Jon Lord On Film

10:00 AM GMT 19/07/2012

Jon Lord, who died on Monday at the age of 71, was one of rock's greatest keyboard players.

As a founding member of Deep Purple he employed his love of jazz, blues and classical music to astonishing effect, layering the band's heavy rock foundations with a soulful musicality and experimental edge. He was also responsible for co-writing some of Purple's best songs, among them the bona fide rock classic Smoke On The Water. He will be sorely missed.

10 reasons to salute Jon Lord:

1. Space Truckin'

The epic finale of Machine Head sees Lord channelling a trepanning mix of Coltrane and Kosmische.

2. Child In Time

The ominous shadows of a Deep Purple classic come a-creeping courtesy of Lord's magisterial organ intro and freak-out duel with Ritchie Blackmore's guitar.

3. Hush

Here's a clip of Mk I Purple on Playboy After Dark in which Lord is quizzed by host Hugh Hefner about the "strange manifestations" in the band's house before "grooving the kids" with immense hippie flair.

4. Solo

"I could hear another sound in my head. Something harder... something more throaty." Lord discusses the intricacies of his Hammond sound in this clip from the Machine Head Classic Albums episode.

5. Lazy