R.I.P. - JON LORD (Jon è morto)

[Ranfa]

Messaggio di Iommi:

I was so shocked and saddened to hear the news of Jon's passing . Jon was not only a magnificent keyboard player and musician but a wonderful human being and a true gentleman.

I'm honoured to have had the opportunity to play together with him. We've lost a true legend but his music will live on in all of our hearts.

My deepest thoughts go out to his family.

R.I.P Jon, my friend.

Tony Iommi

[Ranfa]

direi poche parole ma bellissime!

[ROXI76_99]

Accidenti che brutto colpo...ancora non ci credo...
E accidenti.....non so che dire.......
...............
maledizione....

[nobody's home]

Condividere con così molte persone il dolore per la morte di questo fantastico signore mi aiuta un po' ad abbassare la soglia di dolore...le parole di Lars Ulrich sono veramente belle..

[Jon]

Candice Night
We really appreciate all ur thoughts n wishes re Jon. He is sorely missed. Please allow Ritchie, Jons family and friends to grieve in peace.

Personal message from Ritchie about Jon Lord's passing:
Jon was not only a great musician, he was my favorite dinner companion. We are all deeply saddened. We knew he was sick but the word was that he was recovering and doing much better. This news came as a complete shock. Without Jon there would be no Deep Purple. He lives on in our hearts and memories.

Questo è un messaggio che nella sua ermeticità dice tutto sul dolore personale che Blackmore sta passando.
.... è tremendamente toccante anche questo.
Oh Ritchie ...

Anche il ricordo di Morse ... mi fa ....

Sì, anche per me ora leggere il messaggio di Blackmore mi ha buttato indietro nel tempo ad immaginarmi loro 2 e tutte le varie situazioni Purple, aldilà della musica...
e non solo, quando nell'intervista di Gillan ha detto "era il mio eroe" ho pensato agli anni '69-70, quando Gillan ancora aveva i capelli corti tipo alla Royal Albert Hall e mi viene da immaginarmi Ian che si sente protetto dalla figura di Lord...

non so cosa significhi esattamente questo pensiero, però mi genera una tristezza e un senso di inevitabilità, purtroppo...

... e comunque quanto mi piacerebbe vedere i Purple che si uniscono con Blackmore anche solo per un abbraccio di gruppo, per onorare 1/5 di leggenda...
cristo, solo il pensiero mi fa venire da piangere come un bambino!!

immaginate nelle menti di ognuno di loro quanti e quanti ricordi di tutti i tipi li staranno trafiggendo...
vorrei tanto persino io un abbraccio, ora...

[Purplerock]

Sul mio Android ho tutto Sarabande..... un opera stupenda dove il garbo e la bravura di questo incredibile musicista giganteggiano regalando delle emozioni che non si possono descrivere.... lo acquistai nel 1977 e già a 16 anni rimasi incantato dai suoi bellissimi assoli che a distanza di tanto tempo risento e riscopro con lo stesso fervore di prima....

Grazie Maestro, mi mancherai...

[mkIIforever]

Grazie di tutto, Jon!

Tu sei il sound dei Deep Purple, una persona eccezionale prima ancora che un maestro eccezionale.

Non dico che sei unico, sarebbe banale dirlo, tutti quanti siamo unici.

Semplicemente sei speciale!

[Stefano58]

A 14 anni (40 anni fa quindi) mi prestarono 3 LP: Nursery Crime dei Genesis, Aton Heart MOther dei Pink Floyd e Made in Japan dei Deep Purple. Ovviamente riuscii a comprare tutti e tre dopo qualche tempo.
Nel terzo c'era lui, Jon, con quegli altri 4 pazzi scatenati. Quel Hammond mi folgorò: gusto, tecnica, mai sopra le righe ma un mondo di musica che esplodeva nel momento giusto e nel modo giusto, il perfetto contraltare di Ritchie.
L'altro ieri sera mi telefona un mio ex compagno di classe :" Hai saputo? É morto Jon Lord".
Il 25 novembre 1991 persi un pezzettino di me con la morte di Mercury, l'altra sera si è creato un vuoto. Ho messo "Picture within" ed ho rivisti i miei vinili.....usati, vissuti........alcuni edizioni speciali con il vinile stampato a colori.......una vita in un attimo.
Ho ripensato al crescendo finale di The Battle rages on......solo Jon poteva farlo.
Scrive bene Ritchie nel suo sito "Without Jon there would be no Deep Purple. He lives on in our hearts and memories."
Purtroppo è così. Ciao Jon e fai ancora tanta musica.......

[maxpaice]

I DP dopo la sua dipartita non sono stati più gli stessi, lui più di tutti l'ho sempre considerato il fulcro della band, ed è uno dei musicisti che ho ammirato ed ammiro più di tutti nella storia del rock e della musica intera. Riservato, ed antistar.
Indelebile il vecchio VHS del concerto al California Jamming del '76 li ed mille altre occasioni sapeva scatenare con eleganza la sua anima rock miscelata a quella dose di classica compostezza che lo contrandistingueva, non sembrava quasi la stessa persona, come Ghost Rider con la moto dalla quiete alle scie di fiamme, lo stesso Jon Lord con l'Hammond, inegualiabile.
Un vero Lord del rock.

A.Band.On

p.s. in questo preciso istante su una radio locale stanno dando Mistreated, una bellissima combinazione

[blackpurple]

Solo ora riesco a scrivere circa la morte del caro Jon. E' la prima volta che provo tanto dolore per la scomparsa di una persona che non ho conosciuto personalmente. Il senso di vuoto è terribile, solo adesso capisco appieno quanto i Purple mi hanno dato in questi 30 anni (avevo 11 anni quando me ne innamorai perdutamente grazie a Made in Japan). Hanno semplicemente accompagnato tutta la mia esistenza; sono stati la colonna sonora delle mie emozioni. Mi rivedo adolescente nella mia camera ad occhi chiusi intento ad ascoltare Lazy in religioso silenzio.......
Provo un senso di ineluttabile, la consapevolezza di essere veramente diventato grande e di non poter più tornare indietro.
Voglio condividere con voi anche un altro sentimento, che quasi mi fa sentire in colpa. Passati i primi istanti di commozione quando ho appreso la notizia, ho sentito forte il desiderio che i Deep Purple smettano di suonare. Non so perchè, forse per una forma di rispetto, forse per rendere indelebili i ricordi, ma non desidero più vedere i Purple riproporre qualcosa che non potrà mai più essere. Forse un concerto di tributo con tutti i componenti di sempre potrebbe essere una bella idea, ma poi più nient'altro, solo il ricordo di una band cui in un certo senso devo la vita.
Arrivederci Jon, e grazie di cuore.

[carlord]

Solo poche parole per commentare questa bruttissima notizia.
Jon è stato e sarà per sempre il mio idolo, dall'età di 4-5 anni quando ascoltavo affascinato Smoke On The Water rigorosamente live da Made in Japan.Ricordo anche che una volta dissi a mia madre di saperla talmente bene che sarei stato capace di cantarla meglio del "cantante" ahahahah. Grazie a LUI ho imparato ad amare la musica e l'idea poi di non essere mai riuscito a vederlo dal vivo mi rattrista ancora di più

R.I.P. MAESTRO

[Simmons]

Non ho parole.

thank you, Jon, We will miss you.

[Simmons]

...a mio avviso un bellissimo articolo...

http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/musi ... ande/55781

[The Lawyer]

...a mio avviso un bellissimo articolo...

http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/musi ... ande/55781

Concordo.
Bellissimo .... complimenti ....

[fabio q]

...a mio avviso un bellissimo articolo...

http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/musi ... ande/55781

Concordo.
Bellissimo .... complimenti ....

Sì, bello veramente.

[Simmons]

per chi volesse lasciare un messaggio.....

http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/pressde ... =158593915

[lordforever]

Adesso viene la pelle d'oca a leggere il testo di Evening Song

Che tristezza...da lunedì il Mondo della Musica è diventato più povero...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iFcZme8q5E


Eccomi
Permettetemi di dipingere per voi
Un quadro
cieli più blu
Come il sole brucia attraverso
nella sera
Caldo e calmo
Ora, il crepuscolo è dovuto e benvenuto
Sulla mia pelle, nelle mie ossa
Mi sembra ancora di sentire il sole
Lenitivo per la mia anima
E mi conduce dolcemente
nella sera

Qui mi siedo
Nella mia confortevole poltrona
Io ascolto
Per il mondo
Come ci entra attraverso
La finestra aperta
Musica e ricordi
Ricadrà sulle mie orecchie
Canzoni mi sono molto care
E io sono felice qui
Con me solo
In serata
La sera della mia vita
Eccomi

[The Lawyer]

http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2012 ... te-to-jon/

Cliccate su Last Word e poi cercate questo podcast.

Sentirete l'intervista di Blackmore data per la morte di Jon e le ultime parole di Jon in un'intervista data 8 giorni fa ... le sue ultime parole e ... la sua ultima voce .... per Classic Rock Magazine.

e poi ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_p2AG5B ... tube_gdata

"Had a friend once in a room, had a good time but? it ended much too soon."

[The Lawyer]

Qualcuno sa qualcosa del Funerale?

[blackburn road]

Martedì 17 ero in Corsica, in vacanza.
Alle 6.30 del mattino facevo il mio solito percorso di jogging nella natura, sulle scogliere di Ille Rousse. Il mio mp3 da €25 con dentro Machine Head. Nel momento in cui inizia l'assolo di Jon Lord di HS, noto per la prima volta un aggancio un po' ruspante dell'hammond. Sarà per il missaggio un po' sempliciotto, sarà per i tempi veloci di quel periodo, che non permettevano tante raffinatezze. Sarà...
Il telefonino in tasca, arriva un sms. Sento la vibrazione mentre continuo a correre. Sospetto sia qualcosa di serio: è l'ora delle brutte notizie, purtroppo sono abbastanza abituatoalle telefonate all'alba.
Leggo il nome del mittente: un vecchio amico, un grandissimo scrittore, un grandissimo uomo di mare. Ma con un grande difetto, è un fan dei Purple. "E' morto Jon Lord". Lapidario, glaciale, il messaggio non conteneva altro.
Ho smesso di correre, come mai avevo fatto in vita mia. Mi sono seduto su uno scoglio a guardare i gabbiani. Ho messo indietro Highway dall'inzio e sono andato al Grand Hotel de la Suisse. Mi sono seduto sul Vox di Ritchie con un vecchio maglionaccio a dolce vita e una sigaretta in bocca...
Dopo un'ora sono tornato alla roulotte, a passo lento. Un bacio alla mia piccola che ancora dormiva.
Una birra per colazione. Oggi fanculo a tutto, anche al mio sport/lavoro. A te Jon, alla tua memoria. Brindo.
La tua musica sarà con me per sempre. Non mi annoierà mai. Grazie Jon.
Ci vederemo un giorno al Grand Hotel, in tutta calma.

[Quicksilver]

Stasera, con non poca emozione e tristezza, ti abbiamo dedicato i 3 pezzi dei DP che abbiamo suonato ad un festival.
So solo che non abbiamo mai suonato cosí ispirati: ed abbiamo vinto in mezzo ad altri 9 gruppi.

Questa vittoria te la dedichiamo, cosí come ti dedichiamo il grande applauso del pubblico al tuo nome.

[lordforever]

Clip da groppo in gola:il Maestro in studio per l'ultima volta (già postato....ma per Jon questo e altro)...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlP4r74m ... ata_player

[Ran]

Come qualche vecchio utente del forum già sa, il mio incontro con la musica dei Deep Purple è avvenuto tanto tanto tempo fa con l'ascolto di Space Truckin'.
A quel tempo neanche sapevo cosa fosse il rock, ero solo un bambino e fui colpito e affascinato principalmente dal suono dell'hammond.
La grande tristezza per la perdita di un musicista che ha fatto parte della tua vita per così tanto tempo, è aumentata dalla consapevolezza del passare inesorabile degli anni e che , come qualcuno ha già detto, si sta definitivamente chiudendo un'epoca eroica e forse irripetibile.
Ciao Jon

[nobody's home]

Verissimo...con Jon Lord scompare un epoca..irripetibile..prima della sua morte la mitica Réunion del 1984 mi sembrava ieri..dopo la sua morte..e' come se quell'epoca sfuggisse via..certo il ricordo rimarrà indelebile..certa gente e' insostituibile..

[GIORGIO.MARCATO]

For a friend
July 31, 2012

In this tribute, Rasmus Heide remembers Jon

Jon Lord made emotional music that connected with our feelings. His music has a mood for every one of ours – whether it is his blistering work on the Hammond organ during Deep Purple‘s most explosive moments, or the introvert and heartbreaking beauty of his solo pieces.

His stunning stage performances would make me smile till my cheeks hurt. His inimitable presence would transfix, and make time and place disappear. Sometimes, after a particularly moving performance, I’d have to shake my head to realize where I was, as if coming out of a dream.

2008

We’re left with a stunning legacy of music and memories. The world has lost a compelling musician, a visionary artist and a charmingly lovable gentleman.

Jon’s music always evokes images in the minds of its listener. One For The Meadow is a gorgeous example. Even without Sam Brown’s wonderful lyrics, it sets me on a walk in green hills on a pleasant summer afternoon.

Indeed, Jon was a man who used to notice such things. On my first visit to Jon’s house, he drove me through such hills near his Henley home. At a country lane pub we had a tasty lunch of Bubble and Squeak, my first taste of this solid English dish, while we talked about his music, his life work and his plans for the future.

Jon was always excellent company. He combined his deep fountain of knowledge, sharp wit, and never less than exemplary conduct to make everyone around him feel at ease. Never far from the next smile or that infectious chuckle, his outlook was positive and lived up to the proverb of ‘if you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.’ And he was always full of ideas and projects.

When BBC 4 featured him on Last Word after his death, Ritchie Blackmore and Rick Wakeman made admiring comments about their old friend and fellow musician – and then, surprise, Jon came on air to explain that he’d like to be remembered 50/50 as Deep Purple’s keyboard player and as a composer who has a small but interesting body of work to his name. The interview was recorded just a week before is death, and while he did sound frail, Jon’s words still carried across his indestructible determination; with the grace of God he intended to continue to build on his body of work.

Reader comment on JonLord.org 16 July 2012:
You’ll now meet J.S. Bach – you’ll know him, everyone does. The thing is Jon; he’ll know you too…

Over the past 30 years, Jon grew from being my teenage idol to become someone who would call me his friend. I was too honoured.

Like so many others, I was first caught out by the exciting sounds of his Hammond. My childhood neighbour’s old copy of Deep Purple’s Made In Europe roped me in. My pre-teen imagination was captivated from Coverdale‘s cool announcement of ‘Rock’n'Roll!’. This was real music. Jon’s Hava Nagila intro to You Fool No One on side 2 was so full of musical excellence – and only the first of a lifetime of highlights.

Many years later, I was intrigued to spot this album on the shelf of recently played CDs in Jon’s own kitchen.

Jon’s work with Deep Purple secured him a position at rock’s highest level of creative and commercial achievements. Uncaging The Beast was one of Jon’s visionary inventions – plugging the Hammond organ into a Marshall amplifier to create a sound that could match Ritchie Blackmore’ distorted electric guitar. With this came the ability to tame and control that ferocious creature; at his expert touch it would snarl or purr, then howl and scream.

My favourite moment shall always be that show in New Haven, CT in 1985. I’ve never before or since seen a Hammond organ let drop forward to crash into the stage floor like that.
(Gary Smith, JonLord.org July 17 2012)

Onstage Jon was always exciting, not in the least with Deep Purple. I watched in awe as he and Blackmore would expand the boundaries hard rock. Ritchie acknowledged that Jon’s solos would always get the biggest cheer from his astounded audiences.

At the pair’s final concert together in Helsinki 1993, I saw Ritchie make several delightful attempts at catching Jon out during their chase in Speed King. This went on far longer than usual until the guitarist suddenly gave up; putting his hands on his hips in a mock ‘who do you think you are?’ attitude he glared at Jon – then cracked a big smile and reached out to shake Jon’s hand. The mutual respect between the two remained unscathed by the crisis in the band, and to his death, Jon continued to praise Ritchie’s technique on the acoustic guitar, and remark how he’d love to record and play with him again.

Child In Time was Jon’s signature tune in Deep Purple, and he took pride in never playing it the same way twice. During his last years with Purple, the song seemed to have been pensioned off for good, but much later, he rearranged it for orchestra, and I saw it grow to even greater majestic heights, as he lead band and symphony orchestra to its climactic, breathtaking ending.

Jon was a dignified performer, every night earning everybody’s respect and attention. Standing tall behind the Hammond organ, his eyes hidden behind sunglasses and his grey hair tied back in a ponytail, he would hand signal his fellow musicians from one section of a song into the next; his left hand raised into the air counting down to the end of his solos.

As he played, his shoulder would bob up and down, raised almost to his ear during intense moments. He would lean over on one leg, operating the volume pedal with the other and then throw his head back at the dramatic climax of the solo.

His percussive organ style would see his hands dance arbitrarily across the keys as if playing bongos. And then switch to his other trademark, the blistering solos where his right hand would lead, with the left adding supportive touches or working the Leslie control.

In earlier years, his Hammond would be stacked with other keyboards and effect boxes. Putting his knee on the keys of the Hammond, he would fiddle with the effects to elicit dramatic screams, howls and winding noises that threatened the threshold of our hearing. Then he’d tilt the Hammond up at an angle and let it crash into the stage floor for that explosion-like sound from the built-in reverb. Magic, excitement.

Jon’s musical career stood on two legs. Alongside a life of hard rock, his heart never stopped beating for the lure of a broader musical canvas. His work with orchestras from 1969 right up to the end started as painstakingly hard creative work at home in his music room – surrounded by his books and his music collection (and with a sunglassed bust of Beethoven overseeing proceedings!) – and concluded in pleasurable gratification, as he would lift his thumb in approval of yet another successful orchestral concert performance.

My first experience of Jon’s ‘other side’ was a rare 1990s solo show at a lakeside festival in Thun, Switzerland. With a band that included Pete York and Miller Anderson and a small string ensemble, Jon performed mainly pieces from his Before I Forget album. Bach Onto This was the concert’s tour-de-force highlight – which put him out of breath for a few minutes – but also the title track and excerpts from Gemini Suite, where the strings came to the fore, showed his incredible range.

In latter years, Jon’s distinguished appearance felt even more at home in front of a symphony orchestra. As the host, he would speak with English wit about his music and inspiration for it before sitting down at the piano and – with a watchful eye to the conductor – dive into music of breathtaking beauty and drama.

For 20 years, the wonderfully catchy Sarabande album was Jon’s most endearing solo work. A couple of tracks were played at most of his solo shows in the 2000s, and the entire suite was finally revived at a delightful premiere performance with full orchestra in Budapest in 2010. Hearing Sarabande from start to finish had been my dream for years, and the new and fully orchestrated version provided joy, exaltation and even disbelief at what Jon made the musicians deliver. He moved between piano and Hammond, and the thundering climax sent shivers running hot and cold down my spine.

But Sarabande was eclipsed by Pictured Within. The immensely beautiful and introspective celebration of the lives of Jon’s then recently deceased parents set against the picturesque backdrop of Swiss Alp retreat Zermatt is an astonishing masterpiece. Its title track – all about coming to terms with the loss of loved ones – always touches me. In every performance I’ve seen, regardless of its instrumentation – big orchestra, small string ensemble or just Jon and his piano – its melody and words choke me up.

Here be friends…
Here be heroes…
Here be sunshine…
Here be grey…
Here be life…
Here love lies bleeding…
(Pictured Within lyrics)

As Jon’s solo activity increased in the mid 2000s, I suggested he get an officially sanctioned and professionally run website to help him spread his news and connect with fans. He had been a keen purveyor of the truth online, diving into discussions when Deep Purple fans would lose themselves in hearsay or speculation. In his immaculate writing style, he would set them straight with a carefully measured set of words.

Jon liked how JonLord.org sounded like .organ, and we launched the website to coincide with the premiere performance of his Durham Concerto in October 2007. Jon was immersed in several concert projects and album recordings, and the website was off to a busy start.

Happy times ensued as I travelled to his concerts all over Europe. From Darkness To Light was immensely moving at Trondheim’s Nidaros Cathedral, as were the double attraction of both To Notice Such Things and Concerto for Group and Orchestra performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonics in their hometown.

I knew Jon wasn’t spending a lot of time online, but I soon learned that he did read all that was published here. If something weren’t up to par, he would immediately email me with polite but firm corrections.

Jon’s two final concert performances across a weekend in July 2011 illustrate his vast musical skills and diversity. On the Friday, the annual Sunflower Jam at the Royal Albert Hall became something of an unofficial crowning glory for Jon. Glorious performances with Joe Bonamassa and a world premiere with fellow keyboard virtuoso Rick Wakeman – along with some of his solo pieces – sent the crowd to their feet.

Two nights later, on the Sunday at a small parish church in Nuthurst in rural Sussex, he played piano for a moving performance of To Notice Such Things with string ensemble and flute. The difference in style and setting was palpable, but both performances captivated his audience. In painful hindsight these two concerts allowed Jon to go out in a manner that was representative of and true to his astounding career of musical explorations and adventures.

Nuthurst, July 10 2011
with Bruce Martin, Paul Mann, Jerry Bloom and Rasmus Heide.

Afterwards, back at his countryside hotel with Paul Mann and a friend of mine, we shared a glass of red to cap off the Sussex evening. It was still early and the summer atmosphere was soothing and relaxed. Suddenly the fire alarm went off and the waiter asked us to leave the premises. Everybody casually strolled outside. As I reached the front door, I looked outside and I saw an image that will stay in my mind forever.

Jon had already made it outside, and in the park that sloped upwards away from the hotel; he stood on a small hill all by himself with his hands in his jacket pockets. Quietly observing the emptying hotel, he was strength personified, self-confident and content with life.

Exactly one month later, Jon’s manager called to arrange the announcement of his illness. This was a stunning shock. But equally stunning – as the news broke – was the virtual ocean of love that flowed onto this website. A reaffirmation of Jon’s incredible standing amongst friends, fans and colleagues alike.

A totara has fallen in the forest of Tane.
(The totara is a huge native tree from New Zealand that grows for hundreds of years. For one of them to fall is a great tragedy. This Maori proverb is said when someone of importance passes away.)
(Michael Ross, JonLord.org July 17 2012)

Jon’s passing attracted more than half a million visitors to this website in just two days. From all over the world. This isn’t just a mind numbing number. It represents the immense love and respect everybody has for Jon and his music. Thousands and thousands of friends, fans and admirers have sent their love and affection in his direction. And more than commenting on the hard rock hits, people also reflect on how Jon’s music has helped them through difficult times and markedly changed their outlook on life.

Jon was a uniquely gifted man. He put music to our emotions. Long may it continue to resonate. Thank you, Jon, for everything.

My condolences to Vicky, Sara and Amy.

- Rasmus Heide, July