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    Posted: November 21 2018 at 11:54
That guy from area... he is a genious.
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Rick Wright,I hate when people says Pink Floyd is underrated Rick Wright is the ne who gives the more emotions and he's a master of chord progression. Rick Wakeman is my 2nd favorite,Keith Emerson is my third favorite and the Tony Banks,Patrick Moraz and Kerry Minear.
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[Tony Banks- In the 70's someone in prog ranked him as the 11th most talented keyboardist and he responded, "Who the F_ck are the other 10 keyboardists"]

It wasn't in the 70's. It was just before his prog god award and according to the journalist he was ranked twelfth best keyboardist(not 11). Tony's response was "who the f**k were the other eleven?" 

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The best?

Peter Bardens
Patrick Moraz
Jordan Rudess
Kit Watkins
Ray Manzarek (the doors were prog right? Early prog)
Tomas Bodin
Geddy Lee (obviously he played keyboards too)
Geoff Downes
Kerry Minnear
Mike Pinder
Martin Orford
Mark Kelly
Tony Kaye
Richard Barbieri
Larry Fast
Jan Hammer

Then of course there are the obvious ones such as:

Tony Banks
Rick Wakeman
Vangelis
Keith Emerson
Eddie Jobson

Several others
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Originally posted by deafmoon deafmoon wrote:

The Nocenzi Brothers...freakin' keyboard mafia!
Tony Banks, Martion Orford, Dave Stewart, Patrick Moraz and  
John Tout was a damn fine pianist IMHO.


For me John Tout is just as important for the classic sound of Renaissance that I love as Annie Haslam herself. It's just the combination of that voice with that piano.
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Rick Wakeman
Keith Emerson
George Duke
John Evan
John Lord
Herbie Hancock
Peter Bardens
The Nocenzi brothers(Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso)
Kerry Minnear- One of the most talented virtuoso musicians- only keryboardist I know who does an xylophone solo.
Tony Banks- In the 70's someone in prog ranked him as the 11th most talented keyboardist and he responded, "Who the F_ck are the other 10 keyboardists"
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Any mentions of Will Gregory from Goldfrapp?
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Originally posted by motorheadace1 motorheadace1 wrote:

Dave greenfield of the stranglers is a genius and 'golden brown' doesn't get the air play it used to. but i put it on and everyone is wow! this is amazing. they still make the rounds. Werner of Jane is a keyboard player with tricks up-his sleeve.
 

My favourite synth solo of all time is on Nice N Sleazy and this is coming from a massive Emerson fan!
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Anyone here hear E.L.P.'s Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival '72 since its 2011 CD release. A real testament to how good a keyboardist Keith was and just a clean, well-recorded performance (and containing Tarkus and Pictures At An Exhibition [See Neu!mann's excellent review on the Prog Archives site]). Then there's Banks, Wakeman, and Banton who come to mind with guys like Robin Lumley and Dave Stewart somewhere in the mix.
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I guess I'm just not very original when I say Emerson and Wakeman.

However, I've seen lots of love thrown Jordan Rudess' way.  I would also throw some at his two predecessors, Derek Sherinen and especially Kevin Moore.  
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The Nocenzi Brothers...freakin' keyboard mafia!
Tony Banks, Martion Orford, Dave Stewart, Patrick Moraz and  
John Tout was a damn fine pianist IMHO.


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Dave greenfield of the stranglers is a genius and 'golden brown' doesn't get the air play it used to. but i put it on and everyone is wow! this is amazing. they still make the rounds. Werner of Jane is a keyboard player with tricks up-his sleeve.
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Kerry Minnear!!!

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Richard Wright
The most dangerous man in America.
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  • Keith Emersom
  • Rick Wakeman
  • Jordon Rudas
  • Tony Banks
  • John Tout
  • Chick Corea
  • Jan Hammer
  • George Duke
  • Joe Zawinul
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Vittorio Nocenzi
  
Tony Banks, Stuart Wolstenholme, Dave Greenslade, Flavio Premoli, Keith Emerson, Pit Corradi, Tony Kaye, Ken Hensley, Patrick Moraz, Thjis van Leer, Elisa Montaldo, Emmanuelle Tarasconi, Tony Pacliuca, Richard Wright, Kerry Minnear, Peter Bardens, Gianni Leone, Pietro Pellegrini, Mike Pinder, Jon Lord, Joe Zawinul, Beppe Crovella, Enrico Olivier, Rick Wakeman, Gianni Nocenzi ...


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Some of my favorites: Tony Banks, Richard Wright, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Dave Sinclair, Kerry Minnear, Pete Bardens, Martin Orford, Dave Stewart, and Patrick Moraz. 
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^^ Brace yourself: You'll have to go back to page nine to see the last time he was mentioned in this poll. Topic search shows that six people other than you mention Ratledge, which isn't much considering how many pages this topic has run. I would have expected him to get mentioned more.

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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Hey, at least we got George Duke in!
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