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Jon Anderson And Jean-Luc Ponty On World Cafe

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Jon Anderson And Jean-Luc Ponty On World Cafe

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Hear what happens when jazz fusion comes together with the lead singer of the prog-rock band Yes.

Jon Anderson & Jean Luc Ponty, “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” (Live)

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Songs We Love: Yes, 'Heart Of The Sunrise' (Live)

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Songs We Love: Yes, 'Heart Of The Sunrise' (Live)

Let this previously unreleased recording from Yes' 1972 tour take you back to when the band meshed jazz and rock in fresh, loud, exciting ways.

03Heart Of The Sunrise (Live)

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    Heart Of The Sunrise (Live)
    Album
    Progeny: Highlights From Seventy-Two
    Artist
    Yes
    Label
    Rhino
    Released
    2015

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Prog-Rock's Return: The Lasting Appeal of Yes

The U.K. progressive rock band Yes is celebrating 35 years together. Members have come and gone and come again, but the band has a signature sound, full of time changes, electronic keyboards and a tight mix of guitar bass and drums. Music writer Tom Terrell says the white band from Britain had a strange attraction for black kids — like him — from New Jersey.

Prog-Rock's Return: The Lasting Appeal of Yes

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