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Bosse de Nage

Zellulärer Automat

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30 Mar 07

Officer Dibble

Hoagy's Alley

Joined: 12 Sep 04
Moves: 41791

31 Mar 07

Originally posted by PocketKings
And if anyone says Billy Joel, Elton John, or Yanni, may your miserable life end painfully

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Billy Joel! 🙄 THE Piano man.

sorry cmsMaster, PocketKings was right and now you must die.

mikelom

Ajarn

Wat?

Joined: 16 Aug 05
Moves: 76863

31 Mar 07

Such a shame that few members of this enchanted site have never heard of Franz Liszt....

Aiko

Joined: 23 Mar 04
Moves: 254972

31 Mar 07

Originally posted by mikelom
Such a shame that few members of this enchanted site have never heard of Franz Liszt....

Name his best works and I will give it a go!

usmc7257

semper fi

Joined: 02 Oct 03
Moves: 112520

31 Mar 07

anyone heard of george winston? i like alot of his stuff.

kirksey957

Outkast

With White Women

Joined: 31 Jul 01
Moves: 91452

31 Mar 07

Originally posted by mikelom
Such a shame that few members of this enchanted site have never heard of Franz Liszt....

If we're putting dead people on the list, I'll put up Rachmaninov.

mikelom

Ajarn

Wat?

Joined: 16 Aug 05
Moves: 76863

31 Mar 07

Originally posted by kirksey957
If we're putting dead people on the list, I'll put up Rachmaninov.

It was a close call for me too. However Liszt could do what Rach couldn't, reach 2 octaves with 1 hand!

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

31 Mar 07

Originally posted by genius
scott joplin or bach.

okay, so bach is more organ stuff but it's still a keyboard. or three... 😛

Wow, you have heard Bach play? I am so envious!

Aiko

Joined: 23 Mar 04
Moves: 254972

31 Mar 07

Originally posted by usmc7257
anyone heard of george winston? i like alot of his stuff.

You have not read my first post, have you?

~~B52EWO~~

Joined: 06 Feb 07
Moves: 1409

31 Mar 07

McCoy Tyner

mikelom

Ajarn

Wat?

Joined: 16 Aug 05
Moves: 76863

31 Mar 07

Originally posted by B52EWO
McCoy Tyner

What? McCoy Tyner has read Aiko's first post?........

kirksey957

Outkast

With White Women

Joined: 31 Jul 01
Moves: 91452

01 Apr 07

Originally posted by mikelom
It was a close call for me too. However Liszt could do what Rach couldn't, reach 2 octaves with 1 hand!

There is a story that Rachmaninov wore gloves before concerts because his hands were constantly cold because his fingers were so long. I don't know how you reach two octaves with one hand.

Ice Cold

Joined: 30 Aug 06
Moves: 28651

01 Apr 07

I think I have the best pen.... Oh you said pianist? Nevermind 😞

Aiko

Joined: 23 Mar 04
Moves: 254972

01 Apr 07

So, any plays I should hear?

eatmybishop

Joined: 29 Jan 07
Moves: 3612

01 Apr 07

Originally posted by mikelom
Such a shame that few members of this enchanted site have never heard of Franz Liszt....

i'm sure most people have heard of him but no one has ever heard him play; all we have are testomionials and his own compositions to display his brilliance; i'm sure a few modern day classical pianists could give him a run for his money....

could liszt do bach as well as glenn gould? mozart as well Brendel? how about Rubinstein or Richter?

critics have said if liszt played jazz he'd be oscar peterson....

the greatest..? too many to name... but i've never heard anyone improvise as well as erroll garner and never heard anyone play as fast as bobby enriquez (he was so fast he had the nickname: "The Madman"

eatmybishop

Joined: 29 Jan 07
Moves: 3612

02 Apr 07

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Who is it?

For me it is unquestionably Dieter Roth. Just listen to this example of his brilliance:
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/roth_dieter/musik/Roth-Dieter_Musik_01_Die-Radio-Sonate_1978.mp3

monty alexander as well, another great player