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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote giselle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2016 at 09:41
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Mariŕn Varga has got to be one of the most overlooked players out there. I was looking for some old footage but I could only find new stuff. An old man by now but he can still play like the wind:



Pleasant rather than stirring, but thank you for the interesting link.
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There are waaaay to many to mention, but one deserves a nod:   Alan Gowen......the tragic hero of prog keys. 
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Vittorio Nocenzi Clap
You may see a smile on Tony Banks´ face but that´s unlikely.
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Isaiah Randolph „Ikey” Owens [R.I.P.] (The Mars Volta),
Michał Łapaj (Riverside),
Matt Langley (Fair To Midland).
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Originally posted by Son.of.Tiresias Son.of.Tiresias wrote:

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toss in Gianni and I'll give one of the greats of Prog keyboard work...


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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Son.of.Tiresias Son.of.Tiresias wrote:

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toss in Gianni and I'll give one of the greats of Prog keyboard work...



Si, if not the greatest keyboard work... Grazie molto Big smile
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ummm one of...not... not the greatest.. that has to belong to Gianni Leone and is the centerpiece of what can't be considered as anything but the greatest keyboard based album ever.

Introduzione man...  that thing is and forever will be centerpiece of the definition of ass kickery in the prog rock dictionary.
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Has anybody mentioned László Benkő from Omega already?


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Rick Wakeman
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Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Has anybody mentioned László Benkő from Omega already?


Who ?? Laszlo 'Wakeman' King Magyar !!
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

ummm one of...not... not the greatest.. that has to belong to Gianni Leone and is the centerpiece of what can't be considered as anything but the greatest keyboard based album ever.

Introduzione man...  that thing is and forever will be centerpiece of the definition of ass kickery in the prog rock dictionary.
Ah, for sure Gianni Leone of Il Balletto di Bronzo is a great instrumentalist and his style defines the heavies alongside Keith Emerson´s...
but I personally prefer more classical and melodic style of the Nocenzi Bros.
A fine document of their force can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INZUSrytMko
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William D. Drake should be mentioned.
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Originally posted by Son.of.Tiresias Son.of.Tiresias wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

ummm one of...not... not the greatest.. that has to belong to Gianni Leone and is the centerpiece of what can't be considered as anything but the greatest keyboard based album ever.

Introduzione man...  that thing is and forever will be centerpiece of the definition of ass kickery in the prog rock dictionary.
Ah, for sure Gianni Leone of Il Balletto di Bronzo is a great instrumentalist and his style defines the heavies alongside Keith Emerson´s...
but I personally prefer more classical and melodic style of the Nocenzi Bros.
A fine document of their force can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INZUSrytMko


I can dig that...

ahhh...  yeah. I can see that and respect that.. but I see it this way. If I want to hear hear classical and melodic.. I put on Rachmaninoff...

if I want to hear prog keyboards.. I want to hear keyboards take over the cliched guitar lead and DRIVE the music and have kick ass solos thundering melodies, dissonant and aggressive playing  and all kinds of that Progessive stuff man.

It is prog man.. it can rock hard and not be all fairies stoned soporific, and light in their loafers Genesis clones man....and it is rarely better than when keyboards take center stage


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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

William D. Drake should be mentioned.


Clap. His solo albums are things of beauty!
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yeah... I second that darling.  I heard that album you were listening to the other day. i really... REALLY enjoyed that. Clap
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Technically

1.- Vittorio Nocenzi
2.- Patrick Moraz
3.- Juergen Fritz
4.- Pär Lindh 
6.- Marian Varga


Keyboardist & Composers

1.- Wakeman
2.- Banks
3.- Emerson


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I'm lovin' Tom Doncourt's (Cathedral) use of Mellotron today.
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Does Jon Lord register as 'proggy' enough? He does to me!
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