Who's your favorite keyboard players of all time?

[bobbyb5]

These are my all-time favorite keyboard players. In no particular order.

Keith Emerson. (ELP)
Ray Manzarek. (The Doors)
Lee Michaels
Booker T Jones. (Booker T & the MG's)
Carole King
Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum)
Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel (The Band)
Mike Pinder (The Moody Blues)
Billy Preston
Jimmy Greenspoon (Three Dog Night)
Joni Mitchell

[rkm]

Off the top of my head....

Bill Evans
McCoy Tyner
Herbie Hancock
Keith Jarrett
Jimmy Smith
Donald Fagan
Matt Rabenack (Dr. John)
Billy Joel
Bruce Hornsby
Brad Mehldau
Benmont Tench
Liz Story
Randy Newman
Keith Green
Elton John
Donny Hathaway
Rickie Lee Jones
Joni Mitchell

[glynspsa]

Keith Godchaux
Merl Saunders
Page McConnell
Ray Manzerak
Elton John
Herbie Hancock
Brent Mydland
Bruce Hornsby
Billy Joel
Rob Barranco
Marco Benevento
Gregg Allman

[Fischman]

When I think keys, I also start with Jazz:

McCoy Tyner
Horace Silver
Bobby Timmons
Bud Powell
Oscar Peterson
Tommy Flanagan
Sonny Clark
Bill Evans
Wynton Kelly
Herbie Hancock
Jimmy Smith (organ)
Erroll Garner
Chick Corea
Andrew Hill
Brad Mehldau
Art Tatum
Thelonious Monk
Keith Jarrett
Ahmad Jamal
Joe Sample
Geri Allen
Dave Brubeck
David Benoit
Ramsey Lewis

In Rock:
Keith Emerson. (ELP)
Jordan Rudess (Drem Theater)
Jon Lord (Deep Purple)
Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep)
Steve Winwood (Traffic, Solo)
Booker T Jones. (Booker T & the MG's)
Ray Manzarek. (The Doors)
Rik Wakeman (Yes)
Mike Pinder (The Moody Blues)
Billy Preston
Kevin Moore (Dream Theater)
Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynryd)
Derek Sherinan (Dream Theater)
Bobby Whitlock (Derek and the Dominoes)
Rod Argent (Zombies, Argent)

My top 10 in Classical:
Alfred Brendel
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Claudio Arrau
Vladimir Horowitz
Rudolph Serkin
Emanuel Ax
Sviatoslav Richter
Andras Schiff
Anton Rubenstein
David Helfott

[gussteivi]

Raoul Koczalski
Alfred Cortot
Vladimir Horowitz
Ignaz Friedman
Ernö Dohnányi

[saltysurprise]

Roy Bittan
Geddy Lee
Billy Joel
Steve Nieve
Elton John
John Paul Jones
Richard Wright
Tony Banks
Ray Manzerek
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[Jimmy Dread]

Jackie Mittoo. By a mile.
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[rkm]

Can't believe I forgot Thelonious Monk.

Also:
Larry Goldings
John Medeski
Stevie Wonder
Kenny Kirkland

[AAL2014]

Rick Wakeman springs to mind first because of his outstanding work in the golden era of Yes, but also because 2 of my top 100 (not including Yes albums) feature him on keys. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, and Bowie's Hunky Dory.

McCoy Tyner
Stevie Wonder
Jordan Rudess
Tony Banks
Herbie Hancock
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[AfterHours]

Top 10... which is impossible ... so many greats missing from each category

Jazz:
Cecil Taylor
Keith Jarrett
Anthony Davis
Sun Ra
Paul Bley
Myra Melford
McCoy Tyner
Chick Corea
Lennie Tristano
Bill Evans

Rock:
Klaus Schulze
Peter Michael Hamel
Keith Emerson (Nice)
Florian Fricke (Popol Vuh)
Brian Eno
Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)
Ray Manzarek (The Doors)
Allen Ravenstine (Pere Ubu)
Erik Lindgren (Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic)
Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart, Pere Ubu)

Classical:
Claudio Arrau
Sviatoslav Richter
Andreas Staier
Martha Argerich
Wilhelm Kempff
Alfred Brendel
Arthur Rubinstein
Annie Fischer
Peter Hurford
Richard Goode
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