Cactus Choir wrote: I've read loads of interviews with Emerson over the years and can't recall him ever mentioning Triumvirat or Jurgen Fritz. The keyboardists he most often talks about are jazz players like Brother Jack McDuff, Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson, and on the more rock side of things Brian Auger, Jon Lord and Don Shinn. He did once say the first pianist he ever liked was Russ Conway!

Cactus Choir wrote: I've read loads of interviews with Emerson over the years and can't recall him ever mentioning Triumvirat or Jurgen Fritz. The keyboardists he most often talks about are jazz players like Brother Jack McDuff, Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson, and on the more rock side of things Brian Auger, Jon Lord and Don Shinn. He did once say the first pianist he ever liked was Russ Conway!

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richardh wrote: I'm sure he also stated he had a lot of respect for Dudley Moore who was a very fine pianist in his spare time In rock terms Jon Lord was the one he admired most I think. Lord was probably the most qualified classical styled rock organist.

I remember Emerson saying he was really into Dudley Moore, and when you listen to Moore's piano work, Emerson's does sound quite similar.

Rick Wakeman and Jon Lord played together at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011. Keith Emerson was meant to be there too but I think health problems prevented it. Sadly of course we will never now see these three keyboard Titans on stage together.





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^PFM were really big in Canada, too, even flying over at a last minute notice to play a high school in my native Ottawa! (And their live album Cook, i believe was recorded in Toronto.)

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moshkito wrote: richardh wrote: ... I'm sure he also stated he had a lot of respect for Dudley Moore who was a very fine pianist in his spare time In rock terms Jon Lord was the one he admired most I think. Lord was probably the most qualified classical styled rock organist.   I like Keith's music ...   A LOT ... but in many ways, it never really went past the "pop machine" that they ended up representing and becoming ... and that (I think) hurt their music ... not that I did not like the fun stuff like the sheriff and what not, but it took away from the rest of the music and its depth and seriousness. To this day, I still believe so!

In 2001 it appeared that Fritz was going to record a new Triumvirat album http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRHKhx9KK7w and one day there was a live web conference in which he accepted questions from fans. I asked him if he had ever met Keith Emerson, and he said that he did get to meet Emmo backstage before a televised ELP concert.  Emerson's only comment on meeting Fritz was "Oh, you're that guy from that band." And Emerson went right back to warming up for the ELP performance. So Jurgen did get to meet his idol, but it must have been an ego-deflating experience, no doubt. I also asked how to make a Double Dimple, and I was told "have a glass large enough!" After that, nothing came of the new Triumvirat project, but digitally remastered versions of their classic albums were released, so it was not a total loss. 

Edited by dsitzes - December 12 2013 at 22:28

dsitzes wrote: In 2001 it appeared that Fritz was going to record a new Triumvirat album http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRHKhx9KK7w and one day there was a live web conference in which he accepted questions from fans. I asked him if he had ever met Keith Emerson, and he said that he did get to meet Emmo backstage before a televised ELP concert.  Emerson's only comment on meeting Fritz was "Oh, you're that guy from that band." And Emerson went right back to warming up for the ELP performance. So Jurgen did get to meet his idol, but it must have been an ego-deflating experience, no doubt. I also asked how to make a Double Dimple, and I was told "have a glass large enough!" After that, nothing came of the new Triumvirat project, but digitally remastered versions of their classic <span style="line-height: 1.2;">albums were released, so it was not a total loss. </span>

More evidence that sometimes you're better off not meeting your idols. Fortunately, it's easier today to garner feedback on certain personalities than to simply rely on hearsay like in the '80s/'90s and further back.

Now here's an arrogant comment (like comparing chalk and cheese though) - Dave Stewart strikes me as a technically better keyboardist than Emerson. Better sound, better playing - different style, but better in my ears. Heck, I never heard Emerson play like Ratledge (nor Ratledge play like Emerson ).....

Keith Emerson 'arrogant'??! I don't believe it!