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Points: 2546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2005 at 00:09
Originally posted by Guillermo Guillermo wrote:

I think that Tony Banks is the most "complete": he can play good solos; he can play difficult chords; he can make "atmospheres"; he can do very good arrangements; he also can play the 12 string guitar...

Keith Emerson is very good, maybe "the fastest keyboard soloist on earth" or "the Jimi Hendrix of the keyboards"; he is alss a very good pianist; more influenced by classical music than the others. He really doesn`t need a guitarist in the bands he has played.

Rick Wakeman is another "fast keyboard player", another very good pianist, another very good "lead keyboardist".

I don`t underrate Tony Kaye. He is a very good organist, but when he used the piano with YES he sounded very good ("Harold Land", "Clear Days", "A Venture", "I´ve have seen all good people", "Yesterday and Today"). He also used the synths with more "Economy" than the others.

Patrick Moraz is one of the "heaviest" ("The Gates of Delirium", "Sound Chaser") and also a "Symphonic keyboard player" (his arrangements for The Moody Blues and  YES, Steve Howe, Chris Squire).

I also consider Ton Scherpenzeel as one of the best ("Pressure Points-Camel Live in Concert").

Thank you, Guillermo - a very well rounded and fair opinion of all the candidates. I can not see how anyone could add more - cheers


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Points: 2546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2005 at 00:12
... except no one seems to have an opinion on Martin Orford!! And I am sure that Tony Kaye will deserve at least one vote !!

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Points: 814 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2005 at 00:17
Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

Originally posted by Guillermo Guillermo wrote:

I think that Tony Banks is the most "complete": he can play good solos; he can play difficult chords; he can make "atmospheres"; he can do very good arrangements; he also can play the 12 string guitar...

Keith Emerson is very good, maybe "the fastest keyboard soloist on earth" or "the Jimi Hendrix of the keyboards"; he is alss a very good pianist; more influenced by classical music than the others. He really doesn`t need a guitarist in the bands he has played.

Rick Wakeman is another "fast keyboard player", another very good pianist, another very good "lead keyboardist".

I don`t underrate Tony Kaye. He is a very good organist, but when he used the piano with YES he sounded very good ("Harold Land", "Clear Days", "A Venture", "I´ve have seen all good people", "Yesterday and Today"). He also used the synths with more "Economy" than the others.

Patrick Moraz is one of the "heaviest" ("The Gates of Delirium", "Sound Chaser") and also a "Symphonic keyboard player" (his arrangements for The Moody Blues and  YES, Steve Howe, Chris Squire).

I also consider Ton Scherpenzeel as one of the best ("Pressure Points-Camel Live in Concert").

Thank you, Guillermo - a very well rounded and fair opinion of all the candidates. I can not see how anyone could add more - cheers

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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Yams Yams wrote:

Emerson is like the Gilmour of the keyboard world. Wakeman is like the Fripp of the keyboard world, a lot more subtle than Emerson, but a genius nonetheless.

 

Ive always thought Emerson is like the Hendrix of the Keyboard world actually.Anyway since time began its always been an Emerson/Wakeman debate...I go for Emerson hes wilder and I love his improvisation

 

Emerson is the Hendrix of the Hammond, but I consider Wakeman the Stevie Ray Vaughn.  When considering two musicians of such immense talent, it comes down to a matter of preference.  I prefer Wakeman because he is more subtle, but as you said Emerson is wilder and is great at improvisation.

 

Jordan Rudess is the only new kid on the block that comes close to these two.  Go to his official site (though the URL escapes me at the moment) and listen to the sound clips.  Wow.
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Originally posted by Syntharachnid Syntharachnid wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Yams Yams wrote:

Emerson is like the Gilmour of the keyboard world. Wakeman is like the Fripp of the keyboard world, a lot more subtle than Emerson, but a genius nonetheless.

 

Ive always thought Emerson is like the Hendrix of the Keyboard world actually.Anyway since time began its always been an Emerson/Wakeman debate...I go for Emerson hes wilder and I love his improvisation

 

Emerson is the Hendrix of the Hammond, but I consider Wakeman the Stevie Ray Vaughn.  When considering two musicians of such immense talent, it comes down to a matter of preference.  I prefer Wakeman because he is more subtle, but as you said Emerson is wilder and is great at improvisation.

 

Jordan Rudess is the only new kid on the block that comes close to these two.  Go to his official site (though the URL escapes me at the moment) and listen to the sound clips.  Wow.

I digress from the main thread:

Check out  Fred Schendel from 'Glass Hammer'. He is a very accomplished keyboard player. You can see him in action by downloading a video of a live performance of 'One King' from Glass Hammer's website. www.glasshammer.com

However I still hold the opinion, that Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Tony Banks have few peers today that can come close to matching  them for technical and artistic performance on the keyboards. Cheers

 

 

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 Well, that depends... will he play through dinner, and does he do windows?Stern Smile

Big smileAny of the first four are more than welcome at my place! (BYOK -- Bring Yer Own Keyboards).

The others can clean up afterwards....Wink



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Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

 Well, that depends... will he play through dinner, and does he do windows?Stern Smile

Big smileAny of the first four are more thas welcome at my place! (BYOK -- Bring Yer Own Keyboards).

The others can clean up afterwards....Wink

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Emerson is technically better than Wakeman, but I like Wakeman's style better.
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Originally posted by penguindf12 penguindf12 wrote:

Emerson is technically better than Wakeman, but I like Wakeman's style better.

A fair opinion. Wakeman always presented a dramatic if not formidable presence on stage - the white hair and black cape. I will have to agree that his style is superior to Emerson, both musically and as a stage personna...

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No mention of Jan Hammer or David Sancious. (Not surprising.) Hammer's skill as a mono-synth soloist was tops. His synth lines practically "sang." He wove melodies that the classically-inclined Emo & Wakey would never have chanced upon (people would wager Moraz, but while his talent is undeniable, his output is extremely patchy). Hammer rocked (in a jazz sense) on piano, too. But his Moog and Rhodes playing was dynamite. David Sancious proved he was as good as any of the hardline prog rock boys on his very first album, Forest Of Feelings. He left the E Street Band (yes, that  E Street Band) because he was just too good for what "The Boss" was doing. Forest Of Feelings  opens with "Suite Cassandra," and in no time Sancious is going to town on the Mini-Moog, wailing away like a hybrid of Emo~Wakey~Moraz. He also played guitar exceedingly well, and his next three albums, Dance Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Just As I Thought, and Transformation (The Speed Of Love) are all outstanding, gems sparkling in the rough of the prog landscape that get overlooked because people think David Sancious was just "Peter Gabriel's, then Sting's, keyboard player" in the '80s/'90s. Those four albums of his that I mentioned reveal the monster musician he really is. He also recorded a more vocal-oriented album called True Stories (by "David Sancious & Tone") which came out in the late '70s, after all those. Like Hammer, the guy was incredibly busy throughout the '70s!
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sigh, never a good word for my favorite, Mike Pinder. He can Mellotron circles around those other guys.

so just to be contrary, I voted Kaye...I love his piano especially, and the beautiful minimalism of the synth lines on "Starship Trooper" always gets me.
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About Keith Emerson...

I've watched him play for over 30 years.  I've seen him do things musically that I've never seen any other keyboardist do.  He's wrote compositions that none of the others can match.. and his energy to this day is just mindblowing... that being said:

One of the reasons I have such great respect for the man is that when in the early 90s they told him he needed surgery.. and the he might not ever play again... he just ignored them. He had surgery on both arms...  that still causes his fingers to curl up while he's playing.. and yet he still plays like a god.  He still plays hard and he still plays fast.. and he hasn't sacrificed anything in the music.  Well except I doubt he'll ever play "The Three Fates" live... but then he never did anyway...

If any of you get the chance to see the Montreux dvd.. you'll see what I mean.  You can tell he's in pain, you can see the fingers curling... but you can hear that he doesn't lose a second, a beat or a chord, from what he's playing...  Its a testament to his skill and his dedication.

HE'S THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS ELP
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JURGEN DOLLASE FROM THE MYTHIC WALLENSTEIN
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Rick Wakeman is a beast.

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THE PICTURE IS VERY FUNNY...I really think that Wakeman estimates that he is god embodied
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An interesting thread.

I'm a keyboard player, so I'm very focused on this instrument. My favorite keyboardists are:

Old bands - Tony Banks (No. 1 for me), Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Rick Wright (Pink Floyd)

New bands - Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Fred Schendel (Glass Hammer) and Richard West (Threshold)
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    emerson

    moraz

   hammer

   corea

          in no particular order
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2005 at 15:49
Originally posted by threefates threefates wrote:

Its Emerson only...

Does'nt have a patch on this guy Linda
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ELP is not my most favorite band but Emerson surely beats anyone!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2005 at 16:36

Originally posted by terramystic terramystic wrote:

ELP is not my most favorite band but Emerson surely beats anyone!

 

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