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Topic: Wind & string players in prog bands Posted: November 15 2013 at 23:54
Simple: who's your favourite of these wind and string players, based on their performances on said instruments (rather than on their other instruments/vocals/compositions)? Most were or are members of prog rock bands, except the bottom three, who are well known session musicians. I'm allowing multiple votes, due to the number of contenders.
I've intentionally not included the JR/F scene (because obviously that's an entirely different ballgame for the importance of wind and brass instruments, and then I'd have to include Miles Davis, which would be unfair on all the others!) and I also haven't included any of the many players of these instruments involved with Univers Zero and Art Zoyd, because I'm not sure that the individual players are well known, and I was running out of room.
I included the Shulman brothers as one entry, again because I was running out of room, and because they often all play the same instruments, so I'm not sure that people know who's playing what on any given GG song.
Apart from that, I tried to get a varied selection, and I apologise profusely for those I have left out!
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Posted: November 16 2013 at 00:13
I think you have a really nice selection! Props on including the KC session players too! Their contributions definitely deserve recognition
That being said, my pick is David Jackson. Godbluff alone is enough to cement that in my mind, but then add the other stellar parts he played across VDGG's other albums, and his lead in my book is gigantic.
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Posted: November 16 2013 at 04:43
Another one who deserves a mention is Jim Lockhart of Horslips. He's an incredible flute player (much more technical than Anderson, Gabriel or Latimer) and also plays the Uillean pipes as well as being brilliant on the keyboards.
And Charlie O'Connor is a superb fiddle player in the band too.
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Posted: November 16 2013 at 12:08
Have to go with the leader here, Ian Anderson (as usual), followed by Jean-Luc Ponty. Maybe they should collaborate sometime.
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Posted: November 17 2013 at 11:38
Ian Anderson. No performer on this list so thoroughly brought his instrument - and a decidedly secondary instrument in rock at that - to the forefront than Ian.
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