Best Ever Albums

Re: Favorite Piano Player

joannajewsom — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:52:32 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 03/24/2009 15:52

The Beatles are a good band, so he has good taste.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

Detroit Rock Citizen — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:58:43 GMT

Author: Detroit Rock Citizen

Posted: 03/24/2009 02:58

joannajewsom wrote:

Adrian Brody

That's actually funny. I hear his favorite band is the Beatles.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

RFNAPLES — Mon, 9 Mar 2009 02:00:45 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 03/09/2009 06:00

Alkan, Charles-Valentin
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Brahms, Johannes
Busoni, Ferruccio
Chopin, Frédéric
Debussy, Claude
Liszt, Franz
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Prokofiev, Sergei
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Ravel, Joseph-Maurice
Rubinstein, Anton
Schumann, Robert
Scriabin, Alexander
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Weber, Carl Maria von

Re: Favorite Piano Player

Anonymous — Fri, 6 Feb 2009 03:40:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/06/2009 08:40

Gotta put in a vote for Billy Joel.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

TrippyT — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:05:10 GMT

Author: TrippyT

Posted: 01/31/2009 23:05

Ruben Gonzalez from the Buena Vista Social Club is also a fantastic pianist with a distinct style

Re: Favorite Piano Player

maxxy — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:15:35 GMT

Author: maxxy

Posted: 01/24/2009 04:15

Who here plays piano? just curious.

We should extend this thread or make a new one to include just your favorite musicians in general.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

bc1991 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:47:09 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 01/24/2009 00:47

Well thats true. Duh me.
Never noticed that before. Thanx for the info.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

banana brother — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:41:32 GMT

Author: banana brother

Posted: 01/24/2009 00:41

He played piano on Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. I don't know which specific parts are his because both him and Jaki Byard are credited in the linear notes but all of the piano on that album is great. Also he played piano all time, obviously, on Mingus Plays Piano.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

bc1991 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:27:00 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 01/24/2009 00:27

JohnnyRocketFingers wrote:

Mingus was primarily a bass player, not only a bass player. He also played piano on many of his recordings and his piano playing is fantastic.

Well, I didn't know that. I thought he only played the bass. Sorry about that.
Could you mention some of his recordings in which he played piano? I'm really curious now.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

JohnnyRocketFingers — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:22:50 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 01/24/2009 00:22

Mingus was primarily a bass player, not only a bass player. He also played piano on many of his recordings and his piano playing is fantastic.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

bc1991 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:59:29 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 01/23/2009 17:59

Just going to make a few corrections on some previous posts.

Mingus was a bass player, maybe the best on jazz, but not piano player.
There's no way to say that Beethoven was a great piano player since the recording of music didn't exist when he was alive.

Re: Favorite Piano Player

bc1991 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:52:50 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 01/23/2009 17:52

Classical:
Glenn Gould
Philippe Entremont
Sviatoslav Richter

Jazz:
Art Tatum
Thelonious Monk
Bud Powell

Re: Favorite Piano Player

Aurora — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:16:28 GMT

Author: Aurora

Posted: 01/22/2009 17:16

Nicky Hopkins

Re: Favorite Piano Player

teodor_matz — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:36:44 GMT

Author: teodor_matz

Posted: 01/21/2009 20:36

Herbie Hancock
Bobby Timmons (the guy who played on Art Blakey's Moanin')
Rod Argent (The Zombies)

Re: Favorite Piano Player

joannajewsom — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:50:23 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 12/15/2008 02:50

Adrian Brody

Re: Favorite Piano Player

JohnnyRocketFingers — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:26:42 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 12/14/2008 23:26

ALL PIANISTS!

Re: Favorite Piano Player

maxxy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:29:12 GMT

Author: maxxy

Posted: 12/14/2008 22:29

That's a stupid thing to argue about. Are we doing contemporary pianists or can classical ones be included as well?

Re: Favorite Piano Player

banana brother — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:34:50 GMT

Author: banana brother

Posted: 12/14/2008 17:34

Firtst off, Sorry about taking all of them i wasn't just picking ones to look like i knew more about music i just had never thought about who one favorite was before so i just listed the ones that i love
Second, I'll add Lennie Tristano to my list so that makes 8 for me
In conclusion sorry again its just so hard to choose only one, but since you insist ill go with Cecil Taylor, i love his approach to the piano its very different from most other players. At first his music seems very atonal, but then you realize that he is using the piano as much as a percussive instrument as he is a melodic one
BTW i wasn't cursing the F stands for Fooey, but also whats with the personal attack about only listing them to seem smart? considering the piano is the most popular instrument of all time 7 favorites really isn't unreasonable, especially since you didn't specify how many we should pick

Re: Favorite Piano Player

maxxy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:34:19 GMT

Author: maxxy

Posted: 12/14/2008 14:34

WTF?
My pick is Victor Borge

Re: Favorite Piano Player

JohnnyRocketFingers — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:41:55 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 12/14/2008 03:41

and i love the maxwell brady watkins pick oscar. His album "the sounds of Super Smash Bros Brawl" is magnificent