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"Well mabe not best but up there jools Holland " Seen him in concert twice. He’s fantastic. Creates a huge amount of stage energy and yea agree may not be one of the greats but I think he’s pretty damn good. Jamie Cullem is another for me. | |||
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"Rick Wakeman fantastic on both !" Rick Wakeman in yes was a legend | |||
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"...and stan getz. oops!" Isn’t Stan Getz Saxophone. Damn good but not piano or keyboard | |||
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"Don't get me started on jazz. Amazed no one has mentioned Thelonious Monk or Art Tatum. Possibly Scott Joplin too who started it all. Johnny "Hammond" Smith best on keyboards. " You know your stuff. Interesting fact about Art Tatum. He carried a rolled up paper copy of a keyboard and when he stopped if there wasn’t a piano to practice he’d pull out the keyboard and run through scales. Quality at its best but he and thelonius monk was less my style. No less great though | |||
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"Don't get me started on jazz. Amazed no one has mentioned Thelonious Monk or Art Tatum. Possibly Scott Joplin too who started it all. Johnny "Hammond" Smith best on keyboards. You know your stuff. Interesting fact about Art Tatum. He carried a rolled up paper copy of a keyboard and when he stopped if there wasn’t a piano to practice he’d pull out the keyboard and run through scales. Quality at its best but he and thelonius monk was less my style. No less great though " Thanks  friend of mine who I was discussing this with told me that Art Tatum was practically blind, don't know if that's true. Oscar Peterson of course is also a piano genius  | |||
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"Don't get me started on jazz. Amazed no one has mentioned Thelonious Monk or Art Tatum. Possibly Scott Joplin too who started it all. Johnny "Hammond" Smith best on keyboards. You know your stuff. Interesting fact about Art Tatum. He carried a rolled up paper copy of a keyboard and when he stopped if there wasn’t a piano to practice he’d pull out the keyboard and run through scales. Quality at its best but he and thelonius monk was less my style. No less great though Thanks friend of mine who I was discussing this with told me that Art Tatum was practically blind, don't know if that's true. Oscar Peterson of course is also a piano genius "When I was younger I used to watch the Oscar Peterson Trio with my dad it was on TV every week. He’s got to be one of the all time greatest Have you ever heard of Hiromi Uehara She is absolutely amazing. She duetted with Oscar Peterson and he was so. Impressed he asked for another gig with her. | |||
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"Don't get me started on jazz. Amazed no one has mentioned Thelonious Monk or Art Tatum. Possibly Scott Joplin too who started it all. Johnny "Hammond" Smith best on keyboards. You know your stuff. Interesting fact about Art Tatum. He carried a rolled up paper copy of a keyboard and when he stopped if there wasn’t a piano to practice he’d pull out the keyboard and run through scales. Quality at its best but he and thelonius monk was less my style. No less great though Thanks friend of mine who I was discussing this with told me that Art Tatum was practically blind, don't know if that's true. Oscar Peterson of course is also a piano genius
When I was younger I used to watch the Oscar Peterson Trio with my dad it was on TV every week.
He’s got to be one of the all time greatest
Have you ever heard of
Hiromi Uehara
She is absolutely amazing. She duetted with Oscar Peterson and he was so. Impressed he asked for another gig with her.
"No, but I've just YouTubed her playing I Got Rhythm - incredible performance. | |||
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"Same as other topics on here. My pick for piano is Oscar Peterson. Keyboards Jimmy Smith. Any thoughts?" It depends what you call best. Oscar Peterson would be my best from the point of shear technical brilliance But Nat King Cole was a great entertainer. The Duke was a great composer and Monk was in a class of his own but very marmite. Keyboards Walkman, Emerson are about equal imho but there is also Rick Wright and even Tony Banks who I think is massively underrated and then Jools Holland and Elton John should be in there. And finally you have the Killer take your pick. For my money it's a good question but one that I would give you 20 different answers in as many minutes | |||
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"Jet Black from The Str@nglers." What was I thinking? I meant Dave Greenfield... Jet belongs in the drummers thread. | |||
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"Don't get me started on jazz. Amazed no one has mentioned Thelonious Monk or Art Tatum. Possibly Scott Joplin too who started it all. Johnny "Hammond" Smith best on keyboards. You know your stuff. Interesting fact about Art Tatum. He carried a rolled up paper copy of a keyboard and when he stopped if there wasn’t a piano to practice he’d pull out the keyboard and run through scales. Quality at its best but he and thelonius monk was less my style. No less great though Thanks friend of mine who I was discussing this with told me that Art Tatum was practically blind, don't know if that's true. Oscar Peterson of course is also a piano genius
When I was younger I used to watch the Oscar Peterson Trio with my dad it was on TV every week.
He’s got to be one of the all time greatest
Have you ever heard of
Hiromi Uehara
She is absolutely amazing. She duetted with Oscar Peterson and he was so. Impressed he asked for another gig with her.
No, but I've just YouTubed her playing I Got Rhythm - incredible performance. "Another one for you. YouTube Joey Alexander. And in particular the 2014 Copenhagen jazz festival. This young man is quite exceptional and has a mature touch on the piano way way beyond his years. A joy to listen to | |||
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"Same as other topics on here. My pick for piano is Oscar Peterson. Keyboards Jimmy Smith. Any thoughts? It depends what you call best. Oscar Peterson would be my best from the point of shear technical brilliance But Nat King Cole was a great entertainer. The Duke was a great composer and Monk was in a class of his own but very marmite. Keyboards Walkman, Emerson are about equal imho but there is also Rick Wright and even Tony Banks who I think is massively underrated and then Jools Holland and Elton John should be in there. And finally you have the Killer take your pick. For my money it's a good question but one that I would give you 20 different answers in as many minutes " LOL. Agree with all there. Don’t think I could cover everyone I’ve heard and loved. As you hear names you think oh yea forgot about him. Two more for the pot. The late great Jon Lord Don Airey. Both Deep purple and Hammond organ masters at their finest Been lucky enough to see Don Airey three times now and loved every second of it. | |||
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"Jet Black from The Str@nglers. What was I thinking? I meant Dave Greenfield... Jet belongs in the drummers thread." Sadly, Dave Greenfield died last week from covid related illness. An incredibly talented keyboardist from one of my favourite bands. RIP. | |||
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"Don't get me started on jazz. Amazed no one has mentioned Thelonious Monk or Art Tatum. Possibly Scott Joplin too who started it all. Johnny "Hammond" Smith best on keyboards. You know your stuff. Interesting fact about Art Tatum. He carried a rolled up paper copy of a keyboard and when he stopped if there wasn’t a piano to practice he’d pull out the keyboard and run through scales. Quality at its best but he and thelonius monk was less my style. No less great though Thanks friend of mine who I was discussing this with told me that Art Tatum was practically blind, don't know if that's true. Oscar Peterson of course is also a piano genius
When I was younger I used to watch the Oscar Peterson Trio with my dad it was on TV every week.
He’s got to be one of the all time greatest
Have you ever heard of
Hiromi Uehara
She is absolutely amazing. She duetted with Oscar Peterson and he was so. Impressed he asked for another gig with her.
No, but I've just YouTubed her playing I Got Rhythm - incredible performance.
Another one for you. YouTube Joey Alexander. And in particular the 2014 Copenhagen jazz festival.
This young man is quite exceptional and has a mature touch on the piano way way beyond his years. A joy to listen to "Thanks, I'll check him out | |||
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"Same as other topics on here. My pick for piano is Oscar Peterson. Keyboards Jimmy Smith. Any thoughts? It depends what you call best. Oscar Peterson would be my best from the point of shear technical brilliance But Nat King Cole was a great entertainer. The Duke was a great composer and Monk was in a class of his own but very marmite. Keyboards Walkman, Emerson are about equal imho but there is also Rick Wright and even Tony Banks who I think is massively underrated and then Jools Holland and Elton John should be in there. And finally you have the Killer take your pick. For my money it's a good question but one that I would give you 20 different answers in as many minutes LOL. Agree with all there. Don’t think I could cover everyone I’ve heard and loved. As you hear names you think oh yea forgot about him. Two more for the pot. The late great Jon Lord Don Airey. Both Deep purple and Hammond organ masters at their finest Been lucky enough to see Don Airey three times now and loved every second of it. " Of course we need to add Ray Manzarek to this list too. | |||
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".... clip.... The late great Jon Lord .... clip " Nothing else needs to be said. | |||
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