Seven: A Suite for Orchestra - Tony Banks

Posted : 2 years, 2 months ago at Oct 30 17:49

Tony Banks in an interview with Christopher Thomas, March 2004 Seven: A Suite for Orchestra For nearly thirty years Tony Banks was the keyboard player, principal songwriter and pivotal force in Genesis, the rock band he co-founded whilst at Charterhouse School with Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford. From the mid seventies onwards the band, now a three piece comprising Banks, Rutherford and Phil Collins, who joined in 1970, enjoyed a hugely successful period of commercial success as one of the world's biggest album selling rock bands. The band gained a reputation for "progressive" rock, pushing the boundaries of their art to new levels of complexity and sophistication. Always the quiet man of the group, Banks would often be hidden behind his keyboards and synthesisers preferr...Read more

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Apr 19 16:59

Seven: A Suite For Orchestra is the first classical solo album released by Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks in 2004 on Naxos. The suite is performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Mike Dixon. Tony Banks plays piano on "Spring Tide" and "The Ram".

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1. Spring Tide
2. Black Down
3. The Gateway
4. The Ram
5. Earthlight
6. Neap Tide
7. The Spirit of Gravity