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Points: 26 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2013 at 15:39
some of my favorites in no particular order
Marian Varga
Jon Lord
Larry Young
Joe Zawinul
Sun Ra
Herbie Hancock
John Medski
Klaus Schultze
Brian Eno
Patrick Moraz
Dave Stewart ( The other Dave
Stewart)
Vincent Crane
Thijes Van Leer
Vitoria Nocenzi
Bill Evans
Oscar Peterson
Art Tatum
Horace Silver
anyone associated with Tangerine Dream in the early 70's
Esbjorn S.
That should be a good start
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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

Originally posted by Ytse_Jam Ytse_Jam wrote:

That's a great pic, too bad we can't have a "prog pictures gallery" section in PA
We can have a thread.
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Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

Hiromi Uehara..........and she looks better than all the before mentioned.
Because she is a girl?
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A small list which is in no way complete:

Chick Corea
Joe Zawinul
Mike Ratledge(can't believe he hasn't been mentioned yet).
Dave Sinclair(can't believe he hasn't been mentioned yet).
Dave Stewart
Kerry Minnear
Sven Grünberg(a local keyboard wizard from my own little country from a short lived group called Mess and his later solo stuff).
Michael Kobs(Thirsty Moon)

Mess is here:
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Esbjorn Svensson
Tigran Hamasyan
Leszek Mozdzer
Gabriel Dupont
Bojan Z

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Hiromi Uehara..........and she looks better than all the before mentioned.
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http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2479
 
RIP


Edited by Svetonio - December 23 2012 at 18:48
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All I can say is that he plays in a band that sorta rhymes with Pakistan, and that he played the meanest organ in a tune called Nine Feet Underground...
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One reason why I like Emerson is because of the way he is a keyboard orchestrator.  I don't think any
other rock-oriented keyboardist has done more creative overdubbing.  Of course, early Larry Fast, Tomita, and
Vangelis are his equals, but even though I like the other usual suspects, because they were working in bigger
bands, their overdubbing wasn't really a mastered art.  Even in solo work, Wakeman seems to often use a 
rock ensemble, and his orchestration isn't as interesting.  Emerson invents very good synthesizer sounds, and in that
respect, he is a real synthesist, which isn't very common in rock keyboardists.


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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

Originally posted by Ytse_Jam Ytse_Jam wrote:

That's a great pic, too bad we can't have a "prog pictures gallery" section in PA
A gallery of hi-quality prog pics from all over the internet would be great!
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Tony Banks is best; Wakeman is excellent; Emerson is superb.  Almost forgot Eddie Jobson - so underrated.  And, I will also mention Mark Kelly (Marillion)...
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Points: 5160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 03:45
Originally posted by Ytse_Jam Ytse_Jam wrote:

That's a great pic, too bad we can't have a "prog pictures gallery" section in PA
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Points: 5160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2012 at 11:32

Besides those many greats already mentioned I would give some mention to:

Pete Bardens
Par Lindh
Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren (difficult to guess which one of them was playing what in studio albums)
Clive Nolan
Neal Morse
 
but also many out of the prog world, I bet that even Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman appreciate these guys (to be watched till the end, don't give up too soon)
 
 
 
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Points: 195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2012 at 09:25
Actually the most important keyboard player of the rock era - Billy Ritchie of 123/Clouds. Others took it further, but he was the starting point.
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Points: 68 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2012 at 02:06
Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

[QUOTE=mister nobody]omg no Kerry Minnear.
Shocked I know. Can you really have a "Best Keyboardist" thread without him and still retain credibility? I'm not so sure.

Not to mention Billy Cobham.
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No there is not. Kerry Minnear is the best  Keybordist but not the most popular.
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Points: 7514 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2012 at 00:48
My friend, Herb Schildt, formerly of Starcastle.  To know Herb is to love him.  Remarkable man with huge talent.  
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Points: 2549 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2012 at 23:07
I'm gonna be a conformist today and go with Tony Banks like everyone else.
I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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