Excellent list. I would have included Rick van Der Linden (Trace, Ekseption). He was a keyboard monster with a persona land musical style that is a cross between Emerson and Wakeman
Soy un fan de Vangelis, sin embargo en esta lista se hace referencia a géneros del Rock, su estilo orientado a musicas nuevas con fusión, no todo lo que compuso y ejecutó está dentro del rock, pero es verdad que hubo álbumes con estilo de rock progresivo, pero en general no es rock, es muy amplio el surtido de géneros que hizo, debe estar dentro de los músicos clásicos de la electrónica, y excelente como músico integral, solo pudo hacer una banda con la grabación en pistas en sus comienzos y midi posteriormente, otros músicos no llegaron a destacarse componiendo solos, siempre es con la banda, por ej soy seguidor también de Rick Wakeman,muy bueno en sus teclados como rock sinfónico, pero lo prefiero con una banda sinfónica, ya que con sus álbumes solistas no llega al nivel de Vangelis, que grabó hasta la percusión y otros instrumentos, haciendo muy bien el estilo para bandas sonoras de películas, que requiere de variedad musical en el acompañamiento de la imagen del cine, comparable solo con compositores de calidad del género clásico, Williams, Ennio Morricone.
Karl Jenkins - Soft machine Peter Bardens- Camel Graham Bond Thjs Van Leer - Focus Dave Greenslade Kerry Minnear - Gentle Giant Francis Monkman Vangelis
Vince Crane (Crazy world of Arthur Brown/Atomic Rooster). Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum) Verden Allen, Morgan Fisher & Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople) Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) Ken Hensley (The Gods /Uriah Heep) Blue Weaver (session/Bee Gees) Dave Kaffinetti (Rare Bird/Spinal Tap) Allen Lanier (Blue Öyster Cult) Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator) Ian McDonald (King Crimson) Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers) Roger Manning (Jellyfish/Imperial Drag/The Lickerish Quartet) Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge)
I don't like Wakeman's work outside of Yes that much but I agree with you. He is clearly more talented than Wright, who I also greatly admire for his elegant, bold style and unusual timbres perfectly integrated into Floyd's music.
With my deepest respect, Tony Banks below Elton John or Richard Wright stands never in a lifetime! It's clear they voted for the band, not for the keyboardist!
@@hibee72agreed, what crap! I guess you tube lists are going to be popularity contest and personal opinion anyway, without actually knowing music. The guitar and drummer lists are just as bad😤
Kerry Livgren Mark Kelly - Marillion Eric Woolfson Tom Brislin Jon Tout - Renaissance Adam Holzman - Miles Davis & Steven Wilson Neal Doughty - REO Speedwagon Neal Morse Ryo Okumoto Derek Sherinian Kevin Moore Robin Lumley & Peter Robinson - Brand X Geoff Downes Herbie Hancock Tim Rice-Oxley - Keane Edd Kalehoff - TV composer
@@bricefleckenstein9666 yeah there are some keyboard players that I can see being ahead of him, but I also love Jon for his skills as a classical composer. His solo Albums like Gemini Suite, Sarabande and Pictured Within are brilliant.
Weird list ! Some of these aren't really keyboardists, just people who can play some piano. And don't get me started on the ranking, which seems totally random in several cases, like you suddenly remembered a name and just dropped it in there.
I met Manzarek years ago when the Doors movie was just passed playing in theaters. Early 1990s. He was with one of Morrison's poet buddies, Michael McClure. Great guys.
RIP Richard Tandy, passed away less than 2 weeks ago. Amazingly talented keyboardist but also guitarist and bassist. Should be much higher up on this list.
One of my favorites of all time: Colin Towns from the Gillan band is missing, I would have replaced at least 10 suggestions with him. And of course there were a couple of suggestions in the list that I would not call keyboard players. But I like this list. It's great inspiration to see all kinds of musicians who have used keyboards in a very artistic way. :-) And I'm sure these 50 were not in any particular order. So I have no comments on the order.
@@Jovolution Oh yes of course, everything he did was brilliant. His playing on Rolling Stones “Winter” is another one that stood out to me for being beautiful.
Vangelis hizo muchos estilos musicales fusión de nueva era, pero pocos trabajos de rock, como Albedo 0.39 y Spiral puede decirse que es Rock progresivo, quizás Jazz eléctrico en Hipótesis,Earth rock, y algunos temas de otros álbumes. Psicodélico en sus comienzos con la banda que formó con su primo cantante Demis Roussos.
@@enriquehuryk2480 el álbum "666" de su banda Aphodite's Child tiene algunas cosas propias del rock, tales como "Battle of the locusts" y "Do it", este ultimo tema con ritmo pro metal (con doble bombo)! Increíble. Sí, es cierto que el rock no es su marca distintiva en su composición, pero realmente el Maestro ha hecho un poco de todo. Un genio.
HONORABLE MENTIONS?? Here are some possible runners-up. I'm sure at least a few could be deserving. Kerry Minnear (Gentle Giant) / Andy Clark (Be-Bop Deluxe; Others) / George Duke (Zappa; Others) / Robert Lamm (Chicago) / Ian Underwood (Mothers Of Invention) / Mike Garson (Bowie) / Jürgen Fritz (Triumvirat) / Edgar Winter (Solo) / Keith Tippett (King Crimson) / Mark Kelly (Marillion) / Ryo Okumoto (Spock's Beard) / Roger Powell (Rundgren; Bowie) / Jools Holland (Squeeze) / Geoff Downes (Yes; Asia) / Eddie Jobson (Roxy Music; UK)
Bill Payne of Little feat has got to be on the list. He was one of the greatest to tickle the ivories. But really enjoyed the video. Great content! Thanks
I'm pretty happy with this list! Emerson at #1 was a given, but like everyone else I would have changed a few placements. Very good amount of variety and really covered the all bases for players influenced by funk, soul, jazz, blues, classical and psychedelia.
Pretty good list, I would have had 1-3 as Emerson, Wakeman, and Banks. Dennis DeYoung should have been higher IMO. Jon Tout (Renaissance) should have been on the list, Geoff Downes as well.
As much as I love Wakeman I believe Keith should get the number one spot due to his fluency in literally all styles including Jazz and free improv whereas Wakeman fluency is mainly in the areas of Classical and Blues. Also Keith has the ragtime stride background as well further cementing is position at the top.
A part Billy Joël, le haut du classement est logique (l'ordre peut être varié). Mc Cartney n'a pas sa place dans ce classement. Il manque Brian Auger et le pianiste des Blockheads. Où sont Stevie Wonder et Ray Charles ?
I like your choice for Emerson as #1. Wakeman should be #2. The rest could be ranked as per opinion. But where is Jerry Corbetta? Sugarloaf. Just a bit more research. I saw piece on top 50 drummers also. Buddy Rich wasn't even mentioned. Been playing 40 years. Just a thought😊
Michael Quatro, Joe Vannelli - Gino's Brother, Stevie Wonder, Dave Greenslade, Roger Powell of Utopia, Bayete of Automatic Man, Dave Stewart of Egg and UK, Eddie Jobson of Curved Air, UK, Jethro Tull, Alan Park of Beggars Opera, Ton Scherpenzeel of Kayak, Ken Elliott of Seventh Wave, John Tout of Renaissance , Hugh McKenna of SAHB, Tommy Eyre of SAHB, Richard Anthony Hewson of RAH Band, Jürgen Fritz of Triumvirat, Jean Jacques Kravetz of Frumpy, Zeus B. Held of Birth Control, Michael Ponczek of Ethos and not to forget those brilliant Rock-Jazz/Fusion Musicians like Chick Corea, Lyle Mays, Joe Zawinul and Brian Auger!
These are all great and deserving selections. I'm disappointed though that Chuck Leavell (Allman Brothers, Sea Level, Rolling Stones) and Reese Wynans (Captain Beyond, Stevie Ray Vaughn's Double Trouble, and many other sessions works), weren't recognized. Thank you.
Honorable mention to Tom Waits. He deserves it for "The Piano Has Been Drinking" if nothing else. Nice list, I've seen at least half of them live at least once and find it fair. We're all going to have some objections, but it's very cool, well done! George Duke! Billy Preston! Sly Stone!
@@jeffseven2194 The lack of recognition of Ken Hensley as one of rock's greatest keyboard/pianists parallels the underappreciation of Uriah Heep as one of the greatest rock bands in history. In music the value of the composition is greater than that of the execution, that is, an excellent composition, executed in a mediocre way, but faithfully and correctly, offers much more pleasure than the best execution of a bad composition. In this sense, it must be said that Ken Hensley was the great writer of the wonderful Uriah Heep songs, in addition to the prominence he gave to the keyboard in the musical ensemble. If this list values the composition and the prominence of the keyboardist in the rock songs, instead of simple virtuosity, it is inexcusable that Ken Hensley does not appear on it.
@antonioeasypiano Totally agree with you - Both Hensley and Byron (may they both forever rest in peace), were a force to be reckoned with, when it came to compositions and executions as well as the rest of one of my, all time favourite bands Uriah Heep. Forever a "Heep'ster"☮️❤️🎹
Ken Hensley not making it hurt a bit. Surprised Mark Stein didn’t make it either. Was curious where Tony Carey, John Paul Jones, Doug Ingle & Jerry Lee Lewis were going to land. Surprised at Freddie Mercury making the list. Awesome. I love Symphonic Black Metal and I know they will never make a list like this, but I do love the atmosphere Mustis & Martin Powell made on the keys for their respective bands.
@@BeatlesGirl Ken Hensley is my favorite keyboard player. I love how he sounds. He wasn’t showy, but played to compliment the music around him. My favorite song he plays on is “Circle of Hands”. The organ on that is beautiful.
My husband introduced me to him in the 1970s. I used to listen to his album "Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf" over and over and over again. One of my favorite albums of all time.
"Top 50 greatest Keyboardists / Pianists of all time"....... and no Ken Hensley? Kinda like "Top 50 greatest quarterbacks of all time".... without Joe Montana. Well done, guys! You really put a lot of thought into this one.
Since that man inspires more people playing instruments than ever, so Paul Mccartney absolutely deserves every praise. He really makes bass guitar seems like a cool instrument rather background player.
@@eyvithorgeirsson6028He shouldn’t be on any list of best keyboard players is what I should have said. I said nothing about vocalists though I certainly would not put him in the top 10. Nor would I put him in the top 10 bassists list.
i can't understand how people think that Biily Joel is a better pianist than Elton John. You may like Joels music better fine but please know something about musicianship!
I'm glad Fagen was included, and I'm not surprised at the position he landed on, but not having Michael Omartian in here at all, much less outside the top 5 is a joke.
You got most of them. I saw Wakeman, Emerson and Patrick Moraz live in the same venue at different times. Moraz and Wakeman with Yes and Emerson with ELP. It was Moraz by a considerable margin in my opinion.
Good list though I was totally expecting to see Burton Cummings, Eddie Jobson, and Brian Eno. Glad to see John Evan and Jan Hammer on there. Really can't dispute Keith at #1.
Matt Bellamy is underrated as a keybordist! Muse has some really great piano pieces, not only remakes of classical pieces (Butterflies and Hurricanes, Space Dementia, Exogenesis Symphony) but also nice original keyboard riffs (New Born, Bliss, Resistance, Undisclosed Desires, a significant part of 2nd Law and Simulation Theory). Muse not in vain carry piano with them since 2001.
