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
1976
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1969
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
1996
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014
Let it Rock: Volume 1
2003
Melody Makers
2019
A World Without Beethoven?
2020
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015
Back Beat
2016
Acoustic at the BBC
2011
Prog Rock at the BBC
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
46
Directing
2
Producing
2
Sound
1
2026
Jethro Tull: Under Wraps (The Unwrapped Edition)
2024
Jethro Tull: The Christmas Album Fresh Snow at Christmas
2020
A World Without Beethoven?
as Self
2019
ManDoki Soulmates: Wings Of Freedom
as Self
2019
Melody Makers
2019
Jethro Tull: Stormwatch (40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition)
as Himself
2018
Jethro Tull: This Was (50th Anniversary Edition)
as Himself
2016
Back Beat
as Himself
2015
Jethro Tull: Too Old to Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die! (The TV Special Edition)
as Himself
2015
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
as Self
2014
Led Zeppelin Played Here
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick Live In Iceland
as Himself
2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
2011
Acoustic at the BBC
as Self
2009
Jethro Tull: Live at Madison Square Garden 1978
as Himself
2009
Prog Rock at the BBC
as Self
2008
Jethro Tull: Jack in the Green - Live in Germany
as Himself
2008
Jethro Tull Their Fully Authorized Story
2008
Jethro Tull Live at AVO Session Basel
as Himself
2007
Jethro Tull: Live At Montreux 2003
as Lead Vocal
2007
Jethro Tull: Bethlehem, PA 9 August 2003
as Himself
2006
Butcher House
as Robotnik 2
2006
The Moody Blues: Classic Artists
as Self
2005
Jethro Tull: Nothing Is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
as Self
2005
Ian Anderson - Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull
2005
Ian Anderson & A. Griminelli - Da Bach Ai Jethro Tull - Concerto Di Natale 2004
as self
2005
Jethro Tull - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 2005
as Guitar
2004
Jethro Tull A New Day Yesterday
2003
Let it Rock: Volume 1
as Self - Jethro Tull
2002
Jethro Tull: Living With The Past
as Lead Vocals, Flute
2001
The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One
as Self
2001
Uriah Heep: Acoustically Driven
as Self - Flute
1996
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
as Self - Flute, Lead Vocals
1996
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
as Self - Jethro Tull
1988
Jethro Tull: 20 Years Of Jethro Tull
as Himself
1986
Say Yes
as Crewman
1984
Jethro Tull - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA
as himself
1981
Jethro Tull: Slipstream
as Himself
1981
The New Lords of the Isles
as Self
1977
Jethro Tull - Live at the Capital Centre
as Vocals, Guitar, Flute
1976
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1973
Jethro Tull: Story of the Hare who Lost his Spectacles
1971
Participation
as Self (archive footage)
1969
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
as Self
Jethro Tull - Tullavision
as Himself
StrongHer