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I must admit I don't realy know! :rolleyes: My musical tastes have changed and keep evolving...
The only pianist who has always ranked among my favourites since I first heard him is Erroll Garner. Keith Jarrett would be next...
I mostly listen to the likes of Mike White, Seaside Lee, Balladeer these days...
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I'm with geek in the pink...Art Tatum, George Shearing, Adam Makowicz.
Horowitz was also a fan of Tatum.
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pianoga I mostly listen to the likes of Mike White, Seaside Lee, Balladeer these days...
There is therapy available... 
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More seriously At the moment...I'm listening to Ludovico Einaudi, Erroll Garner, Gene Harris, Marilyn McPartland, Diana Krall, Jamie Cullum and a guy called Larry Petty plays in Nordstroms in Dallas...I bought a couple of his CDs when I was in the states last summer Can't say I really have an all-time favourite I just love listening to piano players and pianer music regards Lee 
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Erroll Garner (who Seaside_Lee just mentioned) is a favorite of mine as well. beautiful jazz music, and I believe he can't read a note of it either. Notch one up for the play-by-ear crowd...
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Classical: Dubravka Tomsic
Jazz: Chick Corea
Rock: Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson
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i dont have a favorite pianist, but what got me interested in playing was the salesmen at the store in the mall when i was a kid. from the moment i heard the piano i wanted to learn. then as i got older my friend played and i would make her play the rose for me All the time. she played beautifully even when she was annoyed:) i never did start playing as i thought i could never learn. then i got my first piano for free so i decided to give it a whirl i had nothing to lose but space.....well one thing led to another and not to long after i bought my piano and passed my first one along to the next newcomer:)so i guess my favorite pianist would have to be the sound of the piano:) and whoever could make music on it i admire and admired!!! so i guess all of you:)
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Here is a terrific example of the genius of Chick Corea and the musicians he surrounds himself with. Incredible playing and mastery of the keyboard, which, in this case, is a synthesizer. He has equally incredible technique on the acoustic piano. Chick Corea - Got A Match?
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Here is an equally amazing example in the Classical Piano realm. The incomparable Dubravka Tomsic....Chopin as it was meant to be played. Dubravka Tomsic - Chopin Piano Concerto #2, Second Movement
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Originally posted by CC2 and Chopin lover: Here is a terrific example of the genius of Chick Corea and the musicians he surrounds himself with. Incredible playing and mastery of the keyboard, which, in this case, is a synthesizer. He has equally incredible technique on the acoustic piano.
Chick Corea - Got A Match? Chick Corea is awesome, here's a vid of his: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbfwJI5V00o And here's a very rare recording of Art Tatum playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcmWIrtK-E
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THAT is the MOST beautiful piece of music EVER written. Bar NONE, IMHO, that is. Thank you Chopin Lover for putting a perfect end to a not-too-perfect day. Kathleen
Chopin’s music is all I need to look into my soul.
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Geek, that was Phenomenal!!! Thanks for showing everyone why Chick is my, and many others, alltime favorite. It's great to see him mastering that big acoustic. What an incredible genius that man is, not to mention his composing!!! And for those of you who would like to know what that "Yamaha Sound" is that everyone here on this forum is always referring to, the piano Chick is playing on this video is a great example of it.
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You are most assuredly welcome Kathleen. Thanks for taking the time to listen, and I hope tomorrow is better for you.
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Tea Kalandadze, because no one know about him/her, and I can't find any informantion from everywhere. But.. Tea plays excellently!! AND: Dubravke Tomsic AND: All of other classical pianists
In my this life, I will enjoy playing the piano
In my next life, I will become a pianist
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Now he sings now he sobs is one of my favourite albums! (After EG's Concert by the sea of course!)
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My favorite was George Winston and Yann Tiersen but I have been taken over by David Nevue. David Nevue rocks. You can check him out at www.davidnevue.com
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Originally posted by Debussy20:
I like the 5 browns. If you haven't heard of them, they are a family of 5 that all play together. They are really good. I also like Lang Lang.
Debussy 20 Ugh I'm sorry but both the 5 Browns and Lang Lang are an insult. I don't think I've heard anything musical from either of them, although I haven't really examined ALL of the 5 Browns so I guess I'm generalizing. But anyways, favorite pianists... Tough to say I have a bunch, each for a different reason, but I would have to say either Busoni, Hofmann, Brendel, or Gieseking. Busoni I'm basing off what I've read so that can't really count hahah.
So, you're a cannibal.
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