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Jadis (band)
Jadis (band)
English band
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IQ
IQ
British neo-progressive rock band
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Big Big Train
Big Big Train
English progressive rock band
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Spock's Beard
Spock's Beard
American progressive rock band
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John Young
John Young
British progressive rock keyboardist and singer
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Frost*
Frost*
band
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Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes
English keyboardist
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Asia
Asia
English rock band
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Nick D'Virgilio
Nick D'Virgilio
American musician
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Qango
Qango
English rock band
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John Wetton
John Wetton
English bassist and vocalist
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Martin Barre
Martin Barre
British guitarist
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UK
UK
British progressive rock supergroup
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Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera
British guitarist
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Family
Family
English rock band
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Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash
British rock band
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Ken Hensley
Ken Hensley
British musician
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Strawbs
Strawbs
English rock band
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Kiko Loureiro
Kiko Loureiro
Brazilian guitarist
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Eddie Jobson
Eddie Jobson
British musician
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Touchstone
Touchstone
rock band from the United Kingdom
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Dave Bainbridge
Dave Bainbridge
Keyboardist and guitarist
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Jerry Goodman
Jerry Goodman
American musician
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Peter Banks
Peter Banks
British musician
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Andy Pyle
Andy Pyle
British musician
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John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones
English multi-instrumentalist, producer, bassist of Led Zeppelin
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Steve Harris
Steve Harris
English musician, founder and bassist of Iron Maiden
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio
American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001
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IZZ
IZZ
band that plays progressive rock
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Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews
American singer-songwriter, musician and actor
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The Albion Band
The Albion Band
English electric folk band
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Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald
English musician, a founder of King Crimson
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Dave Mason
Dave Mason
British recording artist; singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester
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Steve Morse
Steve Morse
American guitarist and composer
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John Medeski
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
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Geraint Watkins
Geraint Watkins
Welsh musician
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Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
American bassist
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Edwards Hand
Edwards Hand
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Magenta
Magenta
rock band formed in 1999
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Anneke van Giersbergen
Anneke van Giersbergen
Dutch musician
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It Bites
It Bites
English band
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Magazine
Magazine
English post-punk band
Martin Orford
British musician

Martin Orford

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British musician

Martin Orford (born 10 June 1959, Bitterne, Southampton) is an English keyboard player best known as the founder of progressive rock bands IQ and Jadis. He also worked with former King Crimson, U.K. and Asia bassist John Wetton, and has released two solo albums, Classical Music and Popular Songs (2000) and The Old Road (2008). Orford appeared on two Big Big Train albums, Goodbye to the Age of Steam and English Boy Wonders.

Orford won the "Best Keyboard Player" category at the Best of the Year Classic Rock Society Award in 2004.

Orford's most recent solo album, The Old Road (GEPCD1037), was released in October 2008. The album features guest appearances from John Wetton, Nick D'Virgilio and Dave Meros (Spock's Beard), Steve Thorne, John Mitchell (Arena/Frost*/It Bites), Gary Chandler (Jadis), Dave Oberle (Gryphon), David Longdon and Andy Edwards (IQ/Frost*).

Orford announced his retirement from the music industry in October 2008. However, at MelloFest 2009, he performed tracks from The Old Road as well as some IQ numbers.