Better Late Than Never (Anderson Ponty Band album)

Better Late Than Never
Live album by Anderson Ponty Band (leaders: Jon Anderson & Jean-Luc Ponty)
Released 25 September 2015
Recorded

20 September 2014

at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado, United States

Genre Progressive rock music
Length 60.57 (CD) + 65 min (DVD)
Label

Liaison Records / earMUSIC[1]

Verycords[2]

Better Late Than Never is the debut live album by the Anderson Ponty Band, released in September 2015.[1][2]

Overview

The Anderson Ponty Band is a new supergroup of progressive rock music formed in Summer 2014 by musicians Jon Anderson (Yes's founder member and singer/songwriter) and French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty who have decided to combine their musical talents.[3]

Jean-Luc Ponty was originally approached by Jon Anderson with the idea of working together as far back as the 1980s and came about 30 years later.[3] since the band album project was put up on Kickstarter and was successfully funded by August 2014.

Better Late Than Never was recorded live at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado on September 20, 2014, with posterior studio embellishments and overdubs. It presents some new musical compositions, rearrangements of classic Yes hits like "Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Roundabout" and "Wonderous Stories", as well as some of Jean-Luc Ponty's compositions with lyrics penned by Jon Anderson such as "Infinite Mirage" (based on Enigmatic Ocean's "Mirage") or "Listening with Me" (based on A Taste for Passion's "Stay with Me").[3]

The band's original line-up who performed live in Aspen in September 2014 included bassist Baron Browne, drummer Rayford Griffin, keyboardist Wally Minko and guitarist Jamie Dunlap. But by January 2015, Jamie Dunlap had left the band and had been replaced by Ponty's guitarist Jamie Glaser who, as a result, overdubbed all Dunlap's original parts on the present live album.

Releases

Better Late Than Never is a double disc Digipak including the 14-track audio CD, an hour long 10-song performance bonus DVD (including artist interviews) and a 20-page booklet with complete song lyrics.

A videography documenting the making of Better Late Than Never will also be released along with videos and performances.[3]

Tour

In support of the new release, a 17-date North America Fall 2015 tour named the "Better Late Than Never" tour began on 23 October 2015 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and is due to end on 21 November 2015 in Scottsdale, Arizona.[4][5]

Tracks

CD

No. Title Length
1. "Intro"    
2. "One in the Rhythm of Hope"    
3. "A for Aria"    
4. "Owner of a Lonely Heart"    
5. "Listening with Me"    
6. "Time and a Word"    
7. "Infinite Mirage"    
8. "Soul Eternal"    
9. "Wonderous Stories"    
10. "And You and I"    
11. "Renaissance of the Sun"    
12. "Roundabout"    
13. "I See you Messenger"    
14. "New New World"    

Bonus DVD

No. Title Length
1. "Intro"    
2. "One in the Rhythm of Hope"    
3. "A for Aria"    
4. "Owner of a Lonely Heart"    
5. "Listening with Me"    
6. "Time and a Word"    
7. "Infinite Mirage"    
8. "Soul Eternal"    
9. "Wonderous Stories"    
10. "Renaissance of the Sun"    
11. "Roundabout"    

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Anderson Ponty Band – Better Late Than Never". www.amazon.co.uk. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Anderson Ponty Band – Better Late Than Never". e-leclerc.com. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "AndersonPonty Band Featuring Music Icons Jon Anderson & Jean Luc Ponty To Release New CD/DVD "Better Late Than Never"". www.ponty.com. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tour Dates". jonanderson.com. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Concert Dates 2015". ponty.com. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

External links

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