Better Late Than Never (AndersonPonty Band album)

Better Late Than Never

Live album by AndersonPonty Band (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]

AndersonPonty Band (Jon Anderson & Jean-Luc Ponty) chronology

The Living Tree in Concert Part One
(2011)
(Anderson/Wakeman)

Electric Fusion – The Atlantic Years
(2011)
(Jean-Luc Ponty)

Better Late Than Never
(2015)
(AndersonPonty Band)

Invention of Knowledge
(2016)
(Anderson/Stolt)

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

Overview

The AndersonPonty Band is a progressive rock supergroup formed in Summer 2014, centered around French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and singer/songwriter and founding member of Yes, Jon Anderson.^[3]

Jean-Luc Ponty was originally approached by Jon Anderson with the idea of working together as far back as the 1980s, but the idea didn't come to fruition until about 30 years later.^[3] when the project was put up on Kickstarter and was successfully funded by August 2014.

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

The band's original line-up, which played at the Aspen debut, 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 Ponty's guitarist, Jamie Glaser, subsequently overdubbed all of Dunlap's original parts for the 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 was due to be released along with videos and performances.^[3]

Tours

In support of the new release, a North America tour named the "Better Late Than Never" tour was scheduled: a 17-date Fall 2015 leg began on 23 October 2015 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and ended on 21 November 2015 in Scottsdale, Arizona.^[4] A 18-date Spring 2016 leg followed, from 28 April 2016 in Tucson, Arizona to 27 May 2016 in Québec City, Québec.^[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

Jon Anderson – lead vocals, acoustic guitars
Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
Jamie Glaser – guitars (Jamie Dunlap was part of the original line-up of APB and thus performed live on 20 September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado, United States but by January 2015, he had left the band and had been replaced by Ponty's guitarist Jamie Glaser who, as a result, overdubbed all Dunlap's parts on the present live album)
Wally Minko – keyboards
Baron Browne – bass
Rayford Griffin – drums & percussion

Complete setlist of the show in Aspen

The album tracks are in bold.^[6]

Part 1:

"Intro" →
"One In The Rhythm of Hope" (2015)
"A for Aria" (2015)
"Yours Is No Disgrace" (1971/not yet published)
"Listening With Me" (2015)
"Time and A Word" (1970/2015)
"Jig" (not yet published)
"Infinite Mirage" (2015)
"Soul Eternal" (2015)
"I See You Messenger" (2015)
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" (1983/2015)

Part 2:

"New Country" (1976/not yet published)
"Wonderous Stories" (1977/2015)
"Long Distance Runaround" (1971/not yet published)
"Renaissance of the Sun" (1976/2015)
"Enigmatic Ocean Parts 1 & 2" (incl. drums solo) (1977/not yet published)
"New New World" (2015)
"And You and I" (1972/2015)
"Starship Trooper" (1971/not yet published)
"Bass solo" (not yet published) →
"Roundabout" (1971/2015)

References

1 2 "Anderson Ponty Band – Better Late Than Never". www.amazon.co.uk. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
1 2 "Anderson Ponty Band – Better Late Than Never". e-leclerc.com. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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.
↑ "Concert Dates 2015". ponty.com. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ "Concert Dates 2016". ponty.com. 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
↑ "A love of the music of Yes – The Anderson Ponty Band Project (blogger: Michelle Johnston)". loveofyesmusic.blogspot.fr. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

External links

Jon Anderson
Studio albums	Olias of Sunhillow (1976) Song of Seven (1980) Animation (1982) 3 Ships (1985) In the City of Angels (1988) Deseo (1994) Change We Must (1994) Angels Embrace (1995) Toltec (1996) Lost Tapes of Opio (1996) The Promise Ring (1997) Earth Mother Earth (1997) The More You Know (1998) Survival & Other Stories (2011)
EPs	Open (2011)
Live albums	Live from La La Land (2006/2007)
Jon & Vangelis	Short Stories (1980) The Friends of Mr Cairo (1981) Private Collection (1983) The Best of Jon and Vangelis (1984) Page of Life (1991) Chronicles (1994)
Anderson/Wakeman	The Living Tree (2010)
AndersonPonty Band	Better Late Than Never (2015)
Anderson/Stolt	Invention of Knowledge (2016)
Related articles	Discography Yes Vangelis Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (album) An Evening of Yes Music Plus Deborah Anderson Jade Anderson The Songs of Zamran: Son of Olias Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

Jean-Luc Ponty
Studio albums	Jazz Long Playing (1964) Violin Summit (1966) Electric Connection (1969) King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970) Open Strings (1971) New Violin Summit (1971) Upon the Wings of Music (1975) Aurora (1975) Imaginary Voyage (1976) Enigmatic Ocean (1977) Cosmic Messenger (1978) A Taste for Passion (1979) Civilized Evil (1980) Mystical Adventures (1982) Individual Choice (1983) Open Mind (1984) Fables (1985) The Gift of Time (1987) Storytelling (1989) Tchokola (1991) No Absolute Time (1993) The Rite of Strings (1995) Life Enigma (2001) The Acatama Experience (2007)
Live albums	Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio (1969) Astrorama (1970) Sonata Erotica: Live at Montreux (1972) Live in Hamburg (1976) Live (1979) Live at Chene Park (1997) Live at Semper Opera (2002) Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert (2003) Live in Montreux 1994 (2005)
Compilations	Cantaloupe Island (1976) Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996) The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2000) The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2002)
with Frank Zappa	Hot Rats (1969) Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Apostrophe (') (1974) Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) Beat the Boots!—Piquantique (1991) Beat the Boots! #2—Disconnected Synapses (1992) You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992) The Lost Episodes (1996) One Shot Deal (2008) Understanding America (2012) Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013)
with Mahavishnu Orchestra	Apocalypse (1974) Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)
Anderson Ponty Band	Better Late Than Never (2015)
Related articles	Frank Zappa Mahavishnu Orchestra Clara Ponty

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