Person
Ian Anderson
Acting · Born 1947-08-10 · Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
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
Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Self
Let it Rock: Volume 1
Self - Jethro Tull
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
Back Beat
Himself
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Self - Flute, Lead Vocals
Jethro Tull: Under Wraps (The Unwrapped Edition)
2026
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
Self
Jethro Tull - Live at the Capital Centre
Vocals, Guitar, Flute
The New Lords of the Isles
Self
Filmography
- 2026Jethro Tull: Under Wraps (The Unwrapped Edition)
- 2024Jethro Tull: The Christmas Album Fresh Snow at Christmas
- 2020A World Without Beethoven?Self
- 2019Melody Makers
- 2019Jethro Tull: Stormwatch (40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition)Himself
- 2019ManDoki Soulmates: Wings Of FreedomSelf
- 2018Jethro Tull: This Was (50th Anniversary Edition)Himself
- 2016Back BeatHimself
- 2015Jethro Tull: Too Old to Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die! (The TV Special Edition)Himself
- 2015The Ritchie Blackmore StorySelf
- 2014Led Zeppelin Played HereSelf (archive footage)
- 2014A Venue For The End Of The WorldHimself
- 2014Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick Live In IcelandHimself
- 2011Acoustic at the BBCSelf
- 2009Jethro Tull: Live at Madison Square Garden 1978Himself
- 2009Prog Rock at the BBCSelf
- 2008Jethro Tull Live at AVO Session BaselHimself
- 2008Jethro Tull Their Fully Authorized Story
- 2008Jethro Tull: Jack in the Green - Live in GermanyHimself
- 2007Jethro Tull: Bethlehem, PA 9 August 2003Himself
- 2007Jethro Tull: Live At Montreux 2003Lead Vocal
- 2006Butcher HouseRobotnik 2
- 2006The Moody Blues: Classic ArtistsSelf
- 2005Jethro Tull - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 2005Guitar
- 2005Ian Anderson - Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull
- 2005Jethro Tull: Nothing Is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970Self
- 2005Ian Anderson & A. Griminelli - Da Bach Ai Jethro Tull - Concerto Di Natale 2004self
- 2004Jethro Tull A New Day Yesterday
- 2003Let it Rock: Volume 1Self - Jethro Tull
- 2002Jethro Tull: Living With The PastLead Vocals, Flute
- 2001The Best of Musikladen: Vol. OneSelf
- 2001Uriah Heep: Acoustically DrivenSelf - Flute
- 1996The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll CircusSelf - Flute, Lead Vocals
- 1996Message to Love - The Isle of Wight FestivalSelf - Jethro Tull
- 1988Jethro Tull: 20 Years Of Jethro TullHimself
- 1986Say YesCrewman
- 1984Jethro Tull - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USAhimself
- 1981The New Lords of the IslesSelf
- 1981Jethro Tull: SlipstreamHimself
- 1977Jethro Tull - Live at the Capital CentreVocals, Guitar, Flute
- 1973Jethro Tull: Story of the Hare who Lost his Spectacles
- 1971ParticipationSelf (archive footage)
- 19664-3-2-1 Hot and SweetSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- —Jethro Tull - TullavisionHimself
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