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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2015 at 20:00
Originally posted by Rick Robson Rick Robson wrote:

Artur Rubinstein
Sergei Rachmaninoff
(Not fair including any other classical composer of his calibre in these lists)
Claudio Arrau
Vangelis Papathanassiou
Rick Wakeman
 
TODAY:
Claudio Arrau
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sviatoslav Richter
Keith Emerson
Vangelis Papathanassiou
 
And I'd rather extend it to a Top 10 list, adding just 5 of my fave FEMALE piano players (having to put aside a bunch of others equally great):
 
Martha Argerich
Anne Fischer
Nikita Magalof
Hélène Grimauld
Maria Joao Pires
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2015 at 21:23
Richard Wright
David Sinclair
Dave Stewart
Robin Lumley
Peter Bardens
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2015 at 00:50
Richard Wright
Peter Bardens
Mark Kelly
Tony Banks
Jon Lord
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2015 at 03:37
Hugh Banton
Vittorio Nocenzi
Marian Varga
Rick Wakeman
Richard Wright
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2015 at 04:25
My faves will ALWAYS be Dave Stewart and Rick Wakeman.......
Then I can take : Bodin, Orford, Johnson, Wright, Schulze, Ratledge, Kelly, Croxford-Neale, Storlokken, Reed, Varty, Nolan, Morse, Pagliuca, Sinclair, Gowen, Auger, Crane, Emerson, Banton, Schmidt, Rogner, Lapaj, Manzarek, Froislie, Svalberg, Downes, Pilt, Blake, Houston, Bardens, Banks, Jan-Stips, Lord, Kumagai, Rudess...... ..........and still there's more..........
Top 5 -      laughable.................
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2015 at 05:20
Rick Wakeman
Tony Banks
Ikey Owens
Patrick Moraz
Martin Orford

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2015 at 05:49
1) Barbara Dennerlein

2) Chick Corea
3) Herbie Hancock
4) Dave Stewart
5) Rainer Brüninghaus

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2015 at 19:07
Stewart
Sinclair
Banton
Lord
Ratledge/Wright
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2015 at 22:34
1-Rick Wright
2-Keith Emerson
3-Rick Wakeman
4-Tony Banks
5-Freddie Mercury
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2015 at 23:37
Rick Wakeman
Keith Emerson
Jon Lord
Rick Wright
Ken Hensley
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2015 at 10:03
Keith Emerson
Jon Lord
Barry Miles 
Chick Corea
Robert Jan Stips

Shake & bake.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2015 at 14:38
Whew.....tough to name just 5.....

Dave Stewart
Dave Sinclair
Rick Wakeman
Dave Greenslade
Keith Emerson


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2015 at 15:13
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

1) Barbara Dennerlein
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2015 at 16:24
For my tastes:

Hugh Banton
Patrizio Fariselli
Dave Stewart/
Keith Tippett
Peter Hammill

Hammill's a bit of an odd pick, admittedly, but I think as a solo performer with voice his playing is so distinctive and fitting. Also very fond of Dr John's playing.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2015 at 01:18
Some keyboardist in my top 10 that have yet to be mentioned...

Kit Watkins
George Duke
Mark Stein
Garth Hudson

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2015 at 09:59
1. Herbie Hancock 
2. Keith Emerson
3. Rick Wakemen 
4. Mike Ratledge
5. Francis Monkman
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2015 at 10:18
Originally posted by threaz threaz wrote:

Emerson

Wakeman
Bardens
Banks
Sinclair
As wonderful a list as one will ever find. Thanks for keeping it real.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 21 2015 at 06:00
For 5 you get 10...

Keith Emerson
Rick Wakeman
Patrick Moraz
Don Airey
Tony Banks
Jon Lord
Dave Stewart
George Duke
Herbie Hancock
Richard Wright

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2015 at 07:32
No love for Alan Gowan?  The Canterbury crowd used to go 'round his house and find sheets of music he'd written but nobody could play....Gowan was a special talent, just not a very social one.
 
Joe Zawinul!  
Bill Evans....I don't want to include non-fusion jazz guys, but Bill put out some albums where he played wild electric keyboards/Rhodes (Quintessence - a great album).
 Keith Tippett.....man, that guy could get out there but still keep things hummable.
Carla Bley.....not on technique alone, but composition-wise there is no better IMO.
 
 
 
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