The death of keyboardist Jon Lord just under a month ago (story) triggered an outpouring of acclaim for the monster musician and great innovator the charter member of Deep Purple was.  A recording of Lord that includes contributions from Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse, Joe Bonamassa and Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson will be released September 25.  The Abbey Road recording features the Rock greats performing an updated version of Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.  Before his death from pancreatic cancer, Lord proclaimed it to be the definitive recording of  a piece he had performed regularly with Deep Purple and a number of times with other musicians after leaving the group.
ClassicRockMagazine.com  AntiMusic.com

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