Top Keys Man excluding Wakey/Emmo/Banks
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Topic: Top Keys Man excluding Wakey/Emmo/Banks
Posted By: richardh
Subject: Top Keys Man excluding Wakey/Emmo/Banks
Date 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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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 02:50
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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 ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 03:12
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Moraz has wrote some excellent songs as has Rudess. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 04:07
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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. ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: Phil
Date 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!! |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 05:36
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Dave Stewart at the moment, going through an early EGG period. ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 05:51
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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! -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: DACE
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 12:27
| Where is Peter Bardens? I voted for Rick Wright, instead. |
Posted By: Kohllapse
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 12:31
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Greg Giuffria -(ANGEL,GIUFFRIA,HOUSE OF LORDS) ------------- 
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 13:01
Kevin Moore.... Where is he? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date 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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Posted By: DEzerov
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 13:20
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Let's hear it for two great Italians.......... Vittorio Nocenzi of Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso  andFlavio Premoli of PFM  ------------- The moon is made by some lame cooper and you can see the idiot has no idea about moons at all - Nikolay Gogol |
Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 18:21
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Ill go with Moraz on the list ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: Scrambled_Eggs
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 20:10
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Richard Wright. 'e is a very underrated keyboardist, imo. ------------- And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. I never said I was frightened of dying. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 20:33
Jordan Rudess by far 
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Posted By: BigHairyMonster
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 06:33
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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. ------------- Big Hairy Monster's debut CD "View" coming soon! www.bighairymonster.com |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 07:07
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. |
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 07:27
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i like ryo okomuto ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 08:40
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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... |
Posted By: Mnemosyne
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 10:40
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Jens Johansson or Lars Hollmer ------------- I'm a Man-Owl-Fish. Creator-Observer-Muse. |
Posted By: Pr@gmatic
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 01:49
| Moraz |
Posted By: Dream Theater
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 17:53
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My vote goes to Jordan Rudess
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Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 01:43
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Jan Hammer all the way baby! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 01:47
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Out of this list, my favorite is prbably Jon Lord ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small">
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Posted By: Cygnus
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 11:33
| lord |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 18:48
| Dave Greenslade! I love his variety, from the unsurpassed Mellotron to the distinctive clavinet. Especially on Greenslade Live 73-75 you will be delighted by his skills on the keyboards, in my opinion this man is highly overlooked. And the track "Tide" is such a beautiful Mellotron-drenched composition, goose bumps every time! |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 18:51
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David Stewart
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 20:28
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I voted Kerry Minnear, but wheres Dave Stewart ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 20:30
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From your list i will have to say Jordan Rudess because he is one the keyboard prog player that i am recent listening to and that he really do alot solos in his band and his solo stuff, However, I love richard wright sound with the floyd richard barbieri of the porcupine tree I love Vangelis I almost have all his albums which they are alot so it mr. Jordan Rudess the man!!!!! |
but I consider him more of an atmopheric keyboard player and I love his stuff as well a tomita, Edgar Froese( tangerine dream),Jean Michel Jarre, kitaro, patriick o'hearn, mike oldfield. But they hardly do any solos !!!! 
i believe if am not mistaking!!!Posted By: krauthead
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 04:15
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Bo Hansson, not because of "Sagan Om Ringen-era", but the 60's... even Jimi Hendrix wanted him to join his band, no one can play like that even today and he is self-taught too. Jimi wanted his duo partner "Loffe" on drums aswell, he sure was something back then... ELP have been influenced by them I guess... a tad anyway ------------- *Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond |