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KEYBOARD WIZARDS - THE ULTIMATE ANTHOLOGY

Various Artists (Concept albums & Themed compilations)

 

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erik neuteboom
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3 stars If you dont't own many DVD's from Classic Rock Legends this DVD will be a fine experience and I'm sure you will enjoy the images from Keith Emerson (The Barbarian from '70) with his exciting play on the Hammond organ, the amazing runs from Rick Wakeman during Anne Boleyn ('Nineties version') or the underrated skills from Vincent Crane with his unique Hammond organ play (Breakthrough with Atomic Rooster). Other featured wizards are Jon Lord (Wring That Neck in the Seventies, more a Ritchie Blackmore solo spot!), Geoff Downes (mellow solo piece), David Sinclair (re-union tour), Carl Jenkins (early footage with captivating interplay between guitar and Minimoog), Thijs van Leer (Focus line-up from his recent tour) and Ken Hensley (special guest during Uriah Heep's Magician Birthday's Party" in December 2001). Lots of exciting stuff but not for me because the Classic Rock Legends label used the footage from their earlier released DVD's (ELP, Atomic Rooster, Focus, Asia, etc.). In my opinion this DVD is both a pleasant experience as a cheap way to earn money from the, in general, wealthy progheads. I hope that another label will release a 'keyboard wizard' DVD with more rare or unreleased footage, including keyboard wizards like Rick van der Linden, Don Airey or Peter Bardens. By the way, the 'bonus feature' contains two tracks with 'the next generation of keyboard wizards', according to Classic Rock Legends these are Iain Jennings from Mostly Autumn and Jonathan Edwards from Karnataka.... I had other musicians in mind like Toshio Egawa, Ryo Okumoto, Lalo Huber or Guy LeBlanc but these don't belong belong to the Classic Rock Legend label. Say no more....
erik neuteboom | 3/5 |

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