''Beyond the Notes'' is a studio album by former

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keyboard player

Jon Lord John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English orchestral and rock composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with the British rock band Deep ...

, released in 2004. It features guest appearances from

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, Sam Brown, Miller Anderson,

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, and

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Track listing

# "Miles Away" (7:40) # "De Profundis" (7:20) # "One from the Meadow" (8:14) # "Cologne Again" (6:45) # "I'll Send You a Postcard (Pavane for Tony)" (6:54) # "The Sun Will Shine Again" (4:22) # "A Smile When I Shook His Hand (In Memoriam

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)" (7:30) # "November Calls" (5:03) # "The Telemann Experiment" (7:07) # "Music for Miriam (Version for String Orchestra)" (8:02) All songs composed by Jon Lord. All lyrics by Sam Brown, except "November Calls" by Jon Lord

Personnel

*Jon Lord - Piano, organ, keyboards *

- Flute *Michael Heupel - Flute *Paul Shigihara - Guitar *Urs Fuchs - Bass guitar * - Percussion, drums, backing vocals * Matthias Krauss - Keyboards *Gerhard Vetter - Oboe *Andy Miles - Clarinet *Pete York - Drums *Emilia Amper - Nyckel harpe * Sam Brown - Vocals ("One From The Meadow") *Miller Anderson - Vocals ("November Calls") *Frida - Vocals ("The Sun Will Shine Again") *

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- Backing vocals * The Vocaleros - Voices *Cologne String Ensemble Albert Jung *Trondheim Soloists

Production notes

*Produced by Mario Argandoña and Jon Lord *Recorded and mixed at Hansa Haus-Studios, Bonn, Germany, June 14 - July 31, 2004 *Recordings engineered, overseen, mixed and mastered by Klaus Genuit *"Miles Away" recordings engineered by Frank Meyer *Additional recordings engineered by Manfred Zmarsly at Hansa Haus-Studios, and Mario Argandoña at Mo-Songs Studio, Cologne *Strings on "The Sun Will Shine Again" recorded at Studio N, Cologne, Germany, sessions engineered by Gunter Kasper

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beyond The Notes 2004 albums Jon Lord albums