Jethro Tull是一支英国乐队，1967年在英国建立的，成员有：Ian Anderson(领唱、长笛、吉他、口琴、笛子) 、Martin Barre(吉他手)、David Goodier(贝司手)、John O'Hara(键盘手)、Doane Perry(鼓手)。 　　这支乐队是摇滚乐历史上一支非常特别的队伍。他们的音乐融合了摇滚、民谣、蓝调等多种风格，歌词带有超现实的意味。评论界对他们一直比较冷漠，但这并不影响他们拥有大批的歌迷，60年代末刚出道时候，Mick Abrahams的吉他主导了乐队的蓝调风格。　　 　　1968年，演奏长笛的Ian Anderson在乐队的位置引起争议，原来的蓝调歌迷更本不喜欢他的演奏，但披着一头浓密长发的Ian Anderson穿着三角裤在舞台上跑来跑去，或做仙鹤单腿独立姿势演奏长笛的方法很快吸引了更多歌迷的关注。随后Mick Abrahams退出了Jethro Tull，这意味着Ian Anderson成为了乐队的主导，随后推出的专辑《Stand Up》和《Aqualung》都带有沉重而抒情的民谣风格，1989年的《Crest Of A Knave》为乐队赢得了格莱美年度最佳硬摇滚专辑。 　　Jethro Tull were a British rock group, formed in Luton, Bedfordshire, on December 20, 1967. Initially playing blues rock, the band soon developed its sound to incorporate elements of British folk music and hard rock to forge a progressive rock signature. The band was led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson, and featured a revolving door of lineups through the years including significant members such as longtime guitarist Martin Barre, keyboardist John Evan, drummers Clive Bunker, Barriemore Barlow, and Doane Perry, and bassists Glenn Cornick, Jeffrey Hammond, and Dave Pegg. 　　The group first achieved commercial success in 1969, with the folk-tinged blues album Stand Up, which reached No. 1 in the UK charts, and they toured regularly in the UK and the US. Their musical style shifted in the direction of progressive rock with the albums Aqualung (1971), Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973), and shifted again to hard rock mixed with folk rock with Songs from the Wood (1977) and Heavy Horses (1978). Jethro Tull have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 gold and five platinum albums among them. They have been described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most commercially successful and eccentric progressive rock bands". 　　The last works as a group to contain new material were released in 2003, though the band continued to tour until 2011. In April 2014, as he was concentrating on his solo career, Anderson said that Jethro Tull were finished. However, in March 2017, Anderson released Jethro Tull - The String Quartets, an album of reimagined Tull songs, recorded with The Carducci String Quartet.