Jon Anderson - 1000 Hands: Chapter One (2019)

1000 Hands: Chapter One is the fifteenth studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician Jon Anderson, released March 2019. The album originates from sessions for a project to have been called Uzlot (a northern English pronunciation of "us lot") that Anderson had been recording in Big Bear, California, with Brian Chatton in around 1990. Anderson asked his then Yes bandmates Chris Squire and Alan White to play on the project too. At the time, Yes were preparing for a tour and Anderson put the master tapes in his garage and, as he has recounted, gave them very little thought for many years. In 2016, producer Michael Franklin contacted Anderson about using the tapes and finishing an album. Further recordings followed at Solar Studios in Orlando, Florida. Along with some newly written material, the final result is 1000 Hands.

As the album title suggests, the album was created with a number of guest performers, including Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain, Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice, Rick Derringer, the Tower of Power horn section, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and pianist Chick Corea.



Track List:
01. Now (1:13)
02. Ramalama (3:49)
03. First Born Leaders (5:22)
04. Activate (8:51)
05. Make Me Happy (3:50)
06. Now Variations (1:02)
07. I Found Myself (5:05)
08. Twice In A Lifetime (5:06)
09. WDMCF (4:11)
10. 1,000 Hands (Come Up) (8:24)
11. Now And Again (3:39)

- Jon Anderson / vocals, composer & co-arranger

With:
- Steve Howe / guitar
- Larry Coryell / guitar
- Tommy Calton / guitar
- Steve Morse / guitar
- Rick Derringer / guitar
- Pat Travers / guitar
- Bobby Koelble / guitar
- Christie Lenee / guitar
- Trevor Rabin / guitar
- Russel Chalk / ukulele
- Don Oriolo / ukulele
- Mitch Corbin / banjo
- Chick Corea / keyboards
- Jonathan Cain / keyboards
- Keith Heffner / keyboards
- Rick Wakeman / keyboards
- Michael Franklin / keyboards, ukulele, co-arranger, producer
- Jeff Abbott / keyboards
- Brian Chatton / keyboards
- Antonio Esposito / keyboards
- Dariusz Grabowski / accordion
- Brian Snapp / flute, sax
- Charlie DeChant / flute, sax
- Ian Anderson / flute
- Edgar Winter / sax
- Steve Walters / trumpet
- Billy Boyd / trumpet
- Brian Scanlon / trumpet
- Pat Gulotta / trombone
- Tower of Power / horns
- Jean Luc Ponty / violin
- Robby Steinhardt / violin
- Jerry Goodman / violin
- Charlie Bisharat / violin
- Olga Kopakova / violin
- Jason Thomas / violin
- Paul Fluery / cello
- Krissi Franzen / cello
- Chris Squire / bass
- Tim Franklin / bass, ukulele
- Stuart Hamm / bass
- Allan White / drums
- Billy Cobham / drums
- Matt Brown / drums
- Carmine Appice / drums
- Pat Frost / steel drums, trombone
- Steady Joseph / percussion
- Eddie Metz jr. / percussion
- Nana Academy Youth Choir
- Zap Mama / backing vocals
- Bobby Kimball / backing vocals
- Orlando Symphony Orchestra
- Michael Winslow / Fx
- Voices of Lindahl
- Violectric (Michelle Jones, Brandy Moulden, Krissi Franzen, Kaitlin Higby, Paul Fleruy, T Franklin, Jennie Landau)

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