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Thread started 05/19/05 2:17pm

paligap

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Favorite Keyboardists

In no particular order:

Bernie Worrell, Stevie Wonder, Jim Beard, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Prince, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Bob James, David Sancious, Lye Mays, D'Angelo, Donald Fagen, Kate Bush, Todd Rundgren, Laura Nyro, Russell Ferrante, George Duke, Sly Stone, Kit Walker, Michel Colombier, Thomas Dolby, Dave Gruisin, Neal Evans, Wendy Melvoin, Walter "Junie" Morrison, Donald Blackman, Bernard Wright, Larry Dunn, Elaine Elias










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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #1 posted 05/19/05 2:33pm

lilgish

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Randy Jackson hmmm
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Reply #2 posted 05/19/05 2:33pm

lilgish

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forreal, Geddy Lee is amazing
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Reply #3 posted 05/19/05 2:38pm

GangstaFam

I've never seen anyone else carry a whole show with just piano/organ/keyboard and their voice. worship

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Reply #4 posted 05/19/05 2:56pm

HardcoreJollie
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Bernie Worrell
Herbie Hancock
Stevie Wonder
Prince
Joe Sample
Johnnie Johnson
Big Joe Turner
Morris Hayes
John Paul Jones
Billy Beck
Bob James
Jeff Lorber
Paul Hardcastle
Amp Fiddler
If you've got funk, you've got style.
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Reply #5 posted 05/19/05 3:04pm

prettymansson

stevie ...sly...herbie...damn so many ...the guy who played with roy ayers in the mid 70's so many
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Reply #6 posted 05/19/05 3:13pm

SPYZFAN1

Damn Pali! You keep taking all the good ones!! smile..it's cool! (lol)

In no special order..
Prince
Dr. Fink
Lisa Coleman
Herbie Hancock
Bernie Worrell
Junie Morrison
Stevie Wonder
Trent Reznor
Sly Stone
Keith Jarrett
McCoy Turner - he was more a pianist but he played beautiful chords.
Me'Shell
David Gamson (Me'Shell-Maxwell)
DeAngelo
Thelonius Monk
George Duke
Jimi Hendrix (on "Crosstown Traffic" and "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp) lol
David Lee Chong (P-Funk)
Tricky
Chick Corea
Milan Williams - Commodores
.....think I'll stop here!!
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Reply #7 posted 05/19/05 3:49pm

Harlepolis

HardcoreJollies said:

Bernie Worrell


Did u guys see his documentary movie? If so, what do you think?

I haven't seen any feedback regarding his movie.
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Reply #8 posted 05/19/05 4:08pm

theAudience

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pali, you've got almost all the hot shots.

Here's a few more...


Eugene Maslov



McCoy Tyner



Jimmy Smith



Joey DeFrancesco



Thelonious Monk



Sun Ra



Tania Maria



Neal Evans (had to repeat my boy)



Oscar Peterson



Booker T. Jones



Fats Domino



Nat King Cole



Lonnie Liston Smith



tA

peace Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm
"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all."
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Reply #9 posted 05/19/05 4:11pm

funkpill

BERNIE!!!! BERNIE!!!!

headbang
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Reply #10 posted 05/19/05 5:01pm

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The Duke

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Reply #11 posted 05/19/05 5:24pm

andykeen

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Will always be my favourite!

Keenmeister
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Reply #12 posted 05/19/05 6:02pm

Milty

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In first place: Steve Winwood
- not too mention he is one bad ass guitar player.

in a REAL close second: Stevie Wonder


then there's

Lisa Coleman - girl could really play. (better than Renato AND Morris)
Marcus Roberts
Oscar Peterson
oh my lawd - Monty Alexander
Bruce Hornsby
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Reply #13 posted 05/19/05 9:15pm

Anxiety









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Reply #14 posted 05/19/05 10:11pm

Stax

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a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on
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Reply #15 posted 05/19/05 10:52pm

Cheek


Tori Amos worship



Tom Waits worship

censored the pic doesn't work mad
Kate Bush worship

cool
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Reply #16 posted 05/19/05 11:12pm

HardcoreJollie
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Forgot Billy Preston!
If you've got funk, you've got style.
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Reply #17 posted 05/20/05 8:05pm

cranshaw62

Larry Dunn
Bill Evans
Tori Amos
Mike Keneally
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Reply #18 posted 05/20/05 8:43pm

prettymansson

woo
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Reply #19 posted 05/20/05 8:46pm

prettymansson

prettymansson said: woo[/quote]

DAMN...im silly i mean PHILLIP WOO...
very tasty in the herbiesque mode...jazzy...funky and a master at analogy blips bleeps and lead sounds...check roy ayers' "everybody loves the sunshine " cd...
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Reply #20 posted 05/21/05 9:39am

stymie1976

Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ricky Peterson, Stevie, Monte Moir, Manfredo Fest, Joe Sample, George Duke
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Reply #21 posted 05/21/05 9:54am

psykosoul

James Poyser
Stevie Wonder
Joe Zawinul
Herbie Hancock
Chick Corea
Prince
Bernie Worrell
George Duke
Marc Cary
Weldon Irvine
Kelvin Wooten
D'Angelo
Tim Christian Riley
Keri Lewis
Patrice Rushen
Andre Harris
Vidal Davis
Roberta Flack
Billy Preston
Sly Stone
Donny Hathaway
Joe Sample
James Lloyd (Pieces of a Dream)
Ramsey Lewis
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Reply #22 posted 05/21/05 10:00am

Sdldawn

Ben Folds... he's fucking amazing
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Reply #23 posted 05/21/05 3:34pm

jtgillia

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Bruce Hornsby and Ben Folds both blow my mind. Bruce for his technique and skill, and Ben for just beating the crap out of it and making it truly a rock instrument. Both of these guys are so harmonically inventive on piano, I've never heard anyone else in popular music come close.
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Reply #24 posted 05/21/05 4:19pm

heartbeatocean

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eek Has nobody mentioned Ray Charles?

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Reply #25 posted 05/22/05 9:43am

LoveAlive

heartbeatocean said:

eek Has nobody mentioned Ray Charles?




I know a lot of people on here arent into Gospel but how dare yall leave out Gospel legend, TWINKIE CLARK. She is known as THE keyboardist in Gospel music
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Reply #26 posted 05/22/05 8:10pm

heartbeatocean

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Not to mention
Glenn Gould and Martha Argerich
in the classical realm

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