Beautiful Piano Prog?

Icarium wrote: Rick Davis side of Supertramp and some of Rodgers supertramp tracks is full of grand piano. Some melodic but also Rick could do intricate things as well. The solo on Child of Vision is genious.

Already mentioned, but I go with Iamthemorning and Renaissance.

Good songs with very little technical ability, though very melodic, emotional/moving?

micky wrote: Tillerman88 wrote: I go with something probably new to people here but sure more "progressive" and that really smokes so many piano 'prog' when it comes to elegant and beautiful piano music. I'm talking about Billy Joel, his album "Fantasies & Delusions" is sheer brilliance. well you got me there....not many can do that but showing my age in saying Billy Joel lost me after Glass houses... the first album I smoked dope to in fact.  Downhill after that.. for him..and for me hahah I haven't heard that one.

Edited by Tillerman88 - April 21 2018 at 14:56

These are my very favorites:

Tillerman88 wrote: Icarium wrote: Rick Davis side of Supertramp and some of Rodgers supertramp tracks is full of grand piano. Some melodic but also Rick could do intricate things as well. The solo on Child of Vision is genious.   Well, there are times when a 'simple' piano collaboration is even more outstanding than that, taking the song to another level. One example of that is Sabbath's Air Dance, Don Airey's flat out magic touch on that song definitely helped making it as enjoyable as most of the Supertramp tracks, let alone it is undoubtedly a pretty more rocking tune imb....

I think Rick Davies of Supertramp might be my very favorite. He has such great taste, and in the studio, never plays an extra note, leaves space. Though it's very simple, the piano solo on "School" is a great one. Funny thing is, each guy play their best solos on the OTHER guys' song (Hodgson's guitar solo on "Waiting so Long"). Child of Vision is amazing, too.. I think the Am-F riff on "Crime of the Century" might be the best ever, even though it took 30 seconds to figure it out.

Another thing that sometimes gets lost are the chords. "Just a Normal Day" would be one example, but also how they fit together.

^ Indeed. Fragile was my first Yes album, and at first it was somewhat difficult to understand. That piano part was one of the hooks that kept me listening to the album over and over again until I finally clicked and became one of my favourite albums up until now.

terramystic wrote: Rachel Flowers - the definite prog pianist.