bear by helping Lord score the work and to protect him from the inevitable disdain of the older members of the orchestra. “Albert Hall” redirects here. ... Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ... Roger David Glover (b. ... Sir Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. ... The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is an English orchestra based in London. ...

Classical dalliance over, Purple began work on Deep Purple in Rock, released by EMI in 1970 and now one of heavy rock's key early works. Lord's style is a critical counterpart to Blackmore's playing on the record and it was clear that the tension between the two, competing to out-dazzle each other, often in classical-style, mid-section 'call and answer' improvisation (on tracks like Speed King), something they employed to great effect live, was the start of a trademark sound and the basis of powerful live performances. Similarly, Child in Time features Lord's playing to maximum tonal effect. Lord's experimental solo on "Hard Lovin' Man" (complete with police-siren interpolation) on the album is his personal favourite among his Deep Purple studio performances. Deep Purple in Rock is a hard rock album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1970. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... Child In Time is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple. ...

Template set, Deep Purple released a sequence of albums between 1971's Fireball and 1975's Come Taste the Band, by which time Gillan, Glover and finally Blackmore had left. The band disintegrated in 1976. The highlights of Lord's Purple work in the period include his rhythmic underpinning of Smoke on the Water, Highway Star and Space Truckin' from Machine Head (1972), his playing on the Burn album from 1974 and the sonic bombast of the Made in Japan live album from 1972. Fireball is a hard rock album by Deep Purple. ... Come Taste the Band is an album by the hard rock band, Deep Purple, recorded between August 3 and September, 1975, it was released in October 1975. ... Smoke on the Water is a famous and influential rock song by British rock band Deep Purple. ... Highway Star is one of British rock group Deep Purples most famous songs. ... Space Truckin is The Greatest song ever by British rock band Deep Purple. ... Alternate cover 25th anniversary gatefold cover Machine Head is the third Mk II (sixth overall) Deep Purple studio album. ... Burn, a hard rock-album by Deep Purple released in 1974, welcomed new vocalist David Coverdale, as well as Bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes from Trapeze. ... Made in Japan is a live album by British hard rock band Deep Purple, released in December 1972. ...

Roger Glover later described Lord as a true 'Zen-archer soloist', someone whose best keyboard improvisation often came at the first attempt. Lord's strict reliance on the Hammond C3 organ sound, as opposed to the synthesizer experimentation of his contemporaries, places him firmly in the jazz-blues category as a band musician and far from the progressive-rock sound of Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman. Lord himself would rarely venture into the synthesizer territory on Purple albums, often limiting his experimentation to the use of the ring modulator with the Hammond, to give live performances on tracks like Space Truckin' a distinctive 'spacey' sound. Rare instances of his Deep Purple synthesizer use (later including the MiniMoog and other Moog synthesizers) include ``A´´ 200, the final track from Burn. Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, Yorkshire) is a British keyboard player and composer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The term Moog(pronounced // as in moan) synthesizer can refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for analog and digital music synthesisers. ...

Lord's 1970s career bears comparison with Emerson and Wakeman, the decade's other significant pioneers of rock keyboards. He was much less of a showman, partly because he couldn't compete with Blackmore's stage persona but mostly because he did not wish to. He was able to meld the Hammond soul to a heavy rock sound, demonstrating note control and speed to match Blackmore's technical fireworks on stage. In fact, Lord's working experience of scoring for and performing with leading orchestras far exceeded that of his rock contemporaries by the late 1970s.

Lord as Composer

Lord continued to focus on his classical aspirations alongside his Deep Purple career. The BBC, buoyed by the success of the Concerto, commissioned him to do another work and the resulting Gemini Suite was performed by Deep Purple and the Light Music Society under Malcolm Arnold at the Royal Festival Hall in September 1970 and then in Munich with the Kammarorchestra conducted by Eberhard Schoener in January 1972. It then became the basis for Lord's first solo album, Gemini Suite, released in November 1972, with vocals by Yvonne Elliman and Tony Ashton and with the London Symphony Orchestra backing a band that included Albert Lee on guitar. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The Royal Festival Hall reopening celebrations The Royal Festival Hall is a concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. ... Yvonne Elliman album cover photo c. ... Edward Anthony Ashton (March 1, 1946 - May 28, 2001) was a British rock musician who played in the British rock band Family as well as in Paice-Ashton-Lord with Deep Purple alumni Ian Paice and Jon Lord. ... The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. ... Albert Lee is an English guitarist. ...

Lord's collaboration with the highly experimental and supportive Schoener resulted in a second live performance of the Suite in late 1973 and a new Lord album with Eberhard Schoener, entitled Windows, in 1974. It proved to be Lord's most experimental work and was released to mixed reactions. However, the dalliances with Bach on Windows and the pleasure of collaborating with Schoener resulted in perhaps Lord's most confident solo work and perhaps his strongest orchestral album, Sarabande, recorded in Germany in September 1975 with the Philharmonia Hungarica conducted by Schoener. Eberhard Schoener. ... The Philharmonia Hungarica was a symphony orchestra, based in Germany, which existed between 1956 and 2001. ...

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In March 1974, Lord and Paice had collaborated with friend Tony Ashton on First of the Big Bands, credited to 'Ashton & Lord' and featuring a rich array of session talent, including Carmine Appice, Ian Paice, Peter Frampton and Pink Floyd saxophonist/sessioner, Dick Parry. They performed much of the set live at the London Palladium in September 1974. Edward Anthony Ashton (March 1, 1946 - May 28, 2001) was a British rock musician who played in the British rock band Family as well as in Paice-Ashton-Lord with Deep Purple alumni Ian Paice and Jon Lord. ... Carmine Appice (b. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s and as one of the original members of the band Humble Pie. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... Dick Parry is a saxophonist born in 1944. ... The London Palladium in 2004 The London Palladium is a 2,286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster. ...

This formed the basis of Lord's first post-Deep Purple project Paice, Ashton & Lord, which lasted only a year and spawned a single album, Malice in Wonderland in 1977. He created an informal group of friends and collaborators including Ashton, Paice, Bernie Marsden, Boz Burrell and later, Bad Company's Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and others. Over the same period, Lord guested on albums by Maggie Bell, Nazareth and even Richard Digance. Eager to pay off a huge tax bill upon his return the UK in the late-1970s (Purple's excesses included their own tour jet and a home Lord rented in Hollywood from actress Ann-Margret), Lord joined former Deep Purple band member David Coverdale's new band, Whitesnake in August 1978 (Paice joined them in 1980 and stayed till 1982). Paice, Ashton and Lord (PAL), was a rhythm and blues, funky-soul, rock band founded after the break-up of the British superband Deep Purple (DP) in 1977. ... Bernie Marsden (born Bernard John Marsden, 7 May 1951, in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire) is an English guitarist original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and a former member of the Hard rock band Whitesnake. ... Mick Ralphs is a guitarist who was a founder member of 70s rock band Mott the Hoople. ... Ann-Margret Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-born actress and singer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Whitesnake 1978-1983

Lord's job in Whitesnake was largely limited to adding colour (or, in his own words, a 'halo') to round out a blues-rock sound that already accommodated two lead guitarists, Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody. He added a Yamaha Electric Grand piano to his set-up and finally a huge bank of synthesizers onstage courtesy of Moog (MiniMoog, Opus, PolyMoog) so he could play the 12-bar blues the band often required and recreate string section and other effects. Such varied work is evident on tracks like Here I Go Again, Wine, Women and Song, She's a Woman and Till the Day I Die. A number of singles entered the UK charts, taking the now 40-something Lord onto Top of the Pops with regularity between 1980 and 1983. He later expressed frustration that he was a poorly paid hired hand . His dissatisfaction (and Coverdale's keenness to revamp the band's line-up and lower the average age to help crack the US market) smoothed the way for the reformation of Deep Purple Mk II in 1984. Bernie Marsden (born Bernard John Marsden, 7 May 1951, in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire) is an English guitarist original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and a former member of the Hard rock band Whitesnake. ... Micky Moody is a guitarist most famous for playing with Whitesnake. ... Yamaha may refer to: Yamaha Corporation – A manufacturer of a diverse range of musical instruments and electronics. ... Here I Go Again is a song recorded by Whitesnake. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ...

During his tenure in Whitesnake, Lord did have a chance to do two distinctly different solo albums. 1982s Before I Forget featured a largely conventional eight-song line-up, no orchestra and with the bulk of the songs being either mainstream rock tracks (Hollywood Rock And Roll, Chance on a Feeling), or - specifically on Side Two - a series of very English classical piano ballads sung by mother and daughter duo, Vicki Brown and Sam Brown (wife and daughter of entertainer Joe Brown) and vocalist Elmer Gantry. The album also boasted the cream of British rock talent, including prolific session drummer (and National Youth Jazz Orchestra alumnus) Simon Phillips, Cozy Powell, Neil Murray, Simon Kirke, Boz Burrell and Mick Ralphs. Lord used synthesizers more than ever before, principally to retain an intimacy with the material and to create a jam atmosphere with old friends like Tony Ashton. Sam Brown (born October 12th, 1964 in London), daughter of RocknRoll star Joe Brown and singer Vicki Brown, is a British female singer-songwriter best known for her work in the late 1980s, although she has continued to release material since then. ... Joe Brown (born Joseph Roger Brown on 13 May 1941, in Swarby, Lincolnshire) was a popular British entertainer of the 1960s and beyond. ... For other persons named Simon Phillips, see Simon Phillips (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Fire And Water, with Simon Kirke at far right Simon Kirke (born July 28, 1949) is a British rock drummer best known as a member of Free and Bad Company. ...

Additionally, Lord was commissioned by producer Patrick Gamble for Central Television to write the soundtrack for their 1984 TV series, Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, based on the book by Edith Holden, with an orchestra conducted by Alfred Ralston and with a distinctly gentle, pastoral series of themes composed by Lord. Lord, now firmly established as a member of UK rock/Oxfordshire mansion aristocracy (in Lord's case, a home called Burntwood, complete with hand-painted Challen baby grand piano, previous owner, Shirley Bassey), was asked to guest on albums by friends George Harrison (Gone Troppo from 1982) and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour (1983's About Face), Cozy Powell (Octopus in 1983) and to play on an adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic, Wind in the Willows. Edith Blackwell Holden (1871-1920) was a British artist and art teacher. ... Edith Blackwell Holden (1871-1920) was a British artist and art teacher. ... Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born January 8, 1937 ) in Cardiff, Wales), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Gone Troppo is an album by George Harrison recorded and released in 1982. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... About Face is the second solo album of the Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour, released in March 1984. ... Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was a Scottish novelist. ... The Wind in the Willows is a classic of childrens literature by Kenneth Grahame. ...

From Purple to Now 1984-

Lord's re-emergence with Deep Purple in 1984 resulted in huge audiences for the reformed Mk II line-up, including 1985s second largest grossing tour in the US and an appearance in front of 70,000 rain-soaked fans headlining Knebworth on June 22nd 1985, all to support the Perfect Strangers album. Playing with a rejuvenated Purple line-up (including spells at a health farm to get the band including Lord into shape) and being onstage and in the studio with Blackmore, gave Lord the chance to push himself once again and his 'rubato' classical opening sequence to the album's opener, Knocking at Your Back Door (complete with F-Minor to G polychordal harmony sequence), gave Lord the chance to do his most powerful work for years, including on the Zeppelinesque title track, Perfect Strangers. Further albums followed, often of varying quality and by the late-1990s, Lord was clearly keen to explore where to take his career next. Knebworth is a village in the north of Hertfordshire, England. ... Perfect Strangers is the eleventh studio album by Deep Purple, released in November 1984. ... This article will be merged with Italian musical terms at some point in the near future. ...

In 1997, he created perhaps his most personal work to date, Pictured Within, released in 1998 and with a European tour to support it. Lord's mother Miriam had died in August 1995 and the album is a deeply affecting piece, inflected at all stages by Lord's sense of grief. Recorded largely in Lord's home from home, the city of Cologne, the album's themes are Elgarian and alpine in equal measure. Lord signed to Virgin Classics to release it and perhaps saw it as the first stage in his eventual departure from Purple to embark on a low-key and altogether more gentle solo career. One song from Pictured Within, entitled "Wait A While" was later covered by Norweigan singer Sissel Kyrkjebø on her 2003/2004 album My Heart. Lord finally retired from Deep Purple in 2002, preceded by an injury that required an operation. He said subsequently, 'Leaving Deep Purple was just as traumatic as I had always suspected it would be and more so - if you see what I mean'. He even dedicated a song to it on 2004s solo effort, Beyond the Notes, called De Profundis, the album was recorded in Bonn with producer, Mario Argandona between June and July 2004. For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ... Sissel Kyrkjebø (born June 24, 1969 in Bergen, Norway), also known as just Sissel, is a Norwegian singer. ...

Pictured Within and Beyond the Notes provide the most personal work by Lord and together, have what his earlier solo work perhaps lacks, a very clear musical voice that is quintessentially his. Together, both albums are uniquely crafted, mature pieces from a man in touch with himself and his spirituality. Lord has slowly built a small, but distinct position and fan base for himself in Europe, collaborating with former ABBA superstar and family friend, Frida (Anni-Frid Lyngstad), on the 2004 track, "The Sun Will Shine Again" (with lyrics by Sam Brown) and performing with her across Europe and subsequently, doing concerts also to première the 2007-scheduled Boom of the Tingling Strings orchestral piece. “Abba” redirects here. ... The ABBA single cover for Mamma Mia (1975) shows the group: Benny, Anni-Frid (top center), Agnetha, and Björn. ...

In 2003, he also returned to his beloved Rn'B/blues heritage to record an album of standards in Sydney, with Australia's Jimmy Barnes, entitled Live in the Basement, by Jon Lord and the Hootchie Cootchie Men, 2003. He remains one of British rock music's most eclectic and talented instrumentalists. Lord is also happy to support the Sam Buxton Sunflower Jam Healing Trust and in September 2006, performed at a star-studded event to support the charity led by Ian Paice's wife, Jacky (twin sister of Lord's wife Vicky). Featured artists on stage with Lord included Paul Weller, Robert Plant, Phil Manzanera, Ian Paice and Bernie Marsden. Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock singer. ... Paul Weller The Modfather (born John William Weller May 25, 1958, in Sheerwater, near Woking, Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter. ... Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, but also for his successful solo career. ... Phil Manzanera (born Philip Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951, in London, England), is an English guitarist. ...

Two Lord compositions, "Boom of the Tingling Strings" and "Disguises (Suite for String Orchestra)", are recorded and scheduled for Summer 2007 release on EMI Classics. Both feature the Odense Symfoniorkester, conducted by Paul Mann. Additionally, a second Hoochie Coochie Men album is in the can as of July 2006 recording in London. EMI Classics is a record label of EMI. It was formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed classical music releases. ...

Lord was the next-door neighbour of former Beatle George Harrison, and played piano on the posthumously released Brainwashed (2002) album. The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Brainwashed is the final studio album by George Harrison and was released in 2002, almost a year after his death at the age of 58. ...

Discography

With Deep Purple

• Shades of Deep Purple (1968)
• The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
• Deep Purple (1969)
• Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969)
• Deep Purple in Rock (1970)
• Fireball (1971)
• Machine Head (1972)
• Made in Japan (1972)
• Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
• Burn (1974)
• Stormbringer (1974)
• Come Taste the Band (1975)
• Perfect Strangers (1984)
• The House of Blue Light (1987)
• Nobody's Perfect (1988)
• Slaves & Masters (1990)
• The Battle Rages On (1993)
• Come Hell or High Water (1994)
• Purpendicular (1996)
• Abandon (1998)
• In Concert with the London Symphonic Orchestra (1999)

Re-issue cover Original US cover Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968 on Parlophone in the UK and Tetragrammaton in the United States. ... The Book of Taliesyn is the second album by Deep Purple, released in 1969 by EMIs Harvest Records in the UK and Tetragrammaton in the US. Track listing Listen, Learn, Read On (Blackmore, Evans, Lord, Paice) - 4:05 Wring That Neck (originally titled Hard Road in the USA) (Blackmore... Deep Purple is the third studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, released in 1969 on Harvest Records in the UK and on Tetragrammaton in the US, who ran into difficulty over the use of the Vatican owned Hieronymus Bosch painting The Garden of Earthly Delights. Original US... The Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a concerto performed by Deep Purple and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969, composed by Jon Lord. ... Deep Purple in Rock is a hard rock album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1970. ... Fireball is a hard rock album by Deep Purple. ... Alternate cover 25th anniversary gatefold cover Machine Head is the third Mk II (sixth overall) Deep Purple studio album. ... Made in Japan is a live album by British hard rock band Deep Purple, released in December 1972. ... Who Do We Think We Are! is a hard rock album by Deep Purple. ... Burn, a hard rock-album by Deep Purple released in 1974, welcomed new vocalist David Coverdale, as well as Bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes from Trapeze. ... Stormbringer is the ninth studio album by Deep Purple, released in December 1974. ... Come Taste the Band is an album by the hard rock band, Deep Purple, recorded between August 3 and September, 1975, it was released in October 1975. ... The title Perfect Strangers has been used by many artists over the years. ... The House of Blue Light is the twelfth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1987, it is the second recording by the re-formed Mark II lineup. ... Nobodys Perfect is a live album released in 1988 by Deep Purple. ... Slaves & Masters is the thirteenth studio album by Deep Purple, it was released in 1990. ... The Battle Rages On is the fourteenth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1993. ... Flesh & Blood is the third album by American glam metal band Poison. ... Purpendicular - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Abandon is an album by Deep Purple, released in 1998 on the CMC International Record Label. ...

Solo

• Gemini Suite (1972)
• Windows (1974)
• Sarabande (1976)
• Before I Forget (1982)
• Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (1984)
• Pictured Within (1998)
• Live in the Basement, Jon Lord and the Hoochie Coochie Men (2003)
• Beyond The Notes (2004)

With Whitesnake

• Trouble (1978)
• Lovehunter (1979)
• Ready an' Willing (1980)
• Live...In the Heart of the City (1981)
• Come an' Get It (1981)
• Saints & Sinners (1982)
• Slide It In (1984)

Alternate cover Trouble (Reissue UK sleeve) Trouble is the second album from British rock band Whitesnake, led by former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale. ... Lovehunter is the third album by the British band Whitesnake, released in 1979. ... Ready An Willing was Whitesnakes 1980 album and featured two of the bands UK single-hits from that year: Fool For Your Loving, which reached No. ... Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, during their 1980 World Tour. ... The fifth studio album released by hard rock band Whitesnake. ... Saints & Sinners is a 1982 album by the hard rock band Whitesnake. ... Slide It In is an album released in 1984 by British band Whitesnake. ...

Misc

• Art Gallery (1966, with The Artwoods)
• Gemini Suite Live (1970, with Deep Purple)
• The Last Rebel (1971, film score with Tony Ashton)
• Windows (1974, with Eberhard Schoener)
• First of the Big Bands (1974, with Tony Ashton)
• Malice in Wonderland (1977, with PAL)
• The Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady (1984, with Alfred Ralston)
• From Darkness To Light (2000, not released)
• Calling The Wild (2000, film score, not released)
• Boom Of The Tingling Strings (2003, not released)
• Disguises (2004, not released)

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Further reading

• Deep Purple: Charlesworth, Chris (Omnibus Press, 1983)
• Deep Purple, Heavy Metal Photo Book: Welch, Chris with Hasebe, Koh (Omnibus Press 1984)
• Deep Purple: Sailor, Michael (Hannibal Verlag, 2005)
• Smoke on the Water, The Deep Purple Story: Thompson, Dave (ECW Press, 2004)
• The Complete Deep Purple: Heatley, Michael (Reynolds & Hearn, 2005)

Primary sources

1. 'Beyond the Notes': Lord, Jon sleeve-notes by subject (Capitol Music, 2004)
2. 'Pictured Within': Lord, Jon sleeve-notes by subject (Virgin Classics, 1997)
3. 'Before I Forget': Jon Lord interviews by Mike Beecher and Phil Easton (1982)
4. 'Sarabande': Notes by Vince Budd, South Uist, research by Simon Robinson, July 1998
5. 'Burn': 30th Anniversary Edition, notes by Nigel Young, May 2004
6. 'Made in Japan': sleeve notes to official remastered recording by Simon Robinson (1998)
7. 'Purple Reign': Interview with Jon Lord by Lee Marlow, 26 July 2000
8. 'Kindred Sprit' magazine: Interview with Jon Lord, Summer 2000
9. 'Daily Mail': Weekend Magazine, Interview with Jon Lord 'On the Mauve', 1997
10. 'Keyboard Review': Interview with Jon Lord by Cliff Douse, Issue 139, July 1997
11. 'Classic Albums: Machine Head' (DVD): Interviews with Jon Lord, Gillan, Glover, Paice, Blackmore, Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited, 2002
12. 'The Kids Are Alright': Interview with Bill Ashton, MBE, by Vinyl Vulture.
13. 'Jon Lord - With Pictures', 90-minute Australian DVD documentary on Jon Lord with extensive interviews, 2003

External links

• Jon Lord's Official Website
• The Jon Lord Fan Site
• Jon Lord Discobiography
• Jon Lord news, at The Deep Purple Appreciation Society
• Jon Lord Info Blog
• Jon Lord interview on the Leicester Bands website
• Frida & Jon Lord perform The Sun Will Shine Again in Germany
• Nick Simper Site
• Bill Ashton biography
• The Sam Buxton Sunflower Jam Healing Trust