elif Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Any recommendations? Not fantastic performances of classics, like Eldar does "Tiger Rag", or someone who well-plays Chopin. Rather, an improvisation - perhaps a little over the top? I'll start. Tony Perez with Iba A Se [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elif Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 Here's another. Joey DeFrancesco with the Free Sprits playing Limehouse Blues [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Oooh. I saw McLaughlin/deFrancesco/Chambers on that tour. God, I hated it. Except for about two pieces, it seemed like the most pointless noodling I"d ever heard. Quote "The Angels of Libra are in the European vanguard of the [retro soul] movement" (Bill Buckley, Soul and Jazz and Funk) The Drawbars | off jazz organ trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 http://66.media.tumblr.com/62cbd9a3e2e44f8998181ea9c4e4add5/tumblr_n8verbglHJ1ttjwiao1_250.gif Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I like the way it's done here [video:youtube] Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Can't forget the great Cory Henry Lingus solo. It starts about 5 minute mark of the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Can't forget the great Cory Henry Lingus solo. It starts about 5 minute mark of the video. This is the first one I thought of. Also any number of John Medeski solos...this is a great concert here. I've seen MMW twice and they are incredible. [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Can't forget the great Cory Henry Lingus solo. It starts about 5 minute mark of the video. That solo changed my brain the first time I saw it. It is everything I would love to do and will never, ever get close to. And the whole dynamic with Shaun Martin in the background is priceless. I like the point where he's, "OK, that's it, I'm out." Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider76 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Anything Michel Camilo. Crazy keyboard gymnastics, but always joyful and musical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marczellm Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Seal's keyboardist used the Fantom to its fullest capabilities in that one performance I believe. Quote Life is subtractive.Genres: Jazz, funk, pop, Christian worship, BebHop Wishlist: 80s-ish (synth)pop, symph pop, prog rock, fusion, musical theatre Gear: NS2 + JUNO-G. KingKORG. SP6 at church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Anything Michel Camilo. Crazy keyboard gymnastics, but always joyful and musical. [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Seal's keyboardist used the Fantom to its fullest capabilities in that one performance I believe. Maybe,- but where´s the "crazy keyboard solo" (see topic) in that clip ? And I recognize the 2 Apple Powerbooks on the keyboard behind guitarist, both showing the same arrange window ... To me that means on of these is redundant and the entire show is running from the other while the "band" plays along w/ that. A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Oooh. I saw McLaughlin/deFrancesco/Chambers on that tour. God, I hated it. Except for about two pieces, it seemed like the most pointless noodling I"d ever heard. I hate I missed it ! @Bradley B Thx for sharing,- I enjoy now ! A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 This is the first one I thought of. Also any number of John Medeski solos...this is a great concert here. I've seen MMW twice and they are incredible. great stuff !!! A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotiDave Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I was hoping for Foreplay, and I got bamboozled into listening to jazz. You guys get me every time! Quote The baiting I do is purely for entertainment value. Please feel free to ignore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Apparently I have a different definition of 'crazy' than you guys do. All of the above examples are very impressive in their own way, I guess, sorta?, but I wouldn"t call any of them 'crazy'. Except for the Seal video which was of course for the song 'Crazy', which I think was the point of the joke. On the album BGM by YMO, the song '1000 Knives' has a keyboard solo break by Ryuichi Sakamoto where he"s not only playing this incredibly angular one step shy of cacaphony melody line, but he"s changing the timbre of the synth drastically as fast as he"s playing, with ring modulation, frantic LFO stuttering, enormous portamento swoops, and God knows what-all else. The whole solo is over in under a minute, but in the context of a relatively straightforward 1980s synth pop song, it"s like being hit by a car. You"re left gasping. That"s my idea of 'crazy keyboard solo'. I"ll post a YouTube link if I can find one. YMMV. Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Apparently I have a different definition of 'crazy' than you guys do. All of the above examples are very impressive in their own way, I guess, sorta?, but I wouldn"t call any of them 'crazy'. Except for the Seal video which was of course for the song 'Crazy', which I think was the point of the joke. On the album BGM by YMO, the song '1000 Knives' has a keyboard solo break by Ryuichi Sakamoto where he"s not only playing this incredibly angular one step shy of cacaphony melody line, but he"s changing the timbre of the synth drastically as fast as he"s playing, with ring modulation, frantic LFO stuttering, enormous portamento swoops, and God knows what-all else. The whole solo is over in under a minute, but in the context of a relatively straightforward 1980s synth pop song, it"s like being hit by a car. You"re left gasping. That"s my idea of 'crazy keyboard solo'. I"ll post a YouTube link if I can find one. YMMV. Here it is, starts around the 2 minute mark [video:youtube] Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider76 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Anything Michel Camilo. Crazy keyboard gymnastics, but always joyful and musical. [video:youtube] Exactly I'm always in awe of how he plays those crazy fast octave runs and repeats. But I love even more his big band work, where his piano playing blends with the power of the full orchestra, especially the horn section. His album "One more once" is simply one of the most astounding pieces of music I've ever heard, in any genre. Period. [video:youtube] And having Anthony Jackson on bass tends to help, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Quinn Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 [video:youtube] Quote https://alquinn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieP_MechE Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 John Medeski Rai Thistlethwayte Greg Kurstin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timwat Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Mike Garson's iconic solo begins @ 2:02 or so. [video:youtube] Quote .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Hughes Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 1000 thumbs up for the "1000 Knives" solo (and any other reference to YMO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 While we are on Cory Henry, his Purple Rain solo imprinted hard the first (and 100th) time I watched/listened to it. For me this performance is a little like listening to "Strange Fruit," in that I have to clear time on either side if I am going to spin it. Solo starts about 3:40. [video:youtube] Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscapeRocks Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Yes, this Cory solo is number one for me, followed very closely by the Lingus solo, as far as Cory Henry goes. Quote David Gig Rig:Depends on the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadroj Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Crazy and over the top? This guy. [video:youtube] Quote Hammond SKX Mainstage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 [video:youtube] Quote Find 660 of my jazz piano arrangements of standards for educational purposes and tutorials at www.Patreon.com/HarryLikas Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old No7 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 This is my current favorite... Jon Lord - Deep Purple Piano & Organ intro to "LAZY", from 1999: "LIve in Australia - Total Abandon" [video:youtube] Message to Jon: This is AMAZING!!! I hope you're rockin' it up there as well as you did down here! Wish you were still with us.... What an intro! Old No7 Quote Yamaha MODX6 * Hammond SK Pro 73 * Roland Fantom-08 * Crumar Mojo Pedals * Mackie Thump 12As * Tascam DP-24SD * JBL 305 MkIIs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_Gould Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Crazy and over the top? This guy. [video:youtube] Dunno about best keyboard solo, but he definitely gets my vote for best body language/facial expressions in a keyboard solo. Take that!! Guitarists... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piktor Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Oooh. I saw Mclaughlin/deFrancesco/Chambers on that tour. God, I hated it. Except for about two pieces, it seemed like the most pointless noodling I"d ever heard. I hate I missed it ! @Bradley B Thx for sharing,- I enjoy now ! A.C. I got to hear this group on this tour and I found the experience to be exciting. Joey was young and gifted. I am pretty sure that most 23 year old musicians have a tendency to play a lot of notes, if they are able. Given Joey"s considerable chops and the excitement of being pushed by Chambers and Mclaughlin, it is not surprising that this is dense music. While I can respect that this might not have been Bradley B"s cup of tea (as I too am often baffled as to why certain artists" music appeals to people), I heard nothing in the concert that I attended or in this clip that I would classify as 'noodling' or 'pointless'. I am hearing the musicians execute logical lines. (I continue to work on my ability to 'hear faster'. That might make a good topic for a thread some day....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomKittel Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 George Duke's Stratus solo on the Mini Moog (from minute 1:45) [video:youtube] Also check out the original Stratus studio recording on Billy Cobham's Spectrum disc. Quote LIFE IS SHORT, GO GET THE GEAR YOU WANT ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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