Top Five Multi-Instrumentalist
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Topic: Top Five Multi-Instrumentalist
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Subject: Top Five Multi-Instrumentalist
Date Posted: December 15 2021 at 10:53
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Who would your top five multi-instrumentalists be? 1. Marco Minnemann 2. Mike Keneally 3. The Psychedelic Ensemble 4. Adrian Belew 5. Todd Rundgren |
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: December 15 2021 at 11:11
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This is a good one. I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of people but these are the first ones to come to mind. Geddy Lee Greg Lake Frank Zappa John Entwistle Steve Winwood Bonus Pick: Paul McCartney (Not a virtuoso but very competent on bass, guitar, piano & drums) Update, Can't believe I forgot Rachel Flowers. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 15 2021 at 11:16
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1. Mike Oldfield 2. Vangelis 3. Jon Anderson 4. Paul McCartney 5. Stevie Wonder 6. Dolly Parton
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Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: December 15 2021 at 11:23
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Don't know about 'top five' but this lady is pretty amazing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheila_Gonzalez Seen her live with Dweezil Zappa and she plays guitar as well as keys, sax, flute and incredible vocals. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 15 2021 at 14:02
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I dunno that I have a top five, but here are five that spring to mind: Pekka Pohjola is mainly known as a virtuosic bass player, but was also a wonderful pianist and violinist. His first two solo albums showcase these talents. Tony Duhig and Jon Field together made up the classic incarnation of Jade Warrior. Between them they played almost anything you can think of. Jarrod Gosling is the singer, guitarist, bassist, keyboard player, drummer, accordionist, etc of the splendid Regal Worm. Emma-Jean Thackray plays trumpet, bass, guitar, keyboards, vibraphone and bass clarinet - also sings. She probably plays a bunch of other things too that she didn't manage to fit onto the one album she's released so far. We could probably do a separate thread on bands primarily made up of multi-instrumentalists. Gentle Giant would be the obvious prog example but there's lots more.
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: December 15 2021 at 14:11
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There are just so many...this is not a complete list by any means Jonathan (Jon) Batiste Robert Berry Peter Gabriel Kerry Minnear Steve Walsh ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: December 15 2021 at 15:51
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Stevie Wonder Jan Hammer Jaco Pastorius David Sancious Trombone Shorty |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 10:39
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Two not listed so far: Kerry Livgren (guitars / keyboards) Anthony Phillips (guitars / keyboards)
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 11:35
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Mike Oldfield Simon Steensland Pekka Pohjola Emma-Jean Thackray Dirk Mont Campbell ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 12:00
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Miles Davis (trumpet, keyboards) David Sancious (keyboards, guitar) Joey DeFrancesco (organ, trumpet, saxophone) Ian MacDonald (flute, saxophone, keyboards, guitar) Thjs Van Leer (flute, keyboards) |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 14:30
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Cool topic... Could you take a minute to post the instruments they play, though? Cheers! ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 14:51
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^ Sure! There could be some instrument I'm missing. 1. Marco Minnemann (drums, guitar, bass, keys, voice) 2. Mike Keneally (guitar, keys, drums, bass, voice) 3. The Psychedelic Ensemble (all instruments) 4. Adrian Belew (guitar, drums, bass, voice) 5. Todd Rundgren (guitar, keys, drums, bass, voice) |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 14:55
For mine the instruments are as follows Geddy Lee - Bass & Keyboards Greg Lake - Bass & Guitar Frank Zappa Guitar, Keyboards, Bass & Drums John Entwistle - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone ( Mostly on his solo albums) Steve Winwood - Keyboards, Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, Drums Bonus Pick: Paul McCartney (Not a virtuoso but very competent on bass, guitar, piano & drums) Update, Can't believe I forgot Rachel Flowers. - Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Flute , Saxophone, Chapman Stick |
MortSahlFan wrote:Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 16:14
Stevie Wonder (Keyboards (piano,organ,clavinet), synthesizer, harmonica, drums) Jan Hammer (piano, organ, synthesizer, drums) Jaco Pastorius (bass guitar, saxophone, piano) David Sancious (piano, organ, synthesizer, guitar) Trombone Shorty (trombone, trumpet, drums, organ) |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 17:56
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Ian Anderson (flute, acoustic guitar, tin whistle, harmonica, saxophone, violin, bass, electric guitar, piano, mandolin, mandocello, bouzouki, balalaika, Hammond organ, accordion, claghorn) Peter Gabriel (flute, recorder, Hammond organ, synths, piano, surdo, synclavier, LinnDrum) Stevie Wonder (harmonica, synths, Fender Rhodes, percussion, drums, clavinet, moog bass) Steve Winwood (Hammond organ, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, harpsichord, bass, percussion, Mellotron, Moog) Jimmy Page (electric, acoustic, lap steel and pedal steel guitars, theremin, banjo, bass, mandolin, Gizmotron) ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 17:58
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Mike Oldfield (grand piano, glockenspiel, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farfisa" rel="nofollow - Farfisa organ, bass guitar, electric guitar (including "speed guitar", "fuzz guitar", "mandolin-like guitar" and "guitars sounding like bagpipes"), taped motor drive amplifier organ chord, assorted percussion, acoustic guitar, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_whistle" rel="nofollow - flageolet , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_piano" rel="nofollow - honky tonk piano , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowrey_organ" rel="nofollow - Lowrey organ , tubular bells, concert tympani, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_organ" rel="nofollow - Hammond organ , Spanish guitar) Simon Steensland (bass, cello, guitar, keyboards, mallets, pipes, violin, banjo, flute, harmonica) Pekka Pohjola (bass, piano, violin) Emma-Jean Thackray (Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Synth, Percussion, Trombone) Dirk Mont Campbell (horns, flutes, clarinet, shawm, bagpipes, harps, lutes, lyre, percussion, bass) ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 20:19
| How about the Shulman brothers. Andy Latimer as well. Ian Anderson is also a pretty good multi-instrumentalist as well as he can play acoustic guitar, flute, and possibly violin as well. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 16 2021 at 23:12
Tony Duhig / acoustic & electric guitars, bass, piano, organ, glockenspiel, vibes Jon Field / Gaelic harp, gong, glockenspiel, vibes, alto, concert & Japanese flutes, congas, bell tree, African talking drum, cello, piano, organ, acoustic guitar ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 17 2021 at 01:47
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Stephen Caudel Robert Berry Rob Reed Mike Oldfield Vangelis not necessarily in that order!
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