Most favorite 60's/70's keyboardist

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   Who is your favorite and why? I provided the "Other" option so that people wouldn't feel blue about not being able to vote for a person who is not on the list.

I'm not quite sure who is my favorite here. Probably Zawinul. He had an awesome array of keyboards with nice timbres back in the day. Plus, he had quite a taste for African music. 

Edited by Dayvenkirq - 27 Nov 2012 at 6:32pm

Poll Question: Who is your most favorite keyboardist?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Joe Zawinul	1	[16.67%]
Chick Corea	0	[0.00%]
Herbie Hancock	3	[50.00%]
Larry Young	1	[16.67%]
Other	1	[16.67%]
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Dayvenkirq Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Groupie Joined: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Reno, NV, USA Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dayvenkirq Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Most favorite 60's/70's keyboardist Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 3:31pm
	Who is your favorite and why? I provided the "Other" option so that people wouldn't feel blue about not being able to vote for a person who is not on the list. I'm not quite sure who is my favorite here. Probably Zawinul. He had an awesome array of keyboards with nice timbres back in the day. Plus, he had quite a taste for African music. Edited by Dayvenkirq - 27 Nov 2012 at 6:32pm
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snobb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site Admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Vilnius Status: Offline Points: 29717	Post Options Post Reply Quote snobb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 3:50pm
	Voted for Herbie, he's probably most experimenting keyboards player from the list - his playing influenced development of all progressive jazz of that time. Next in line - Chick Corea, his before-RTF works (mostly with Circle) are very innovative, RTF is a fusion classic. Never liked Zawinul too much, first two-three Weather Report albums are excellent, but later and especially his solo works are quite boring. I like few Larry Young albums (and collaborations - with Tony Williams,etc), but many of them are not too attractive for me.

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	I like all those guys (even 'other') and I'd have to vote for HH too, he's one of my all time favourite jazz musicians so it's an easy choice. I'd probably vote in Chick second, then not sure how it'd pan out
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Kazuhiro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Location: Tokyo, Japan Status: Offline Points: 3774	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kazuhiro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 6:27pm
	It may be Herbie Hancock if I consider it as an item of the keyboardists. Chick Corea was a splendid musician, but, as for me, performances of Chick Corea were always it in impressions of Rhodes piano for me. The great keyboardist did many splendid performances in the 70s. As for what was able to recognize it immediately, Jan Hammer might be similar. I was able to recognize that his sound was the sound that he played immediately. And, as for me, even David Sancious is a favorite musician personally.

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35348	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 6:51pm
	Herbie is one of my favorite musicians in any genre, but I thought I would go with Larry Young this time. I love the way he started to use the drawbars on the B3 as a sort of effects pad.

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Brussels Status: Offline Points: 789	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sean Trane Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Nov 2012 at 2:57am
	I'll definitely vote for McCoy Tyner, whose 70'sJR/F discography is even more impressive (in terms of quality) tjhan any of those mentionned (no mention either of Jan Hammer, whether in MO, Jeremy Steig, solo career or Jeff Beck Group??)
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Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Brussels Status: Offline Points: 789	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sean Trane Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Nov 2012 at 3:04am
	For those who love early 70's JR/F and want to investigate McCoy Tyner, try Sahara, Song For My Lady, Extensions (with the National Geographic artwork), Assante, Song For The New World, Echoes Of A Friend, and Inner Voixes... All/most of these album are mislabelled (IMHO, anyway) as Post Bop in our database, when classic fusion would be a better fit for most Edited by Sean Trane - 28 Nov 2012 at 3:05am
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