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Great pianists - Fiona Apple, Lennon Murphy, anyone else to recommend?

Phait

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Phait

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I'll list some songs that I like the piano from, besides Fiona:

 

Nine Inch Nails: "Something I Can Never Have", "Closer" (end melody), "La Mer", "The Frail", "The Wretched", "The Becoming", "The Perfect Drug"..

 

Type O Negative: "Love You To Death"

Cold: "She Said"

The Cure: "Trust" (pretty much anything by The Cure)

A Perfect Circle: "Over" (piano comes some time after the main melody)

 

So basically I like certain upbeat piano i.e. "La Mer" but I dig the darker stuff.

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I don't think Fiona is a great pianist, but I'm wild about her second album, "When the Pawn..."

 

Jon Brion's production, Matt Chamberlain's drumming, very sturdy, lively songs (though sometimes you might have to tune out the lyrics a bit). It's a really fine piece of work, maybe even an underappreciated masterpiece of sorts.

 

..And the grooves really are pianistic in nature, but they groove hard, (just check out Fast as you Can and Limp) just in case anyone thought piano pop had to sound like Five for Fighting.

Check out the Sweet Clementines CD at bandcamp
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Another recommendation for Art Tatum.

 

Also, McCoy Tyner, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarret and Chick Corea. I name all of the aforementioned, with full knowledge that the original poster did not have these types of people in mind. :D

 

Carl

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Phil B

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Originally posted by Phait:

*Note* I'm not into Bach and Mozart and stuff like that.

Phait!!! Don't give up yet! Well, Mozart, maybe, but Bach!?!? Glenn Gould's my favorite for Bach - the soundtrack to 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould is a good start actually. And Pierre Hantai doing Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas (on a real harpsichord!) is pretty mind blowing.
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Originally posted by Phait:

I love Fiona Apple and Lennon Murphy. Lennon plays piano but Fiona is much more a pianist than her. I doubt anyone has heard Lennon but she's kinda like Fiona but more hard rock - http://www.lennonmurphy.com I believe.

 

So I'm wondering, anyone else you can suggest for me to give a listen to?

 

*Note* I'm not into Bach and Mozart and stuff like that.

Just out of curiosity, I went to LennonMurphy site, and listened to a couple of demo tracks. I don't hear any piano at all....?? Does she actually play piano on any of those songs?
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Phait

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She plays on the song "5:30 Saturday Morning" and "Asking You" - I just remember seeing her on MTV2 at a piano as well..

 

but I dunno, what I meant was.. Fiona Apple, Lennon Murphy (even if she doesn't play that much) - and all the other stuff I listed, that kinda mood/style is what I'm looking for.

 

Phil B. I'm not worked up, lol if I was I'd probably say "And fuck mozart and bach" but no ;)

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I hear that that Marissa Marchant chick is better than like, anybody. Or, everybody. At the same time.

 

Seriously, the question would have to be style-specific so as to not make my head spin with possibilities. I would not have wanted to hear Glenn Gould play Fiona Apple. Or Fiona Apple play Bach, for that matter.

Current live rig: Roland RD700SX, Hammond XK-3 with Leslie System 21, and Muse Receptor. Also a Nord Stage 76 other times instead. And a Roland FP-7 for jazz gigs.

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Originally posted by Gulliver:

Originally posted by Phait:

... but I dunno, what I meant was.. Fiona Apple, Lennon Murphy (even if she doesn't play that much) - and all the other stuff I listed, that kinda mood/style is what I'm looking for.

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It just hit me... Check out Chroma Key . :thu:
Well i can recomment chroma key, but not really for the piano parts. Kevin Moore is a great musician. he uses a lot of samples and that kinda stuff and his music is very dark. i like it very much.

But i don't think he has great piano parts in his songs.

Rudy

 

 

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Zeke Smith.

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I like Kevin Moore quite a bit, from the Dream Theater days on into his solo work, but I've always thought of him as an example of a really great synth player rather than a pianist. If we're talking strictly prog rock, I'd have to give Jordan Ruddess the edge for piano skillz, and I'm not sure I'm quite as thrilled with his arrangements and interpretation for piano as some are.

Current live rig: Roland RD700SX, Hammond XK-3 with Leslie System 21, and Muse Receptor. Also a Nord Stage 76 other times instead. And a Roland FP-7 for jazz gigs.

HOME: Kawai MP8 + a bunch of VI's.

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