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Keyboardist






It has become stylish among Hard-rock enthusiasts and musicians to adopt an attitude of scorn and derision towards keyboardists and keyboard music. As an example, guitarist Ted Nugent goes hunting and shoots a keyboard in one of his DVDs. However, in general, the keyboardist has seen something of a resurgence in rock music in recent years, with bands like Maroon 5 , Athlete and The Killers featuring keyboards prominently.


NOTABLE ELECTRONIC KEYBOARDISTS

See Also: List of keyboardists




Note: while the term 'keyboardist' can cover a wide variety of instruments both acoustic and electronic, the following musicians are mostly known as electronic keyboardists, although they may also play piano or other acoustic keyboards.


Rock and pop


: Vince Clarke ( Erasure , Depeche Mode , Yazoo )
: Keith Emerson ( Emerson, Lake & Palmer )
: Brian Eno
: Martin Gore ( Depeche Mode )
: Ralf Hütter ( Kraftwerk , Organisation )
: Jean Michel Jarre
: Booker T. Jones
: Geddy Lee ( Rush )
: Jon Lord ( Deep Purple )
: Manfred Lubowitz ( Manfred Mann )
: Ray Manzarek ( The Doors )
: Gary Numan
: Billy Preston
: Alan Price ( The Animals )
: Nick Rhodes ( Duran Duran )
: Florian Schneider-Esleben ( Kraftwerk )
: Vangelis
: Stevie Wonder
: Bernie Worrell ( Parliament-Funkadelic )
: Richard Wright ( Pink Floyd )
: Rick Wakeman ( Yes )


Jazz


Generally speaking, in jazz music, electronic keyboard players are very often also pianists.

: Chick Corea
: Herbie Hancock
: Keith Jarrett
: Jimmy Smith
: Josef Zawinul ( Weather Report )


Classical


: Wendy Carlos


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