Since we're at it....
Rick Wakeman, Keith Emmerson, David Rosenthal (Rainbow), John Lord.
Anyone else?
Keyboard Gods?
Moderators: StevieG, dANdeLION, lucimay
Keyboard Gods?
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Worm of Despite
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Shoot yeah, Stevie and Herbie Hancock too.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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oh yeah!!! Patrick Moraz!!! Yes! 
and i'll add some of my favorites...
Steve Winwood
Gregg Allman
Garth Hudson of The Band
Billy Payne of Little Feat
Felix Cavaliere of the Rascals
Roy Bittan of the E Street Band
Leon Russell
Alan Price of the Animals
just to name a few...
and i'll add some of my favorites...
Steve Winwood
Gregg Allman
Garth Hudson of The Band
Billy Payne of Little Feat
Felix Cavaliere of the Rascals
Roy Bittan of the E Street Band
Leon Russell
Alan Price of the Animals
just to name a few...
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Worm of Despite
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Not as technically skilled as keyboardists mentioned above, but I gotta give it up for Rick Wright of Pink Floyd. Reminds me that a distinct, memorable style is just as important/perhaps even more important than being able to play mind-numbingly fast.
"I support the destruction of the Think-Tank." - Avatar, August 2008
Agreed LF. There's a lot to be said for being able to play with emotion.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Wright, Emmerson, and Wakeman are all excellent.
And I would add Billy Preston on that list too.
And I would add Billy Preston on that list too.
Have you hugged your arghule today?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
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If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
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It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
________________________________________
If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
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It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
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Lord Mhoram
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you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Keith Jarrett
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Shawn Smith : Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhead.
www.shawnsmith.co.uk/
a soulful singer, saw him live with Brad. very emotive piano player.
www.shawnsmith.co.uk/
a soulful singer, saw him live with Brad. very emotive piano player.
Lenin, Marx
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
Whoa...Lucimay is including jazz pianists here? Is that entirely fair? 
For keyboardists in rock bands, my pick is Michael MacNeil of Simple Minds. Those of you who hate '80s synthesizer stuff can turn away, but for my money, no one else has approached the ethereal magnificence of MacNeil's work on the band's 1982 album New Gold Dream [81-82-83-84]. It's an early 80s masterpiece and one of my five or so all-time favorite albums by anybody.
For jazz pianists...uh...Diana Krall...and, uh...Keith Jarrett. Another favorite is Junko Onishi, but I only know her by her one album, Piano Quintet - but what an album! Yes, she's Japanese, and she composed her own pieces for that CD. Unfortunately, she seems to have fallen off the edge of the earth, because I haven't found anything else by her for years now.
And since we're at it: Classical pianists!
Keith Jarrett...Yep, he does both, and he does them superbly. Handel: Suites for Keyboard is a selection of Jarrett's own favorite keyboard compositions by Georg Handel. It's beguiling piano music, perfect for a lazy summer afternoon. But the classical recording that put me in serious awe of Jarrett was his performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues. It's an epic work for solo piano considered one of the most challenging in the classical repertoire, right along side Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Jarrett's recording is not a light listen, as it spans 2 CDs. But very rewarding if you're in the mood to sit through 2 hours of alternately meditative and explosive piano music.
Then there's Glenn Gould...god of Bach interpretation on the piano. Lightning-fast, mercurial virtuosity married with pointillistic clarity to produce a pianistic technique and sound that is all his own.
Christina Petrowska...goddess of contemporary classical interpretation. I've seen her in concert. Not afraid to tackle the bizarre and the bellicose in modern 20th century music (and beyond, heh). But neither is she afraid to play rapturous and beautiful stuff - like Ann Southam's dazzling Rivers "anthology" for solo piano. (Not all modern "serious" music is unlistenable dreck.)
My classical rave ends.
For keyboardists in rock bands, my pick is Michael MacNeil of Simple Minds. Those of you who hate '80s synthesizer stuff can turn away, but for my money, no one else has approached the ethereal magnificence of MacNeil's work on the band's 1982 album New Gold Dream [81-82-83-84]. It's an early 80s masterpiece and one of my five or so all-time favorite albums by anybody.
For jazz pianists...uh...Diana Krall...and, uh...Keith Jarrett. Another favorite is Junko Onishi, but I only know her by her one album, Piano Quintet - but what an album! Yes, she's Japanese, and she composed her own pieces for that CD. Unfortunately, she seems to have fallen off the edge of the earth, because I haven't found anything else by her for years now.
And since we're at it: Classical pianists!
Keith Jarrett...Yep, he does both, and he does them superbly. Handel: Suites for Keyboard is a selection of Jarrett's own favorite keyboard compositions by Georg Handel. It's beguiling piano music, perfect for a lazy summer afternoon. But the classical recording that put me in serious awe of Jarrett was his performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues. It's an epic work for solo piano considered one of the most challenging in the classical repertoire, right along side Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Jarrett's recording is not a light listen, as it spans 2 CDs. But very rewarding if you're in the mood to sit through 2 hours of alternately meditative and explosive piano music.
Then there's Glenn Gould...god of Bach interpretation on the piano. Lightning-fast, mercurial virtuosity married with pointillistic clarity to produce a pianistic technique and sound that is all his own.
Christina Petrowska...goddess of contemporary classical interpretation. I've seen her in concert. Not afraid to tackle the bizarre and the bellicose in modern 20th century music (and beyond, heh). But neither is she afraid to play rapturous and beautiful stuff - like Ann Southam's dazzling Rivers "anthology" for solo piano. (Not all modern "serious" music is unlistenable dreck.)
My classical rave ends.
of course i included jazz...a god is a god, right? and while i'm at it...
and
Monk
and
Monkyou're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
I can't believe no one's mentioned The Killer.
Jerry Lee Lewis.
Jerry Lee Lewis.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Lord Mhoram
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well...i'm not operating at full capacity today, Cail. mistaking Crimson lyrics for BS lyrics...sheesh...Cail wrote:I can't believe no one's mentioned The Killer.
Jerry Lee Lewis.
lets have a photo of Killer, shall we?
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~