Best Dream Theater keyboard player

In my opinion, Jordan Rudess is technically the best (like in Scenes and Octavarium), but i really like Kevin Moore's synth solos (the keyboard solo in Learning to Live blows my mind). But overall, Jordan has my vote. (The saloon-like piano solo in Dance of Eternity (Scenes From A Memory) is crazy)

This has been done before.Many,many times.

But.....I will pick Moore.Rudess and Sherinian might be better technically,but Moore just outclasses both of them,imo.

Jordan is really a technical beast... but I prefer Kevin and Derek solos.  ..... dahhhhhhh my vote goes for Derek!

Technically Jordan Rudess is the best, but my vote goes to Moore, his playing in "Images & Words" is wonderful. I love "Wait For Sleep"!!!

Probably for DT Kevin is the best, but I voted for Mr. Rudess as I like his solo output (especially an Evening with Petrucci) very much. To me any of Rudess solo (including RMP) is uncomparably better than any by Sherinian or Moore.

 

TheProgtologist wrote: This has been done before.Many,many times. But.....I will pick Moore.Rudess and Sherinian might be better technically,but Moore just outclasses both of them,imo.

Actually, I think that they're all technically similar in quality, with Rudess maybe obtaining the gold medal. But yes, I voted for Moore since his playing determined the particular essence of keyboards within the more global essence of DT sound.

Something like Bardens, who only stayed in the Camel line-up for 6 years, yet his input remained a crucial definition of the role of keyboards within the Camel overall frame. And... unlike Tony Kaye, whose presence in Yes' first years can only be labelled as a prelude to the emrgence of more creative and more technically skilled musicians (Wakeman, Moraz,...)

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dude okay Rudess has always been the best keyboard player for dream theater i mean good lord he only uses one power kurzweil keyboard or kord i think that's why he uses now anyway and Sherinian and Moore had to use like mulitple keyboards. and plus rudess went to Juilian and his musicianship is so freakin AWESOME!!!! i mean Derek is good but way into the whole Rockstar thing and Moore he had it going great for him in the early 90s until he decided to quick and go make up Chroma Key which to me isn't all that great cause to me its just a bunch of sound effects

Progdrummer05 wrote: dude okay Rudess has always been the best keyboard player for dream theater i mean good lord he only uses one power kurzweil keyboard or kord i think that's why he uses now anyway and Sherinian and Moore had to use like mulitple keyboards. and plus rudess went to Juilian and his musicianship is so freakin AWESOME!!!! i mean Derek is good but way into the whole Rockstar thing and Moore he had it going great for him in the early 90s until he decided to quick and go make up Chroma Key which to me isn't all that great cause to me its just a bunch of sound effects

dude, time to cut back on the caffeine! 

derek only plays in one album with dream theater.is really ashame because he is really good and after listen planet x and his solos albums im just love his sound[he plays like a lead guitar] and make me listen more planet x that deam theater

I love all three of them, but I have to give it to Rudess.