Greatest Keyboard Player

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Permalink Reply by La Bocca della Verità on October 28, 2009 at 6:30pm

ehm I'm sorry mabe the link is missing?

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Permalink Reply by Melodic Revolution Records on October 28, 2009 at 6:42pm

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Banks_(musician)

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Permalink Reply by La Bocca della Verità on October 29, 2009 at 6:09am

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by LEGEND on November 11, 2009 at 8:39pm

Hi There

I think I can help with the information regarding Tony Banks' equipment list in the Gabriel era of Genesis PM me if you'd like to!

All the best
Steve (LEGEND)

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Permalink Reply by La Bocca della Verità on November 16, 2009 at 10:17am

Thanks, of course, send me please an email, ok? Thanks again!

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Permalink Reply by Lefteris Germenlis on November 6, 2009 at 8:39am

Speeking of prog metal i couldnt say anyone except Jordan Rudess. Has done so many inovative things in modern keyboard and prog metal..

But in prog generally Keith Emerson was a great keyboardist. open minded using one moment the craziest - spaciest effects under a psychedelic background and the next moment playing the creole dance with HIGH skills in piano... I admire him!! :-)

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Permalink Reply by Gravity Tree on November 8, 2009 at 12:07am

I'm not sure I would dare to say who's the greatest, most of these folks are playing at a very high level of proficiency in this genre.
I would put Patrick Moraz way up on my list;

Close in the running would be Herbie Hancock, who seems to be able to play in any style without losing his own. He's a marvel.

Also in there would be Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant, who had some of the best left-right independence I've heard or seen.

Eddie Jobson is still a favorite of mine - plus the fact that he's also a violinist. That's just sick.

Perhaps not as technically gifted, Roger Powell (Todd Rundgren's Utopia) is able to emote through the synthesizer in ways I've rarely heard otherwise, and is quite the inventor/mad scientist type, to boot.

I'm trying to decide if Wakeman is a better keyboardist than he is a comedian. (That's not a put-down: He once guest DJ'd at a local radio station and was the funniest guy I'd ever heard on the air.)

Finally, no one seems to give Tony Banks enough credit. His work wasn't always showy, just complex in a "can-you-really-play-all-of-that-at-once" sort of way. And, he just sat there - the opposite of guys like Emerson, so you often didn't perceive the level of difficulty just by watching him.

Those are my guys. Speaking of which, where are the women progressive rock keyboardists?

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Permalink Reply by Gene Williams on October 17, 2010 at 2:14am

'Speaking of which, where are the women progressive rock keyboardists?'

Hiromi!

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on November 8, 2009 at 7:04pm

i will put this in order of top ten

1. Rick Wakeman
2. Keith Emerson
3. Rick Van der Linden
4. Mike Ratledge
5. Chick Corea
6. Jordan Rudess
7. Claudio Simonetti
8. Klaus Schulze
9. Tony Banks
10. Jon Lord (of course)

and a whole lot more

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Permalink Reply by LEGEND on November 11, 2009 at 8:41pm

Hi There

Also speaking as a keys player I particularly rate the following

Thys van Leer - Focus (and my eldest son's named after him)
Tony Banks - Genesis
Tuomas Holopainen - Nightwish

But for me the ultimate keys player of all time has got to be: Richard Harvey - Gryphon

Anyway that's my penny's worth LOL
All the best
Steve )O(

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Permalink Reply by The Hyperion Circle on November 12, 2009 at 1:47pm

Keith Emerson rules, not only as a player but as a composer too.

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Permalink Reply by Bakullama on November 14, 2009 at 7:26pm

I like Mike Garson and the late Rick Wright. But the greatest prog keyboardist has to be Keith Emerson.

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