From the Promoter

In 2014, music icons Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty combined their musical talents to form a virtual supergroup - The AndersonPonty Band. YES's original singer-songwriter for 35 years, Jon Anderson has had a successful solo career, which includes working with such notable music artists as Vangelis, Kitaro and Milton Nascimento. Internationally-acclaimed virtuoso, Jean-Luc Ponty, is a pioneer and undisputed master of the violin in the arenas of both jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Together, these two legends have formed a musical synergy that is unparalleled. “A breakthrough feeling came as I sang with Jean-Luc's music. To be in a band again is very exciting on many levels… we will play and sing our way around the world and have fun, for music is pleasure, music is all that is, music is God.” - Jon Anderson

“Collaborating with Jon, who is such a creative singer/songwriter is unlike any project I have done before. I knew that we had plenty of musical affinities to make it work, but the result is way beyond my expectations. It is also a lot of fun to reunite with these excellent musicians who played with me in the past, they really put their heart in this project and with Jon's creative input we are not just rehashing the past but giving a new life to the music we started developing decades ago.” - Jean Luc Ponty

The AndersonPonty Band also includes well known guitarist, Jamie Glaser, who has worked with Jean-Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Bryan Adams and Lenny White; genius keyboardist and composer, Wally Minko, who has performed and recorded with many stars including Pink, Tom Jones, Toni Braxton, Barry Manilow, Gregg Rolie and Jean-Luc Ponty; veteran bassist Keith Jones; and drummer-percussionist Rayford Griffin, who has played with Stanley Clarke Band, George Duke, Jean-Luc Ponty and Michael Jackson.

The band visits the music created by Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty over the years with new arrangements, virtuosic performances and new energy. Jean-Luc was originally approached by Jon with the idea of working together as far back as the 1980's. Now 30 years later, the dream has finally come to fruition! Along with rearranging old favorites, The AndersonPonty Band has created breathtaking new compositions. The group was in residence for three weeks in September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado, rehearsing, recording and later playing a public performance. An album, Better Late Than Never, featuring the performance was released in Fall 2015, along with a videography documenting the making of the album.