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    Posted: January 17 2025 at 15:06
Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Rick Wakeman's delicate piano on 'The meeting' , a short piece from ABW&H



I adore this...
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An eerie effect put on the piano sound in a song dealing with the emotions surrounding Hiroshima.
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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What comes to mind is the stirring piano intro work courtesy of Juergen Fritz on Triumvirat's Mister Ten Percent suite, side two of their album Illusions On A Double Dimple, recorded in 1973 and released in the spring of 74. There are other sections of that album that have beautiful piano in them, also.
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Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Laurence Vanay - check out this entire album!





This CD is OOP, but I lucked out and found a new copy for a great price. Thanks very much for posting this, Mort, as I'd never heard of it.
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Lyle Mays solo and with Pat Metheny Group.
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Rick Wakeman's delicate piano on 'The meeting' , a short piece from ABW&H
Michael Stout Piano on Sleepless a track from Kalaban 's LP Resistance is useless (USA 1993)
Eric Stewart piano break of 10cc 's One night in Paris (1975, UK)

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You could give our old ERIS by Baku llama a try. You can listen here.
https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/baku-llama-eris-the-2007-album
Not too technical but energetic

Hamatsa
ERIS

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https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/sleepers-2024
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From a recent addition to PA:
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

These are my very favorites:
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ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (soundtrack artist)
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Hi,

Interesting choice ... some nice stuff, though so many of the films did not exactly gt shown in America, and a lot of the streaming services, STILL, are not up to par on international cinema ... they still go around saying that nobody reads subtitles, as if everyone that watches movies were not able to read!

Girl With a Pearl Earring
Eager Bodies
The Corsican File
Casanova (Hallstrom's)
Firewall
The Queen
Painted Veil
Lust, Caution
Julie & Julia
Coco Before Chanel
The Ghost Writer
Tamara Drewe
... a couple of Harry Potter films
Renoir
Venus in Fur
Fanny
Everything Will Be Fine
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just to name a few of his films ... 
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

These are my very favorites:

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
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Hi,

Another composer that also won an OSCAR during his life for his soundtracks ... and he has a lot of albums of him doing solo piano, and the best known is probably his solo tour on piano playing the theme songs from so many films ... kinda makes you cry in some pieces.
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Originally posted by Tillerman88 Tillerman88 wrote:

Originally posted by terramystic terramystic wrote:

Vangelis - the master of melodic and simply beautiful

Piano in an Empty Room

Memories of Green

Prelude
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Good ones ;)  And so overlooked too.....


Hi,

I don't think he is overlooked, except by an audience of rockers that don't know movies, or music history ... and he had already in his closet an OSCAR, which makes any adulation by some kids kinda ridiculous and silly at the same time ... not to mention commercial and the very opposite of what Vangelis stood up about all the time!

He will be remembered a long time ... a very long time!
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Originally posted by terramystic terramystic wrote:

Rachel Flowers - the definite prog pianist.



Hi,

Her piano version of TARKUS ,,, simply shows what a great piano concerto that piece is ... simply extraordinary!
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Roland Bocquet's song "La Suite d'Elsa" comes to mind, from the album Paradia. 

Reminds me of Tony Banks, like an extension of the intro to "Firth of Fifth".
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Laurence Vanay - check out this entire album!
https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition

https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List
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I have a solo project called Forest god featuring members of SuperScum, Myrkur and Essence: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REK6Rhw8v8o

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^ Indeed. Fragile was my first Yes album, and at first it was somewhat difficult to understand. That piano part was one of the hooks that kept me listening to the album over and over again until I finally clicked and became one of my favourite albums up until now.
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Love that simple Wakeman tickling of the ivories in the middle of Southside of the Sky. Wonderfully emotive and a great lead up to what ensues.
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Originally posted by Tillerman88 Tillerman88 wrote:

Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Rick Davis side of Supertramp and some of Rodgers supertramp tracks is full of grand piano. Some melodic but also Rick could do intricate things as well. The solo on Child of Vision is genious.
 
Well, there are times when a 'simple' piano collaboration is even more outstanding than that, taking the song to another level. One example of that is Sabbath's Air Dance, Don Airey's flat out magic touch on that song definitely helped making it as enjoyable as most of the Supertramp tracks, let alone it is undoubtedly a pretty more rocking tune imb....



I think Rick Davies of Supertramp might be my very favorite. He has such great taste, and in the studio, never plays an extra note, leaves space. Though it's very simple, the piano solo on "School" is a great one. Funny thing is, each guy play their best solos on the OTHER guys' song (Hodgson's guitar solo on "Waiting so Long"). Child of Vision is amazing, too.. I think the Am-F riff on "Crime of the Century" might be the best ever, even though it took 30 seconds to figure it out.

Another thing that sometimes gets lost are the chords. "Just a Normal Day" would be one example, but also how they fit together.
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