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Points: 12775 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2014 at 20:42
Too bad indeed, it would have been really interesting to have Jordan Rudess involved, somehow it sounds as if he were a perfect fit. I would have thought Jordan might have tried harder to make some space in order to be able to work with such legends... though in the end he is over half the road to become a legend himself... or perhaps we could already consider him such. However, if it were up to Jon Anderson, I would think the easiest way to go, and the one that would be more easy to convince, would be Wakeman, and in a way I guess you could hardly go wrong with him, given his chops... but somehow I feel this project would need something jazzier. For me, the perfect replacement would be Patrick Moraz, the perfect bridge between Anderson's stile and Ponty's.
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Points: 19236 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2014 at 12:59
Still hoping this comes to pass. I would love to see this tour the USA.
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It's happening, but it needs your help!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1711196158/jon-anderson-and-jean-luc-ponty-project
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Points: 557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2014 at 01:46
Ah, so it's adaptations of old songs, as well as new stuff.
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Points: 17858 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2014 at 17:50
Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

If Jordan Rudess were truly involved, I think he would be like the orchestra's conductor.  It could be absolutely brilliant! 
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I'm not sure this would be a good match. It's possible that it would be, but I am not sure that the music sensibilities that Jordan has are anywhere the visionary/whimsical style that Jon has, which might better fit a classical/jazz styled musician than someone like Jordan.
 
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Points: 7381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2014 at 12:55
Originally posted by Kazza3 Kazza3 wrote:

Ah, so it's adaptations of old songs, as well as new stuff.

As a contributor, I have privileged access to samples of new song samples.  Folks, this stuff is AMAZING!!  It is worth it for you to donate some small amount just to get the updates!! 

Anderson's vocals & lyrics, combined with JLP's string arrangements and compositional skills, and a HOT group of instrumentalists, is generating music that I think is superior in the prog world!  

See if you can access the "Demo Clips":


These guys will certainly kick the dregs of Yes out of the arena!! 

Cheers, Charles


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Points: 5482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2014 at 13:10
Thanks, Charles.  I just contributed.
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Points: 4095 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2014 at 15:25
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Too bad indeed, it would have been really interesting to have Jordan Rudess involved, somehow it sounds as if he were a perfect fit. I would have thought Jordan might have tried harder to make some space in order to be able to work with such legends... though in the end he is over half the road to become a legend himself... or perhaps we could already consider him such. However, if it were up to Jon Anderson, I would think the easiest way to go, and the one that would be more easy to convince, would be Wakeman, and in a way I guess you could hardly go wrong with him, given his chops... but somehow I feel this project would need something jazzier. For me, the perfect replacement would be Patrick Moraz, the perfect bridge between Anderson's stile and Ponty's.

Agree ---not wakeman but Moraz---for me it needs a more rock or jazzy sound---and a groove--but they may get there.
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Points: 5482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2014 at 15:53
For this project, I would rather see non-Yes musicians involved, to put a different perspective into the music.
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Points: 7381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2014 at 23:21
Originally posted by Evolver Evolver wrote:

For this project, I would rather see non-Yes musicians involved, to put a different perspective into the music.

Anderson is the only Yes musician involved that I can see.  This won't be another ABWH, but new music and new treatments of some Yes music.  

I really doubt that this group will slog through CTTE or Fragile, as the "old" Yes are doing.  They have some really exciting ideas!! 

I wish they had a bigger name for guitarist....Daryl Stuermer would have been great!  He has jazz-rock fusion chops and symphonic cred from playing with Genesis for so long, and he was Ponty's guitarist back in the 1970s.  The guitarist they have is great, I want to hear more since they've only release short snippets of music. 

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Points: 557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2014 at 06:09
Well, I'm not sure what I was expecting it to sound like, but it wasn't this- not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but I'll have to wait for more than demos. Didn't expect the electronic influences, or the massive orchestral feel to parts of it.
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We're getting close, but it needs a little more! Anything you can give will help!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1711196158/jon-anderson-and-jean-luc-ponty-project


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