DafDuc Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Last months mag suggested Jordan Rudess. I'm thinking he's more like our Steve Vai. Grounbreaking redefinition of an instrument on the scale of Hendrix? I'm not sure we have one. Zawinul? But he never shreds (though I've heard he CAN). Emerson? Hammer? Jimmy? Ray? Tyner? Herbie? Bach? LOL... Maybe the reason teenage boys aren't buying keyboards in droves (the way they do guitars) is cos we've never had a Hendrix. Just a thought... Daf I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Well, in a rock sense, I'd vote for Garth Hudson. A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erroll Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Keyboards, eh? Hmm. 1) Bill Evans 2) Erroll Garner 3) Phineas Newborn Jr. We haven't seen their like since, and the way things are going, won't. Never say never, though. "To Do Is To Be." --Socrates "To Be Is To Do." --Sartre "Do Be Do Be Do." --Sinatra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakit Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Keith Emerson has been compared to Hendrix so often that I'm surprised that he isn't the one that immediately leaps to mind. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phred Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 This isn't really a comparison to Hedrix on the scale of skill or inovation. However, when I first heard Ben Folds five I was blown away. Hard (ish) hitting rock without a guitar player. I thought it was brilliant. I'm just saying', everyone that confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 No one compares to Hendrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmieWannaB Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by steadyb: No one compares to Hendrix. Bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Doe Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by kevank: Well, in a rock sense, I'd vote for Garth Hudson. This, of course, is the correct answer. Genetic Method/Chest Fever anyone? No signature required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Art Tatum Maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Peasley Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 I still remember the first time I heard Hendrix - junior high school, fall of 1967, buddy's house, good stereo (for the times) and he put on Are You Experienced? We listened with our jaws on the floor - the sounds just seemed like they flew in from some totally unknown other universe that this Hendrix guy seemed to have access to...it was so mind-blowing that after a couple of tunes we just started laughing - and we weren't (artificially) high, either. Then just 3 years later he's gone. Poof. So I agree no one compares with Hendrix in the sheer quantity of explosive change and innovation in a short period of time. But if you look at some other bands/performers innovations over their career, you have some pretty impressive folks like the Tangerine Dream personnel, Jan Hammer, Rudess, The Orb, Tomita, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, etc. But no single person that played like fire, created new sounds, sang, wrote songs, and an incredible showman all in one. M Peasley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DafDuc Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by kevank: Well, in a rock sense, I'd vote for Garth Hudson. Interesting. A true original, and one of my heroes, but he doesn't seem to have had a lot of influence on other players. I mean, how many guys out there are gigging with a Lowrey Festival right now? And how many of THEM are happy about it? I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DafDuc Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Anyone want to chime in on Jordan's behalf? I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcS Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by steadyb: No one compares to Hendrix. To do so, they would have to be dead. Still living, so close: Rick Wakeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DafDuc Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Please tell me you're kidding. That's what the wink was for, right? Right? Right? I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DafDuc Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Right? I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by DafDuc: Interesting. A true original, and one of my heroes, but he doesn't seem to have had a lot of influence on other players. I mean, how many guys out there are gigging with a Lowrey Festival right now? And how many of THEM are happy about it? Yeah, but how many folks could actually hang with Garth either - one almost needs to wear headphones to really reveal the depth of some of his playing. Did he have the influence of Hendix? I suppose that depends on how you look at it. Let's face it, the keys just aren't as 'exciting' to the general populace as guitars are (and what an indictment of the general populace that is), but just as Jimi was rock's first 'virtuoso', there is no question that as far as rock keyboards go, there was Garth and everybody else for quite a while. His mastery was so complete that in many ways, I don't know that anyone has truly caught up to him. A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kad Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by DafDuc: Maybe the reason teenage boys aren't buying keyboards in droves (the way they do guitars) is cos we've never had a Hendrix. Just a thought... Daf Nah - that's because chicks dig guitar players. There doesn't need to be any other reason. Hmmm, I really can't think of anyone other than Emerson who fits this description. As Mark said, you can certainly make a case for Art Tatum, although Jazz in general has had a tendency to evolve in gradual increments through the confluence of many, many artists. This is in contrast to someone like Hendrix who radically changed the course of a musical genre practically overnight. This happened a second time in 1978 when Eddie Van Halen burst onto the scene. No one had ever played in a style even remotely like his before, and afterwards EVERYONE tried to imitate him... Kirk Reality is like the sun - you can block it out for a time but it ain't goin' away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DafDuc Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Tyner's influence might not be as wide as Tatum's, but he (and Cecil Taylor) was every bit as jaw-dropping as Jimi. Good call on EVH too. The only keyboardist who made me go "Holy S%^&!" when I first heard him was Keith, back when he was doing stuff like She Belongs to Me. Absolutely not Garth - he was too subtle. Jimi's early death thing probably has something to do with his legend - nobody was wowed by Dolly Dagger the way they were by his earlier stuff. Maybe if he were still with us, he'd just be another Clapton-esque figure. Hmm, just had a thought - Worrell? and I keep gravitating to Dr. John too - but I think maybe he's our Duane Allman, LOL... I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Ward MP Hall of Fame Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Actually, check out Children of Bodom, there's a keyboard player called Jeanne Warman that is blowing minds right now. At Bodom shows, instead of all the metal kids screaming along with the singer, they're affixed to the keyboardist. Seriously amazing. In my opinion, metal is the future of keyboards, and keyboards are the future of metal. May not be as good as the jazz musicians and classical musicians, I don't know, but he's generating keyboard interest in cool young people, which is good enough for me! www.childrenofbodom.com "...Keytar in a heavy metal band is nothing more than window dressing" - Sven Golly Cursed Eternity - My Band Dick Ward - My Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Joey De Francesco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Peasley Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Actually, for me, the Hendrix of the B3 is John Medeski. To me, De Francesco (whom I totally admire) seems more like the Oscar Peterson of the B3. Besides, Joey would never pour lighter fluid on his B-3 and light it up! M Peasley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pierce Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Well, the thing about Hendrix is that he didn't *just* completely change his genre overnight -- he also became wildly popular doing it. Most of the keyboard players named in this thread are pretty much unknown to the general public. I don't think keyboards really have a Hendrix. But if you held a gun to my head and said I had to pick one, I'd probably say Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder. They've definitely influenced most of today's players, at least somewhat. And, like Jimi, they had extensive commercial success as well. --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis. Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoJazz1951 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 ...and Keith Emerson is the electronic descendant of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and was somewhat of a contemporary of Hendrix. Emerson is the closest comparison I would make; bandleader, great player, and a one-of-a-kind showman... We will not waiver; we will not tire; we will not falter; and we will not fail! George W. Bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pierce Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Ah yes, I didn't think about Jerry Lee. Hmmm. Not a bad call... --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moj Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 And Jerry Lee Lewis has a couple of famous cousins who are quite well-known in their own right: Country singer Mickey Gilley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Irok Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Well, Jimmy Smith changed much of how everyone viewed the Hammond, similarly to Hendrix impact on guitar playing. Not a synth, per se (although some may argue that point), but a valid point. Check out my band's site at: The Key Components! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DafDuc Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Too bad we didn't have this conversation a month ago, it might've made the mag. I guess the Rudess article's a little cold, now. I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hooper Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 One of the notatable things about Hendrix (besides his brilliant playing) is the unique ways he manipulated the electronics; nobody did that before him. Even now, his stuff sounds fresh. Emerson is very comparable: virtuoso playing, outrageous electronic stuff, both synth and Hammond. Jan Hammer is another innovator: again, a virtuoso that manipulates the electronics to create a signature sound. Both guys have had a huge influenced in the keyboard world. Both are noted for their Moog sound, and for using Korgs...a coincidence, perhaps? Composer/Performer at Roger Hooper Music Product Trainer at CASIO www.rogerhooper.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidLifeCrisis Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 No votes for Jon Lord? He was responsible for bringing that overdriven Hammond sound to rock. I think he would qualify for introducing the Hammond through a Marshall stack sound which is now essential in every clone. Steve A Lifetime of Peace, Love and Protest Music www.rock-xtreme.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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