On April 4th, some of the best-loved musicians in the world assembled at the Royal Albert Hall to pay tribute to one of the most-missed musicians of them all: Jon Lord. Celebrating Jon Lord is available now as 1CD – The Composer, 2CD – The Rock Legend, 2DVD, Blu-ray, Box Set and Download, via earMUSIC. All product configurations feature individual cover artworks.

Footage of Deep Purple performing "Uncommon Man" from the release can be seen below:

The Box Set features – besides the Blu-ray, 1CD The Composer and 2CD The Rock Legend – an exclusive T-shirt, a two-sided reproduction of an excerpt of Jon Lord’s original, handwritten music score for “Sarabande” - signed by Paul Mann as well as a 20 page reproduction of the evening’s original show program.

On top and as a real collector’s item, the box set also includes two very special 7” LPs: the first featuring the hypnotic live version of Deep Purple’s classic “You Keep On Moving” with Glenn Hughes, Bruce Dickinson, Ian Paice, Don Airey and Micky Moody and on the B-side “Soldier Of Fortune”, both taken from the 2CD – The Rock Legend.

The second 7” vinyl stands in the tradition of Deep Purple as it includes the band’s touching live version of “Above And Beyond” originally from the #1 album NOW What?! and here included in the magic Sunflower Jam 2014 live performance – a song dedicated to and inspired by Jon Lord. The B-side is dedicated to Lord‘s “Fantasia”.

 

 

Divided in two parts – the first focused on the classical music compositions, so dear to Jon Lord, and the second featuring a crescendo of emotions going through some of his highlights as a rock musician – the concert gave fans a chance to relive Jon Lord's remarkable and extensive musical career, remembering music from Paice, Ashton Lord, Deep Purple, his later classical compositions and everything in between – all in aid for the charity organization The Sunflower Jam.

The 83-piece Orion Orchestra performed, conducted by Paul Mann and accompanied by bands and artists such as Deep Purple, Paul Weller, Glenn Hughes, Bruce Dickinson, Rick Wakeman, Rick Wakeman, Miller Anderson, Steve Balsamo and many, many more.

earMUSIC is revealing the first images from the show in a trailer video which includes excerpts from “Burn” (with Glenn Hughes, Bruce Dickison, Ian Paice, Don Airey and Rick Wakeman), The Artwood’s “Things Get Better” performed by Paul Weller, “This Time Around” performed by Glenn Hughes and of course, snippets of the grand Deep Purple finale including the songs “Uncommon Man”, “Perfect Strangers” and “Hush” featuring Bruce Dickinson, Rick Wakeman, Phil Campbell, Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody.

 

 

Tracklisting

CD1 – The Composer

“Fantasia” from Sarabande

“Durham Awakes” from Durham Concerto

“All Those Years Ago” (with Steve Balsamo and Mick Moody)

“Pictured Within” (with Miller Anderson)

“Sarabande” from Sarabande

“One From The Meadow” (with Margo Buchanan)

“Bourree” from Sarabande

“Afterwards” (with Jeremy Irons and Paul Mann)

CD2 – The Rock Legend

“Things Get Better” (feat. Paul Weller)

“I Take What I Want” (feat. Paul Weller and Mick Moody)

“Silas And Jerome” (feat. Phil Campbell, Ian Paice, and Bernie Marsden)

“I’m Gonna Stop Drinking” (feat. Phil Campbell, Ian Paice, and Bernie Marsden)

“Soldier Of Fortune” (feat. Steve Balsamo, Sandi Thorn, and Mick Moody)

“You Keep On Moving” (feat. Glenn Hughes, Bruce Dickinson, Ian Paice, Don Airey, and Rick Wakeman)

“Burn” (feat. Glenn Hughes, Bruce Dickinson, Ian Paice, Don Airey, and Rick Wakeman)

“This Time Around” (feat. Glenn Hughes)

CD3 – Deep Purple Celebrating Jon Lord

“Uncommon Man”
“Above And Beyond”
“Lazy”
“When A Blind Man Cries”
“Perfect Strangers”
“Black Night”

“Hush” (feat. Bruce Dickinson, Rick Wakeman, Phil Campbell, Bernie Marsden, and Mick Moody)

DVD and Blu-ray includes the above tracks as well as an over 60 minute documentary, Two Worlds.

"Burn":

"Above And Beyond" :

The Composer trailer:

The Rock Legend trailer:

Click here to order the CD The Composer. Click here to order the CD The Rocker.