JOHN BARHAM
John Barham is an English classical pianist, composer, arranger, producer and educator, best known for his orchestration of George Harrison albums such as All Things Must Pass (1970) and for his association with Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Barham collaborated with Harrison on the latter’s Wonderwall Music soundtrack album (1968), before providing the orchestral arrangements for All Things Must Pass songs such as “Isn’t It a Pity” and “My Sweet Lord”, and for Harrison’s 1973 album Living in the Material World. Barham also contributed to albums such as the Beatles’ Let It Be, John Lennon’s Imagine and Gary Wright’s Footprint. (More from Wikipedia)
George Harrison released a series of wonderful instrumentals in 1968 called Wonderwall Music; the music is the soundtrack for a film called Wonderwall (which I have never seen) and later inspired the title of the gorgeous 1995 hit song by Oasis, “Wonderwall”. This album is the first solo album by a member of the Beatles and also the first release on the band’s label Apple Records. George Harrison undertook the album to introduce Indian classical music to rock and pop audiences, and he primarily collaborated on the project with a classical pianist and orchestral arranger named John Barham.
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From Wikipedia: “Among the large cast of backing musicians [on All Things Must Pass] were Eric Clapton and Delaney & Bonnie’s Friends band – three of whom formed Derek and the Dominos with Clapton during the recording – as well as Ringo Starr, Gary Wright, [Billy] Preston, Klaus Voormann, John Barham, Badfinger, and Pete Drake.”
(September 2014)
