Personal top 10 pianists/keyboard players; no judging or criteria

[Blue in Munich]

We must have some on here whose tastes lean more this way, so again, who are your 10?

 

[Imurg]

Jon Lord
Rick Wakeman
Keith Emerson
Richard Wright
Derek Sherinian
Mark Kelly
Don Airey
Steve Porcaro
Geoff Downes
Geddy Lee

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Ray Manzarek

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Ludovico Einaudi

 

[Fade and Die]

Billy Joel

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Geoff Downes far and above anyone else.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Greg Allman
Roy Bittan
David Bryan
Bruce Hornsby
Billy Joel
Elton John
Booker T Jones
Christine McVie
Billy Powell
Reese Wynans

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Alan Clark
Foss Patterson
Tony Turrell
Elton John
Billy Joel
Christine McVie
Rick Wakeman
Keith Emerson
Tony Banks
Mark Kelly

 

[cliveb]

Dave Stewart
Jan Hammer
Keith Emerson
Tony Banks
Rick Wakeman
Ton Sherpenzeel
Patrick Moraz
Gary Brooker
Mike Ratledge
Eddie Jobson

plus a special mention for Andy "Thunderclap" Newman (for the best piano solo of all time - "Something in the Air")

 

[Slime]

Oscar Peterson.

 

[Siolag]

Yundi Li.
Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Glenn Gould.
Lang Lang.
Daniel Barenboim.
Alfred Brendal.
Rick Wakeman.
Ludovico Einaudi.
Vladimir Horowitz.
Arthur Rubinstein.

 

[KenL]

Dave Greenfield - Stranglers
Dave Formula - Magazine
Rick Wright - Floyd
That's all from me.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Bobby Crush
Mrs Mills
Les Dawson

 

[Foxholer]

Not a fan of merging two different styles, so separating them.

Piano:
Elton John
Leon Russell
Jerry Lee Lewis
Ray Charles
Little Richard
Stevie Wonder
Bruce Hornsby

Keyboards
Rick Wakeman
Keith Emerson
Ray Manzarak

 

[chrisd]

Rick Wakeman
Jools Holland
Elton John
Russ Conway
Dr John
Jon Lord
Keith Emerson

And the so far down that there isn't room to go that far : Chrisd