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Poll Question: Outside of the three ’big guns’ who is the best?
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    Posted: October 05 2005 at 02:40
Outside of Keith Emerson,Rick Wakeman and Tony Banks who is the best prog keyboard player in your opinion?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 02:50

whoo ... really tough one for a keyboard lover ... I went for Patrick Moraz on technical grounds, with Kerry Minear and Gryphon's Richard Harvey not far off,

For pure enjoyment, Jon Lord, The Door's Ray Manzarek, VDGG's Hugh Banton, Canterbury icon Dave Stewart and Camel's Peter Bardens would have to battle it out ...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 03:12
Moraz has wrote some excellent songs as has Rudess.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 04:07
Technically it has to be Patrick Moraz, but I'm a big
fan of Jon Lord and Dave Greenslade and,
increasingly, Brian Auger (I'm currently working my
way through his extensive back catalogue).

Colin Towns of the Ian Gillan Band is another
unheralded keyboard king.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 04:48
I guess technically it might be Moraz, or Francis Monkman given his classical training. I read that Patirck Moraz injured his right hand when young (he recovered fully) during which time he learned to use his left hand as the "lead" (if that's the right term), hence he can go very bloody fast!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 05:36
Dave Stewart at the moment, going through an early EGG period.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 05:51
Out of this list Eddie Jobson. Dave Stewart should have been on it, it would have been a dead race between him and Jobson then.
A nice anecdote: I went to an Eric Burdon concert once with Brian Auger on keyboards, and during the concert the guitar player broke a string in the middle of a song, and Auger quickly reacted and filled the time until the guitar player had put in a new string with a completely improvised solo. That's professionalism!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 12:27
Where is Peter Bardens? I voted for Rick Wright, instead.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 12:31

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 13:01
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 13:03
who said Wakeman/Emerson/Banks are the best?

My vote goes for Jarre,Vangelis and let's say,Tomita
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 13:20
Let's hear it for two great Italians..........

Vittorio Nocenzi of Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso

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Flavio Premoli of PFM

    
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 18:21

Originally posted by DEzerov DEzerov wrote:

Let's hear it for two great Italians..........

Vittorio Nocenzi of Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso

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Flavio Premoli of PFM

    

 

Ill go with Moraz on the list

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 20:10
Richard Wright.  'e is a very underrated keyboardist, imo.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 20:33
Jordan Rudess by far
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2005 at 06:33
I voted other in respect to the one who shreds them all:  Art Tatum.  As good as they are, no one in this list touches what that man could do.  Download a wav file of Tatum playing Liza (Take D) from the album Classic Early Solo 1934-1937 and you will see what I mean.  Blind since birth, he could play circles around Wakeman, Emerson and Corea and all he would need is his left hand.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2005 at 07:07
Originally posted by BigHairyMonster BigHairyMonster wrote:

I voted other in respect to the one who shreds them all:  Art Tatum.  As good as they are, no one in this list touches what that man could do.  Download a wav file of Tatum playing Liza (Take D) from the album Classic Early Solo 1934-1937 and you will see what I mean.  Blind since birth, he could play circles around Wakeman, Emerson and Corea and all he would need is his left hand.

A talent unequalled.


I think the poll is meant to mean other "prog" keyboard players, but you have a good point and yes Art Tatum is phenomenal. He's not the only great pianist mind there's many others in jazz and classical music.

The ELP DVD "Beyond the Beginning" has a clip from when Keith Emerson was invited on the Oscar Peterson Show, and in his biography Emmo admits he was scared witless at the prospect. He (Emo) plays really well, but  once he's finished Oscar Peterson plays a few bars - nothing flash, but it's just  enough to make you realise ah, now thats a piano player. And I'm not being derogatory to Keith Emerson or Wakeman or the others (God I wish I could play like them!) it just makes you realise there's a whole other world out there, and sometimes you have to stand back and put descriptions of prog musicians virtuosity in a wider musical context.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2005 at 07:27
i like ryo okomuto
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2005 at 08:40

Originally posted by Drachen Theaker Drachen Theaker wrote:


Colin Towns of the Ian Gillan Band is another
unheralded keyboard king.

Totally agree! Colin Towns is great, but I'm afraid he's not that well-known. BTW, I voted for Jon Lord, just to keep things in the family...

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