Open (Jon Anderson EP)
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| EP by Jon Anderson | ||||
| Released | 25 October 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010-2011 | |||
| Length | 20:54 | |||
| Producer | Jon Anderson | |||
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Open is a long-form piece of music released in digital form by Yes former lead singer Jon Anderson, released in 2011.
About the EP
Anderson began work on "Open" in the spring of 2010, when he began to lay down its foundation on his 19th Century guitar. From the start he knew that it would become a long form musical composition. Later on orchestration was added by Stefan Podell.[1]
Track listing
- Open 20:54
- Sun is Calling
- Please To Remember
- Who Better Than Love
- Sun it Sings You/Given Chase
Written by Jon Anderson with additional music by Stefan Podell. Produced by Jon and Jane Anderson.
Personnel
Jon Anderson: vocals, acoustic guitar
With
- Stefan Podell - music and orchestration, 6 and 12 string guitars, classical guitar, electric guitar, percussion, bass, additional vocals
- Jane Luttenberger Anderson - "angel vocals"
- Zach Tenorio-Miller - piano, organ
- Zach Page - classical and electric guitar
- Alexandra Cutler-Fetkewicz, Jon Fink and Susan Lerner - string arrangement and recording
- Kevin Shima - acoustic guitar, vocals
- Brian Hobart - percussion
- Stephan Junca - drum kit, African percussion
- Charles Scott - drum kit
- Robert Foster, Ian O'Rourke, Madelyn Frey, Jacob Stringfellow, Aaron Wolfe and Amy Stevens - Cal Poly A Cappella group
- Billy James - additional backing vocals
Reviews
Something Else Reviews
"A conceptually epic piece, filled with wonderment, musical twists and a theme as broad as it is hopeful...Quite frankly, this is what Jon Anderson does. And it’s terrifically engaging, after too long spent fitting his muse into the ever-dilating strictures of Yes' modern-day prog-pop, to hear Anderson doing it again."[2]
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