> On Sep 20, 4:12 am, Eiron hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> frontiernet.net> wrote:

>>>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:39:54 -0700 (PDT), Raja gmail.com>
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>>>>> On Sep 18, 10:39 pm, poisoned rose usenet.com>
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>>>>>> 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.

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>>>>>> 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.

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>>>>>> 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.

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>>>>>> 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?

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

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>>> I've seen Wakeman like that too.

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>>> Jon Lord? I may as well say so.

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>>> 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.

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>>> 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.

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

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

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> If you start throwing jazz musicians in the mix, everyone starts
> moving down pretty rapdily. Do we really want to compare Paul
> McCartney's piano playing with Herbie Hancock's or Wynton Kelly's?
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