Rick Wakeman

A concert by keyboardist Rick Wakeman at Bristol Beacon, drawing on a career that spans albums with Yes and a run of solo progressive rock records.

Rick Wakeman is an English keyboard player whose career has moved between band work and solo projects in progressive rock. Joining Yes in 1971, Wakeman played on the albums The Yes Album and Fragile that year, and on Close to the Edge in 1972. Solo, Wakeman released The Six Wives of Henry VIII in 1973, an instrumental work in which keyboard pieces portray each of Henry VIII's wives, and Journey to the Centre of the Earth in 1974, based on the novel by Jules Verne.

Bristol Beacon is a concert and performance venue, and this evening brings Wakeman's keyboard-led music to the city. The night suits listeners who follow the progressive rock of Yes and the instrumental solo albums that grew out of it.