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Thread started 06/22/06 2:54pm

nurse

Best Piano Players

Who are some of your favorite piano players music? Of course the number one pick would have to be Prince. Also, Ray Charles was a wonderful player. I would also have to include Alicia Keys and John Legend in this category cool . Name some more great key players typing.
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Reply #1 posted 06/22/06 3:01pm

RipHer2Shreds

nurse said:

Who are some of your favorite piano players music? Of course the number one pick would have to be Prince. Also, Ray Charles was a wonderful player. I would also have to include Alicia Keys and John Legend in this category cool . Name some more great key players typing.


No, it wouldn't have to be. lol He's good, but I wouldn't even list him as a favorite. I much prefer him as a guitarist.

Stevie Wonder
Patrice Rushen
Steve Winwood
Liberace (laugh, but the dude was a genius at the keys)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Hazel Scott
Little Richard
Elton John
Roberta Flack

Those are the popular ones I like. Then there are the great jazz pianists that I don't even know much about.
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Reply #2 posted 06/22/06 3:13pm

nurse

RipHer2Shreds said:

nurse said:

Who are some of your favorite piano players music? Of course the number one pick would have to be Prince. Also, Ray Charles was a wonderful player. I would also have to include Alicia Keys and John Legend in this category cool . Name some more great key players typing.


No, it wouldn't have to be. lol He's good, but I wouldn't even list him as a favorite. I much prefer him as a guitarist.

Stevie Wonder
Patrice Rushen
Steve Winwood
Liberace (laugh, but the dude was a genius at the keys)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Hazel Scott
Little Richard
Elton John
Roberta Flack

Those are the popular ones I like. Then there are the great jazz pianists that I don't even know much about.




Stevie Wonder and Elton John thumbs up!.
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Reply #3 posted 06/22/06 3:14pm

FunkJam

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Of course Prince is one of the best! Just listen to Madhouse 8 and the song 4 especially. Another REALLY good piano player is Nobuo Uematsu who does music for the Final Fantasy games and movies.
"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system" - Bruce Lee
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Reply #4 posted 06/22/06 3:16pm

nurse

FunkJam said:

Of course Prince is one of the best! Just listen to Madhouse 8 and the song 4 especially. Another REALLY good piano player is Nobuo Uematsu who does music for the Final Fantasy games and movies.




These are great songs and even though I don't know the artist-they are worthy of a mention because the music for these games are wonderful wink .
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Reply #5 posted 06/22/06 3:22pm

jacktheimprovi
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Well most of my first choices would come from the world of jazz

Duke ellington
Count Basie
Bud Powell
Thelonious Monk
Oscar Peterson
Herbie Hancock
Bill Evans
Dave Brubeck
Art Tatum (this guy'll blow your mind)
Eddie Palmieri
McCoy Tyner

Some from other genres

Ivory Joe Hunter (funk brothers)
Nicky Hopkins (with the Who, The rolling stones and others)
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Donny Hathaway
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (se the variations of A vous dire je maman)
Rachmaninoff (duh)
Lizt
Earl Van Dyke (funk brothers)
Bernie Worrell
Sly Stone (not super high on the technical side maybe, but I love his style on piano and organ)
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Reply #6 posted 06/22/06 3:26pm

manki

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I can't even list the numbers of great pianopeople I love,
so I just name one. Duke Ellington.Pure genious!
/peace Manki
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Reply #7 posted 06/22/06 3:39pm

nurse

manki said:

I can't even list the numbers of great pianopeople I love,
so I just name one. Duke Ellington.Pure genious!
/peace Manki




worship worship worship
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Reply #8 posted 06/22/06 3:52pm

jacktheimprovi
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nurse said:

manki said:

I can't even list the numbers of great pianopeople I love,
so I just name one. Duke Ellington.Pure genious!
/peace Manki




worship worship worship


Oh yes, his piano intro to Take the A-train is among my favorite pieces of music ever. Duke may not be as technically proficient as some of the other jazz guys, but in terms of pure feel he's definitely my favorite.
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Reply #9 posted 06/22/06 4:00pm

Slave2daGroove

jacktheimprovident said:

Well most of my first choices would come from the world of jazz

Duke ellington
Count Basie
Bud Powell
Thelonious Monk
Oscar Peterson
Herbie Hancock
Bill Evans
Dave Brubeck
Art Tatum (this guy'll blow your mind)
Eddie Palmieri
McCoy Tyner

Some from other genres

Ivory Joe Hunter (funk brothers)
Nicky Hopkins (with the Who, The rolling stones and others)
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Donny Hathaway
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (se the variations of A vous dire je maman)
Rachmaninoff (duh)
Lizt
Earl Van Dyke (funk brothers)
Bernie Worrell
Sly Stone (not super high on the technical side maybe, but I love his style on piano and organ)


Great list, I'd add Beethoven, Pintop Perkins, Otis Span, Joe Turner and Doctor John
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Reply #10 posted 06/22/06 4:07pm

JackieBlue

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Keith Jarrett
Patrice Rushen
Joe Sample
Herbie Hancock
Eliane Elias
Kenny Barron
Stevie Wonder
Bob James
Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off
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Reply #11 posted 06/22/06 6:02pm

GangstaFam

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Reply #12 posted 06/22/06 6:44pm

2freaky4church
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Don't forget Ben Folds. I cannot forget nobody mentioned Rentato Neto. He plays his fucking ass off. why do you think Prince loves him? He comes close to outplaying him.
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #13 posted 06/22/06 7:30pm

Adisa

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Other than dozens of the ones already mentioned...

worship Richard Smallwood worship
I'm sick and tired of the Prince fans being sick and tired of the Prince fans that are sick and tired!
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Reply #14 posted 06/22/06 7:34pm

JasonStar

Stevie and Elton I would imagine are great

Ray was obviously great

Beyond what was said, Billy Joel comes to mind..
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Reply #15 posted 06/22/06 8:01pm

Ottensen

I'm going through a very heavy Keith Jarrett phase this week ( just the solo piano stuff)...if only he weren't so arrogant, sometimes I have a problem listening to him because he behaves like an ass. However, his recording of 'I Love You Porgy' from "The Melody at Night, With You" will rip you apart fit fit fit
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Reply #16 posted 06/22/06 8:50pm

manki

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jacktheimprovident said:

nurse said:





worship worship worship


Oh yes, his piano intro to Take the A-train is among my favorite pieces of music ever. Duke may not be as technically proficient as some of the other jazz guys, but in terms of pure feel he's definitely my favorite.

Technically or not never meant anything to me.It's how soulful your playing
is that important.Duke Ellington was a musical genious just by his incredible arrangments,but it was when hearing recordings of him just alone playing
his stuff on the piano.So haunting,soulful & beutiful it totally floored me.
Of course he was a master composer also.
/peace Manki
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Reply #17 posted 06/22/06 9:25pm

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I think Jazz players would send most other categories to school... No one mentioned Chick Corea, Art Tatum, and there's a new 18 yr.old prodigy named Eldar Djangirov who is PHENOMINAL!
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Reply #18 posted 06/22/06 11:18pm

ThreadBare

For varying feels and styles, these tend to be my faves...

Chick Corea
Marcus Roberts
Herbie Hancock
Aretha Franklin
Joe Sample
Greg Phillinganes
Michael O. Jackson
Lisa Coleman
Patrice Rushen
George Duke
Natalie Merchant
Oscar Peterson
Brad Mehldau

Oscar & Brad edit.
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Reply #19 posted 06/22/06 11:21pm

ThreadBare

2freaky4church1 said:

Don't forget Ben Folds. I cannot forget nobody mentioned Rentato Neto. He plays his fucking ass off. why do you think Prince loves him? He comes close to outplaying him.


I'd have to disagree. Renato comes off as a consummate pianist, compared with Prince's tasteful skills. RN burns.
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Reply #20 posted 06/22/06 11:27pm

jacktheimprovi
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sdekm1 said:

I think Jazz players would send most other categories to school... No one mentioned Chick Corea, Art Tatum, and there's a new 18 yr.old prodigy named Eldar Djangirov who is PHENOMINAL!


hey I mentioned art tatum
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Reply #21 posted 06/23/06 12:24am

manki

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ThreadBare said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Don't forget Ben Folds. I cannot forget nobody mentioned Rentato Neto. He plays his fucking ass off. why do you think Prince loves him? He comes close to outplaying him.


I'd have to disagree. Renato comes off as a consummate pianist, compared with Prince's tasteful skills. RN burns.

I totally second that opnion.Renato got these technical skills,but
personally his playing don't touch me.Dr Fink is my hero!
/peace Manki
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Reply #22 posted 06/23/06 12:25am

ThreadBare

manki said:

ThreadBare said:



I'd have to disagree. Renato comes off as a consummate pianist, compared with Prince's tasteful skills. RN burns.

I totally second that opnion.Renato got these technical skills,but
personally his playing don't touch me.Dr Fink is my hero!
/peace Manki


No, i meant the opposite. RN would school P.
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Reply #23 posted 06/23/06 12:49am

sdekm1

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jacktheimprovident said:

sdekm1 said:

I think Jazz players would send most other categories to school... No one mentioned Chick Corea, Art Tatum, and there's a new 18 yr.old prodigy named Eldar Djangirov who is PHENOMINAL!


hey I mentioned art tatum

Whooops! Missed it! err
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Reply #24 posted 06/23/06 12:49am

Krytonite

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Monty Alexander
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Reply #25 posted 06/23/06 1:17am

CaptainJack

Billy Joel
Listen to the intro to "Angry Young Man," or the piano solo in the middle of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant." That is some crazy shit. The man is good.
He's classical piano works should also be mentioned, he didn't perform them, and I know they were too difficult for him to play, but he wrote them, and that's some good musicianship right there.

Billy Joel is much better than Stevie Wonder. But, don't get me wrong, I love him too.
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Reply #26 posted 06/23/06 1:20am

CaptainJack

Slave2daGroove said:

jacktheimprovident said:

Well most of my first choices would come from the world of jazz

Duke ellington
Count Basie
Bud Powell
Thelonious Monk
Oscar Peterson
Herbie Hancock
Bill Evans
Dave Brubeck
Art Tatum (this guy'll blow your mind)
Eddie Palmieri
McCoy Tyner

Some from other genres

Ivory Joe Hunter (funk brothers)
Nicky Hopkins (with the Who, The rolling stones and others)
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Donny Hathaway
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (se the variations of A vous dire je maman)
Rachmaninoff (duh)
Lizt
Earl Van Dyke (funk brothers)
Bernie Worrell
Sly Stone (not super high on the technical side maybe, but I love his style on piano and organ)


Great list, I'd add Beethoven, Pintop Perkins, Otis Span, Joe Turner and Doctor John


How do you know Beethoven was so good?
You've never heard him play, have you? razz
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Reply #27 posted 06/23/06 2:38am

EmancipationLo
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As I am classically trained on the piano myself, my choices are from the world of classical music:

Glenn Gould
Evgeni Koroliov (completely underrated, he's a genius)
Vladimir Horowitz
Lang Lang (if I want to hear virtuosity)
Daniel Barenboim
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Reply #28 posted 06/23/06 3:23am

Omadon

jacktheimprovident said:

Art Tatum (this guy'll blow your mind)


Wonderful.

Also, Earl Hines.
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Reply #29 posted 06/23/06 8:08am

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Don't forget Roy Bittan from the E-Street Band; he's one of the finest rock n roll piano players around. The things he does on Live at Hammersmith 75 are amazing.
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