ProfD Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I think it is cool when KB players can incorporate a variety of styles in their playing. As artists, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Dr. John, Bruce Hornsby and Joe Jackson immediately come to mind. Then, there are cats like Tim Carmon and Greg Phillinganes who get called for different gigs. List other KB players who can mix it up. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Ray Charles played any style he touched like he invented it A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Of course, Ray Charles was the man but he is playing on the other side of glory nowadays. Among the living, that guy Kanker has a deep bag of tricks too. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahZark Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Herbie. And Ben Folds. I know it always seems like I'm beating the Ben Folds drum around here, but I can't help it. I'm a fan. Noah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Billy Joel...Tom Brislin...Prince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLaw Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea edited to add: and André Previn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Billy Joel...Tom Brislin...Prince Billy Joel is a surprisingly eclectic artist for a guy who's often mistaken as just another piano balladeer. He's done straight ahead rock, 50's rockabilly, big band, jazzy-blues, ragtime, broadway, tin-pan alley, gospel and everything in-between. Steely Dan were mixing it up constantly until they settled on the Aja/Gaucho sound. Listen to Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown To Ecstacy, Pretzel Logic, they were touching many forms of pop/rock on those albums, and it always seems to work and it always sounds like Steely Dan. Pretty remarkable. Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADino Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Isnt it sort of a necessary thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Steely Dan were mixing it up constantly until they settled on the Aja/Gaucho sound. Listen to Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown To Ecstacy, Pretzel Logic, they were touching many forms of pop/rock on those albums, and it always seems to work and it always sounds like Steely Dan. Pretty remarkable. Donald Fagen and the cats he enlisted on their sessions definitely deserve mention. Isnt it sort of a necessary thing? Not really. There are many players who stick to one style. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 What style(s) does Ben Folds play other than pop/rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Steely Dan were mixing it up constantly until they settled on the Aja/Gaucho sound. Listen to Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown To Ecstacy, Pretzel Logic, they were touching many forms of pop/rock on those albums, and it always seems to work and it always sounds like Steely Dan. Pretty remarkable. Donald Fagen and the cats he enlisted on their sessions definitely deserve mention. Isnt it sort of a necessary thing? Not really. There are many players who stick to one style. Rick Wakeman...Benmont Tench...Tony Banks...Dave Horne No less valid an approach, just different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Rick Wakeman...Benmont Tench...Tony Banks...Dave Horne No less valid an approach, just different. Absolutely! At the end of the day, all that matters is that all these cats sound like themselves. We all draw from a deep well of influences depending on your tastes, the teacher or training you may have had or the music that was playing in your house growing up. It's how you draw from those influences and meld them together into your own style or sound that matters. For example, Rick Wakeman and Tony Banks both come from classical backgrounds, yet both are distinctive in their approaches. Same goes for all the great players. Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Among the living, that guy Kanker has a deep bag of tricks too. Don't blame me man, I'm just trying to feed my family A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Chester Thompson David Sancious Steve Winwood Tom Coster Roy Bittan Benmont Tench Rami Jaffee Brett Tuggle Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 [font:Arial Black]Prof, Im real happy for you, and Ima let you finish, but Timbaland is the greatest keyboard player this decade! THIS DECADE![/font] Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahZark Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 What style(s) does Ben Folds play other than pop/rock? If you listen to his catalog, you'll hear classical, jazz, punk, rock, blues, and even R&B and hip-hop influences in his songwriting and playing. If Ben Folds is just a "pop/rock pianist," then so is Elton. And Elton is much more than that. Noah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosendorphen Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Billy Joel is a surprisingly eclectic artist for a guy who's often mistaken as just another piano balladeer. He's done straight ahead rock, 50's rockabilly, big band, jazzy-blues, ragtime, broadway, tin-pan alley, gospel and everything in-between. Not to mention his Chopinesque classical album. "The devil take the poets who dare to sing the pleasures of an artist's life." - Gottschalk Soundcloud Aethellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Horne Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Dick Hyman's A Child Is Born album certainly places him in this category. No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message. In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 [font:Arial Black]Prof, Im real happy for you, and Ima let you finish, but Timbaland is the greatest keyboard player this decade! THIS DECADE![/font] Brother Tony, put down the codeine and contact the poison control center immediately. Timbaland has sampled many styles but cannot fancy himself a KB player by any stretch of the imagination. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 For the record, it's codeine and Hawaiian Punch. Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 For the record, it's codeine and Hawaiian Punch. I've gotta get back to Chi-town more sooner than later. Hybrid KB players for sure. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewImprov Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Dick Hyman's A Child Is Born album certainly places him in this category. Not to mention his classic "Moog: The Eclectic Electrics of Dick Hyman." Turn up the speaker Hop, flop, squawk It's a keeper -Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream for Crow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3Nut Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Hybrid keyboard players? The kind that switch to batteries when they run out of beer? --- Todd A. Phipps "...no, I'm not a Hammondoholic...I can stop anytime..." http://www.facebook.com/b3nut ** http://www.blueolives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Billy Joel is better than most people know. http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Billy Joel is better than most people know. +1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZh8YjbDiVk Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanS Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Billy Joel is a surprisingly eclectic artist for a guy who's often mistaken as just another piano balladeer. He's done straight ahead rock, 50's rockabilly, big band, jazzy-blues, ragtime, broadway, tin-pan alley, gospel and everything in-between. Any of them well? What we record in life, echoes in eternity. MOXF8, Electro 6D, XK1c, Motif XSr, PEKPER, Voyager, Univox MiniKorg. https://www.abandoned-film.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Any of them well? You bet! Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Billy Joel is better than most people know. At being a total prick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Billy Joel is better than most people know. At being a total prick? haha...perhaps, no doubt his ego was weird at times. but seriously, his body of work is amazing...one of very few 70s artists who continued to do great stuff in the 80s. The Nylon Curtain (once you get past Pressure) stands up to most anything he did in the 70s. Regardless, I'm a fan, him and Elton are the reason I started playing, Billy was the better teacher of the two http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Regardless, I'm a fan, him and Elton are the reason I started playing, Billy was the better teacher of the two +10000000000000 Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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