Quite an interesting topic...
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Topic: Quite an interesting topic...
Posted By: The Pessimist
Subject: Quite an interesting topic...
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:04
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Favourite instrumentalists in prog that are NOT drummers, guitarists, keyboardists, or bassists (percussionists and organists permitted)
Ian Anderson on flute Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra) on violin David Jackson (VDGG) on saxes and flute yours? |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:11
Mike Oldfield.  Joking...Jordan Rudess - continuum (you didn't forbit it did you?) Jay Beckenstein - sax |
Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:13
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Ruth Underwood on vibrophone/xylophone. Especially on Apostrophe. ------------- . |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:15
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Mel Collins on all sorts of winds - amazing musician
Kerry Minnear on vibraphone - otherworldly playing
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Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:20
Gabble Ratchet-Delicious talents in general
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Posted By: YesFan72
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:37
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Brian Gulland (bassoon) - Gryphon ------------- 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:45
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Anna Sofi Dahlberg - mellotron,cello and keys. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:47
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Kerry Minear - Cello, Xylophone
Ian Anderson - Flute
Mel Collins - Flute, Sax
Jerry Goodman - Violin
Kenny Håkansson - Violin
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Posted By: khammer99
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 16:55
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I don't know if you would consider this Prog, but there is a band called Off Kilter, that has the bag pipes as the features instrument... Their albums generally rock! Otherwise: As mentioned Tull - Flute Jean Luc Ponty - Violin Jay Beckenstein - Sax Keith Emerson - Gong ( I kid, I kid! )  ------------- Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. - Terry Pratchett |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 16:55
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All those homemade, intriguingly named instruments that Sleepytime Gorilla Museum play.
Oh, and Gene Frenkel of BOC on cowbell.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 17:02
| Due to my current Canterbury addiction, I'll place a vote for the late, great Elton Dean. |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 17:04
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sinkadotentree wrote:Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 19:59
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Didier Malherbe Ruth Underwood David Cross Ian McDonald David Jackson Michel Berckmans Just out of curiosity, why are keyboardists forbidden but organists allowed?  |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 21:36
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I have seen more interesting topics... sorry mmm, well let´s see Gérard Hourbette - violin/viola Dan Rathbun - Cockroach ...jejejejeje ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 21:42
| Bela Fleck - banjo |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 04:09
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Pierre Moerlen on all kinds of tuned percussion (when he is not drumming). Didier Malherbe on all kinds of wind instruments, especially flute. Chris Karrer when he plays violin (he plays guitar and sax too). Didier Lockwood on violin. Georgie Born on cello. Lindsay Cooper on several wind instruments, especially bassoon. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 13:04
Thanks for mentioning them, I just looked them up, it's really cool stuff.
for the topic:
Yann Tiersen-Accordion, Violin, Melodica, (plays piano too, but that's not relevant)
Bela Fleck-Banjo
Mark Wood-Violin
Ian MacDonald-Sax, Flute
and since you say organ counts-J.S. Bach
also all the orchestral players in Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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Posted By: khammer99
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 14:08
They were dressed in kilts and the whole bit. I guess they've got a permanent gig at Epcot, where I saw them, a few years back. If you can ever get a listen to "Miracle Fingers" from "Etched in Stone" you would be impressed. I never thought a set of bag pipes could just flat out jam! ------------- Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. - Terry Pratchett |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 21:33
| Michel Berckmans (Univers Zéro and related) - Bassoon, oboe. |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 20:02
The others you mention are great too of course. But Lindsay's playing's exceptional and she's rarely mentioned. (She's currently suffering from multiple sclerosis  ) Two more I can think of: Lars Hollmer: accordeon (Samla,Zamla, solo...) Walter Maioli: Arabic Oboe (Aktuala) + double flutes, wedge flute, pan flute, shrill flute, egyptian open mouthpiece flute, Roman bugle conch trumpet, Bull roarer, beaten skins, discòs, scabillum,bamboo flute, bass flute, piccolo, metalflute in C, harmonica, reeds, whistles, djembee) Clem Alford: sitar (Magic Carpet and solo) Don't know that many names of all the great instrumentalists in the avant/RIO bands. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 20:39
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I think these have not been mentioned here and are among my fav's:
John Anthony Helliwell - Saxophone (of Supertramp)
Robby Steinhardt - Violin, Viola (Kansas)
Mikael Krømer - Violin (Gazpacho)
Jose 'Chepito' Areas - Timbales, congas, other percussion (Santana) ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: December 24 2007 at 01:54
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Peter Gabriel - Flute ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: kenmartree
Date Posted: December 24 2007 at 03:36
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Hard to believe that noone has put
Tony Levin - stick
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 02:38
This guy, and:
Akihisa Tsuboy (electric & accoustic violin) - He played on http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=14907 - Pochakaite Malko's Laya ... absolutely amazing. I've never heard a violin played like this.
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