Favourite Keys Player

Uh oh. I just had a V8 moment about this thread just now.

I'd like to add another favorite keyboard player of mine, which I've checked the past posts here, and no one has yet to mention.

He's a bit more known for his guitar abilities, but he was, actually, classically trained on the keys before he began playing the guitar. And is certainly worth mentioning here.


Tony MacAlpine
 
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Chick Corea, Eddie Jobson, Kieth Emerson, & Elton John are just a few that come to mind.

I have really been on a synth kick lately. It seems to be my favorite instrument to listen to right now. Maybe one day when I have some extra cash, I will get a Mini-Moog or an old Yamaha synth.
 
I have really been on a synth kick lately. It seems to be my favorite instrument to listen to right now. Maybe one day when I have some extra cash, I will get a Mini-Moog or an old Yamaha synth.

Explain synth kick?! Is it just an electronic kick drum or one of the whizz-bang devices where the sound is always programmed different.
 
Explain synth kick?! Is it just an electronic kick drum or one of the whizz-bang devices where the sound is always programmed different.

No, LOL. Sorry, odd wording on my part, I didn't think about the way the word kick would be seen on a drum forum. As in synth kick: I mean I have been listening to a lot of music with synth/keys lately. Much more than usual.

Oh yeah, can't forget George Duke, another great player.
 
I love keyboard players...would probably be my second instrument if I wasn't so obsessed with drums.

My favorites are more on the jazz/fusion side -
Jeff Loerber
Gregg Karukas
Alex Bugnon
Ramsey Lewis
 
Dorothy Donegan (very seldom hear her name mentioned, but one of the all-time greats, and one of my personal favorites) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boGfkb-vW2A
Jimmy Smith (baddest SOB that every touched a B-3) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYosYlqiBOk&feature=related
Nat King Cole (yeah, a lot of people have no idea how good of a pianist he was - for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50efrirBImc)
Albert Ammons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIVJw8yX6GY
Pete Johnson
Meade Lux Lewis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_wHq8MsjU
Oscar Peterson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHr6ZZxb3G4
Count Basie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3drqJ1bUmEA
Art Tatum - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTw6epdq7g
Bobby Timmons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2je_TvW549E&feature=related
Thelonious Monk
Bill Evans
Andre Previn
Fats Waller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5T2TfC9K1s
Joe Zawinul
Ahmad Jamal
Teddy Wilson
Earl Hines
Otis Spann
Pinetop Perkins
Big Maceo Merriweather - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadjOl88o-0
 
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Ok...


This time I'll keep it to only one. Here's my list, inpo:


Keith Emerson




He's all I need in MY list. Thanks.


That's a hard list to argue with!

Honorable mention goes to Eddie Jobson for his playing on the Curved Air album "Air Cut". Rick Wakeman on "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge" is also worth a listen.

Of course there are a myriad of great classical pianists and quite a few good jazz pianists....
 
Mark Mothersbaugh - Devo
Nick Rhodes - Duran Duran
 
These are not who I think are the "best" keys players, but rather my favourite to listen to.

Richard Wright - Pink Floyd

Vince Guaraldi - best known for the Charlie Brown music

Chris Martin - Coldplay

Glenn Frey - The Eagles
 
benjamin britten
debussy,
rachmaninov,
beethoven,
arvo pärt,
philip glass,
jan johansson,
esbjörn svensson

thelonious monk
horace silver
keith jarret
and of course the Palmieri Brothers
 
Quite good list, I forgot about the classical stuff.


benjamin britten
debussy,
rachmaninov,
beethoven,
arvo pärt,
philip glass,
jan johansson,
esbjörn svensson

thelonious monk
horace silver
keith jarret
and of course the Palmieri Brothers
 
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