Members Learning67 Posted October 17, 2005 Members Share Posted October 17, 2005 No GLen Gould! No McCoy Tyner! No Classical or jazz! Make that a different thread. Best Rock and Roll Piano Solos? Bill Payne on Dixie Chicken from the little Feat live album Steve Winwood, Low Spark (?) Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire Who played piano on the Chuck Berry records? that guy rocks..... hmmmm...Im thinking more about great rock pianist more than great rock piano solos.... Roy BittenChuck LevalSteve WinwoodNicky Hopkins recent tragic events have prompted me to get back into the New Orleans tradition of piano players Professor Longhair and Alan Tousaint are just amazing.................. discuss amongst yourselves............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterdregs Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Gotta go with the Bill Payne. There's a transcription from an old Keyboard magazine interview floating around here somewhere. Ah, here it is: http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/ubb/get_topic/f/18/t/009027.html#000000 While I am a strident defender of intellectual property rights, when this appeared on this forum I checked with Keyboard magazine and it is not available from them, so one can assuage one's guilt (however much you may or may not have) since it is not commercially available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SynFull Music Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 I agree that Billy Payne is great. In addition to his work with Little Feat, check out his opening on the Doobie Brothers' "Sweet Maxine." That has to be among the tastiest of any 12 second solos! Here's another guy to consider: Bruce Hornsby. Too many stellar piano solos by him to list! Cheers,Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogerH Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Emerson - "Take a Pebble", "Nutrocker"Winwood - "Empty Pages" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tucktronix Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Originally posted by Learning67 Who played piano on the Chuck Berry records? that guy rocks..... The great Johnny Johnson... of course;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ELP71 Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Ray Manzarek of the Doors in "Crystal Ship" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillyWa Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Billy Joel - Angry Young Man (I believe that is the one I am thinking of). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Originally posted by RogerH Emerson - "Take a Pebble" Phuck....stole my answer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marzzz Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Mike Garson- the solo break on David Bowie's Aladdin Sane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cruel_Hoax Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Emerson - the short-ish piano bridge in "Trilogy". Inspired me to want to learn those note cascades, anyway. -Hoax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eatsdrummachine Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 lady madonna is great but doesn't have a 'solo'. and I really like some of the flavs on the animals songs. plus- who can forget the edge on 'new years day'? but that piano work on the black crows 'remedy' is money- one mother of a breakdown. the whole 'southern harmony...' record, in fact- that's my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogerH Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Originally posted by RogerH Emerson - "Take a Pebble" Phuck....stole my answer.... Well, anything from that ELP album, Tarkus, Trilogy, etc.; all good anwers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members analogaddict Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Dr. John serves up some great fills in the outro of "Such A Night" on "The Last Waltz"... Another great outro is that of Toto's "Rosanna", great bluesy piano fills all over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wineandkeyz Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Chuck Leavell's solo on the Allman Bros.' "Jessica" (or any of his other soloes on the "Brothers & Sisters" album, for that matter) Billy Powell's solo on Skynyrd's "I Know a Little" "Last Date" by Floyd Cramer (don't laugh, I'm serious!) Anything by Bill Payne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noizyb Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Bruce Hornsby- Spider FingersChuck Leavell w/ Eric Clapton "Old Love" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GlassPrisoner Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Jordan Rudess - Blind Faith Billy Powell - The Breeze Billy Powell - Sweet Home Alabama John Lord - Woman from Tokoyo Bruce Hornsby - The Way it Is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meccajay Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Bobby Lyle- Rhapsody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tucktronix Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 There is an awesome, bluesy piano solo at the beginning of Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath". I believe it was John Evans. Worth mentioning again: Emo on "Karn Evil #9, 2nd Impression" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SynFull Music Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Originally posted by tucktronix Worth mentioning again: Emo on "Karn Evil #9, 2nd Impression" I agree with this. In fact, I sometimes prefer the piano-driven work of ELP more than their organ/synth driven work (though this is not always the case). So in addition to ELP71 and Tucktronix's mention of "2nd Impression," I'd also add the piano work on "Trilogy," -- (also mentioned by Cruel Hoax), "Endless Enigma," "Bitches Crystal," and "Benny the Bouncer." Sure, the last one is a bit comedic, but it's still has some great piano work. Cheers,Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Outkaster Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Bruce Hornsby - The way it isRoy Bittan - Thunder Road (not really a solo)Allamn Brothers - Jessica (with Chuck Level)Billy Payne - Dixie Chicken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beermaster Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 Don't quite get how you can exclude 'jazz' or jazz influenced players from a list like this. - true great solos are improvised so isn't that more or less the same thing as jazz ? ANd Blues/boogie - ? where do you draw the line ? Greg Philligaines (?) the intro to 'Maxine' on Nite fly MIchel Camilo's cuban pliano playing on 'One More Once' The best piano solos are by Jazz Pianists - They know the changes and how to work with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members niacin Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 "Pastures of Plenty" - Bruce Hornsby, from the Harbor Lights album The late Richard Tee - intro to "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on Paul Simon's live recordings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roald Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 what about the intro to 'firth of fifth' on the original 'Selling England by the Pound' album by Genesis? Also dig the intro in 'they won't go where I go' by Stevie Wonder. Or Billy Joel's tasty stuff in 'scenes at an italian restaurant'..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SynFull Music Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 I thought of another one: Kenny Kirkland on Sting's "Bring on the Night" (the live version) Cheers,Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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