Ian Anderson

Biography

Ian Scott Anderson MBE (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboard, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with Walk into Light in 1983; since then he has released another five albums, including the sequel to the 1972 Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick, titled TaaB 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

Melody Makers

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

Back Beat

Prog Rock at the BBC

A World Without Beethoven?

The Ritchie Blackmore Story

Say Yes

All Movies (42)

• Jethro Tull: Under Wraps (The Unwrapped Edition)2026
• Jethro Tull: The Christmas Album Fresh Snow at Christmas2024
• A World Without Beethoven?2020 · as Self
• Melody Makers2019
• Jethro Tull: Stormwatch (40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition)2019 · as Himself
• ManDoki Soulmates: Wings Of Freedom2019 · as Self
• Jethro Tull: This Was (50th Anniversary Edition)2018 · as Himself
• Jethro Tull: Too Old to Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die! (The TV Special Edition)2015 · as Himself
• The Ritchie Blackmore Story2015 · as Self
• Led Zeppelin Played Here2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Venue For The End Of The World2014 · as Himself
• Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick Live In Iceland2014 · as Himself
• Acoustic at the BBC2011 · as Self
• Jethro Tull: Live at Madison Square Garden 19782009 · as Himself
• Prog Rock at the BBC2009 · as Self
• Jethro Tull Live at AVO Session Basel2008 · as Himself
• Jethro Tull Their Fully Authorized Story2008
• Jethro Tull: Jack in the Green - Live in Germany2008 · as Himself
• Jethro Tull: Bethlehem, PA 9 August 20032007 · as Himself
• Jethro Tull: Live At Montreux 20032007 · as Lead Vocal
• Butcher House2006 · as Robotnik 2
• The Moody Blues: Classic Artists2006 · as Self
• Jethro Tull - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 20052005 · as Guitar
• Ian Anderson - Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull2005
• Jethro Tull: Nothing Is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight 19702005 · as Self
• Ian Anderson & A. Griminelli - Da Bach Ai Jethro Tull - Concerto Di Natale 20042005 · as self
• Jethro Tull A New Day Yesterday2004
• Let it Rock: Volume 12003 · as Self - Jethro Tull
• Jethro Tull: Living With The Past2002 · as Lead Vocals, Flute
• The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One2001 · as Self
• Uriah Heep: Acoustically Driven2001 · as Self - Flute
• The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus1996 · as Self - Flute, Lead Vocals
• Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival1996 · as Self - Jethro Tull
• Jethro Tull: 20 Years Of Jethro Tull1988 · as Himself
• Say Yes1986 · as Crewman
• Jethro Tull - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA1984 · as himself
• The New Lords of the Isles1981 · as Self
• Jethro Tull: Slipstream1981 · as Himself
• Jethro Tull - Live at the Capital Centre1977 · as Vocals, Guitar, Flute
• Jethro Tull: Story of the Hare who Lost his Spectacles1973
• Participation1971 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jethro Tull - Tullavision— · as Himself

All TV Shows (3)

• Back Beat2016 · as Himself
• 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet1966 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self