Best Piano Player

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Re: Best Piano Player

Originally posted by Nellinator
Who do you think is the best ever?

And if someone says Elton John or Tori Amos I will punch myself in the face pretending it was you because as much as I love both of them they are both C class pianists.

You put them up but not the Piano Man. Billy Joel is by far the best Piano player:

YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k

Nellinator Crazy Canuck

Billy Joel is really good, but he's not as good as any that I listed technically, probably a better songwriter though, other than Chopin and Rachmaninoff. I underrepresented jazz pianists sadly.

I'd rank the top three jazz pianists as:
1) Art Tatum
2) Thelonius Monk
3) Oscar Peterson
4) Billy Joel

vanice traceur

Thelonius as nr 2??
ok......
I'id say
1. Bill Evans
2. Keith Jarret
3. Brad Mehldau
4. Bobo Stensson perhaps..? swedish jazz player, check him out..

Nellinator Crazy Canuck

My bad my new order would have Bill Evans, Keith Jarret and Brett Mehldau ahead of Billy Joel. My only unmoveable one is really Art Tatum. Even classical pianist like Horowitz consider him the greatest to ever touch the keys.

chillmeistergen Restricted

I'm fairly new to listening to music with a lot of piano in it. However, I really enjoy Matt Bellamy's piano playing especially in songs like space dementia and sunburn.

vanice traceur
Originally posted by Nellinator
My bad my new order would have Bill Evans, Keith Jarret and Brett Mehldau ahead of Billy Joel. My only unmoveable one is really Art Tatum. Even classical pianist like Horowitz consider him the greatest to ever touch the keys.

yeah maby I should listen more to him.. 😎

Nellinator Crazy Canuck

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
I'm fairly new to listening to music with a lot of piano in it. However, I really enjoy Matt Bellamy's piano playing especially in songs like space dementia and sunburn.

I like the solo from Butterflies and Hurricanes.
Matt Bellamy is a decent piano player, but what he semi-cheats. He does arpeggios up the scale and back down really fast. Which is far easier to do than it looks. Not that I really care though because it sounds good. The opening line from Bliss is one of the easiest things to play once you figure it out.
Originally posted by vanice
yeah maby I should listen more to him.. 😎
He's hard to find sadly, but he is truly a master.