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Not prog, but Neil Larsen is an underrated jazz keyboardist. He played with Steve Lukather if I recall well.
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Jurgen Fritz and Pete Bardens for sure.
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The many shades of Rob Reed - the Mike Oldfield of Neo Prog.



 5 stars 2014: Robert Reed - Sanctuary - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lEXFN-SNu_rgnMfkyMtR1OzwTemPOZS9s

 5 stars 2007: Magenta - Live at the Point, Cardiff - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIwzLFD-pM-zi4uyLQYqWAB

 5 stars 1993: Cyan - For King and Country - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacxgQvJe8A   
 5 stars 1994: Cyan - Pictures from the Other Side - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aDaHGNq-7U  
 5 stars 2021: Cyan - For King and Country (re-recording)

 4 stars 1997: The Fyreworks - The Fyreworks

 4 stars 2007: Trippa - Sorry

 4 stars 2010: Christina Booth - Broken Lives & Bleeding Hearts
 4 stars 2015: Christina Booth - The Light

 3 stars 2012: Chris Fry - Composed


 4 stars 2016: Kiama - Sign of IV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kehxw1_UDY



By the way, Rob Reed plays keyboards too, just like Mike Oldfield. Smile




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Honestly?  Robert Fripp.  He played Mellotron from the beginning (ITCOTCK), and electric piano on LTIA.  He also played keys on his solo LPs with Andy Summers. 

There was a kit set up in the basement, along with an array of amps and keyboards. And so for an hour or so we just played, improvising freely, Fripp on electric piano as well as guitar.


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  • Robert Fripp – electric guitars, Moog and Roland synthesizers, Roland guitar synthesizer, Fender bass, percussion
  • Andy Summers – electric guitars, Moog and Roland synthesizers, piano, Roland guitar synthesizer, Fender bass, percussion


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Maybe Mark Robertson (Cairo)
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Ton Scherpenzeel. Kayak don't get a lot of love but they didn't record and release 18 studio albums for nothing. Ton played on all of them and was also the main writer. Tremendous player with Rick Wakeman like chops as evidenced by the track Royal Bed Bouncer.


Also Par Lindh is surely worth a mention.


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Seriously, Thomas Kurzhals of Stern Meissen was an excellent keyboarder, and hardly anybody knows that.
William D. Drake anyone? Lutz Rahn of Novalis was also very good.
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Skrzek is definitely one.

Ex-Tangerine Dreamer Johannes Schmoelling is a great all-around keyboardist, too. I love his piano work as well as his many electronic compositions.

Tom Coster (Santana).

The late Rick van der Linden of Trace and Ekseption.

And we mustn't forget the late Francis Monkman (Curved Air, Sky).
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Firsts that come to my mind are :

John Hawken : Strawbs, Renaissance, Illusion, Spooky Tooth
Wooly Wolstenholme : Barclay James Harvest
John Tout : Renaissance
Flavio Premoli : PFM
Nocenzi Vittorio and Gianni : Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
Mist : Grobschnitt
Hugh Banton : VDGG


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Neo Prog legend Clive Nolan - a keyboard wizard of many bands, including Arena, Caamora, Casino, Gandalf's Fist, Nolan & Wakeman, Pendragon, Shadowland and Strangers on a Train. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

So anyone beyond Emerson, Wakeman, Banks and Wright... LOL

Yep. Maybe add Eddie Jobson to the list too but admittedly he's probably an "in betweener." ;)


I was actually going to say Kerry Minnear but went for Bardens instead. Hugh Banton might also be a possible choice.


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Uhm... Kerry... Minnear... anyone? 

Like any other intelligent enough person I am always very sensitive and careful about terms like "underrated". I know what "overrated" might mean, but the opposite tip is sure controversial. Rolling Stones the band are no doubt overrated. KISS are terribly overrated. 

You do not really need to be into music theory and practice, to get why Kerry was one of a kind. Both in theory and practical implementation. Triplets and syncopations galore. Style so unique and distinguishable. 

Cressida had talented keyboards - Peter Jennings, they say. 

Greenslade - obvious candidate. To my ear of a music gourmand, not gourmet (as far as I know there are three grades of eaters: gluttons that just love to eat, gourmands that loves to eat delicious food, and gourmets that love exquisite food), Greenslade is step above ELP. Unique melodies, compact enough compositions. 

Fantasy (of Paint A Picture fame) and Spring (3 keyboardists, they say) had fine composers and performers. 
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So anyone beyond Emerson, Wakeman, Banks and Wright... LOL
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Pete Bardens
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Peter Hecht from "The Pink Mice"
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Duncan Mackay and Ron Mael
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I don't think he's underrated, but probably is not very well known: Marian Varga from Collegium Musicum
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Falk Ulrich Rogner ... in the earlier days of AD2. Most incredible sound addition to the band, had personality and touch, and was able to also improvise very cleanly.
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