Best Keyboard player ever ?

[ozzygull]

Tony Banks

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Richard Clayderman

 

[AmexRuislip]

I know he is blind but never realised he had lost an eye (i)

Okay, seeing were having a laugh at my expense, I give you this keyboard wizard

 

[Binney on acid]

John Tout was excellent. He was on 'Imagine', but was in error credited with acoustic guitar! Not bad to have on your CV.......................

 

[Goldstone1976]

Glenn Gould.

 

[Official Old Man]

Rick Wakeman
Although Six Wives does age a bit.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers

Him

 

[kalinski]

Mick Talbot

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[Gabbafella]

 

[marlowe]

Traffic Marshall is pretty much up there

https://youtu.be/STixrDVEBrU

 

[Motogull]

I guess Elton John deserves a mention.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Thijs van leer and Wooly Wolstenholme

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Dave Sinclair of Caravan
Robert Wyatt
Guy Evans of VDGG

And if charm and originality isn't enough, the virtuoso madman of all time was Jan Hammer during his Mahavishnu days. Check out Birds of Fire.

Some of the suggestions on here are pathetic. I enjoy a bit of duran but to cite the keyboardist as anything special let alone the best is like saying that Peter Taylor was the best English football player ever. FFS.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

Dave Stewart of Hatfield & The North, Khan, National Health etc . because I love that Canterbury fuzz organ sound. I'll also throw in Dave Greenslade and Joe Zawinul.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Technically the best, or best at playing what a song required? Eddie Jobson, Joe Zawinul or Rick Wakeman in the first category, Nicky Hopkins, Thomas Dolby, Bernie Worrell or Rick Wakeman in the second.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Derek Paravicini is magnificent. But the answer is obviously Chopin.

Certainly Not Nick Rhodes. Even Morrissey banging on the keyboard is better than that eejit.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Jean Michel Jarre
Dave Greenfield

 

[1234andcounting]

The Killer of course - Jerry Lee Lewis.

 

[Blue3]

So how do you explain George Martin, Mal Evans, Nicky Hopkin & Chris Thomas also being invited to play keyboard with the Beatles?

I think Billy Preston was the only one to play on a whole album and to play live with the Beatles

 

[DIFFBROOK]

I like a lot Duran, but Nick Rhodes no way. Jools Holland fine pianist, but I would go with Dave Greenfield.

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