Jon Lord is to release a new album on March 22.
Titled To Notice Such Things it was inspired by – and is dedicated to – the late Sir John Mortimer, writer of the Rumpole Of The Bailey stories, which became a celebrated TV series.
Says ex-Deep Purple keyboardist Lord: “John and I became friends about 12 years ago. A couple of years later he asked if I would be interested in playing the piano and writing a bit of music for him, for his theatre shows – Mortimer’s Miscellany – during which he sat on the stage and, accompanied by two actresses, a pianist and a flute player, read poetry and prose, told stories and jokes and related hilarious legal anecdotes, giving his wonderfully wise and witty take on life, love and the law.”