What Are You Listening To?

[Ruby]

^Which one do you have?

I'm listening to Jon Anderson's 1000 Hands (Chapter One)



Wow. The album is so called for the number of guest performers - took a while to all come together - it's a collection of recordings that were begun in 1990 for another project that was shelved due to Jon Anderson's Yes commitments, and there the master tapes sat, for nearly 30 years. You'll hear Chris Squire here, for example, who is no longer with us. Completely missed this for some reason! I like it.   

Check out the line-up on "Activate" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWuGSVutp4w
Acoustic Guitar – Larry Coryell
Drums – Alan White
Electric Bass – Chris Squire
Electric Guitar – Pat Travers, Steve Morse
Electric Violin – Robby Steinhardt
Flute – Ian Anderson

Equally impressive on "1000 (Hands Come Up)" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfSK6c6jUxo
Bass Guitar – Chris Squire, Stuart Hamm
Drums – Billy Cobham
Guitar – Larry Coryell
Keyboards – Jonathan Cain
Piano – Chick Corea
Violin, Soloist – Jean-Luc Ponty

I was struck by the violin particularly, as well as the harpsichord on this one - Olga Kopakova and Michael Franklin respectively ... "Twice in a Lifetime" ...