> Bart Simpson wrote:

>> �frontiernet.net> wrote:

>>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:39:54 -0700 (PDT), Raja gmail.com>
>>> wrote:

>

>>>> On Sep 18, 10:39 pm, poisoned rose usenet.com>
>>>> wrote:

>>>>> Raja gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>>>> You're right. For sheer speed, there are plenty who rate above Tyner,
>>>>>>>> including Tatum, Powell, Newborn and Peterson. Powell had the whole
>>>>>>>> package, but due to his precarious mental state, his output is wildly
>>>>>>>> uneven.

>>>>>>> Sure, but imagine if any of those hacks tried to fumble their way
>>>>>>> through the staggering, finger-melting complexities of "No Quarter."

>>>>>> It doesnt have to be complex to be good. JPJ was the master of
>>>>>> tasteful keyboard work.

>>>>> You don't know anything, Raja.

>

>>>>> If we asked you whose "tasteful keyboard work" is inferior to Jones',
>>>>> you'd probably have trouble coming up with more than about 25 names.

>

>>>>> Just think for a moment about what a joke your assertion is. You say JPJ
>>>>> is "easily" among the top five keyboardists ever, even as you
>>>>> simultaneously admit "he didnt play much keyboard." You've GOT to have
>>>>> really shallow, limited knowledge to make those two statements together.

>

>>>>> You love Led Zeppelin, and they had some songs which include keyboard
>>>>> parts. Your reasoning goes no deeper than that.

>>>> SHUT UP. JPJ played enough keyboard to be top 5. But wasnt enough full
>>>> time keyboardist to be #1.

>>> Can we get you to stomp your feet and suck on a pacifier at the same
>>> time?

>

>> I've seen Emerson at least a dozen times, in bars, stadiums and in between.

>

>> I've seen Wakeman like that too. �

>

>> Jon Lord? �I may as well say so.

>

>> John Paul Jones of Zep? � He's way down there. (but in the top 20) � �The
>> above are better in concert, then there is Stevie Wonder, Vince Clarke and
>> the likes of my friend Emm Gryner (keys on Bowies 2000 BBC stuff). �But
>> that's a personal thing.

>

>> I suppose this is a little weird, and I am aging myself. �But when Robert
>> Fripp showed up in 1981 with "The League of Gentlemen" at a bar, XTC's Barry
>> Andrew's ruled the earth.

>

>> I'm sorry. �Old farts like me tend to rave about "the good old days".

>
> How about Jimmy Smith? An old fart should rate him pretty highly.