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Jon Lord wins a poll
Jon Lord has won the Greatest Keyboard Player poll held by Real XS radio in Manchester, UK. The final top 10 is as follows:
- Jon Lord
- Rick Wakeman
- Rick Wright
- Keith Emerson
- Ray Manzarek
- Matt Bellamy
- Jordan Rudess
- Tony Banks
- Dave Greenfield
- John Paul Jones
Thanks to Alan Heron for the info.
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That’s a no brainer. Nobody compares.
June 24th, 2014 at 15:04Jon is number 1, but Ken Hensley should be up there too.
June 24th, 2014 at 15:04Don Airey belongs here too.
June 24th, 2014 at 15:04No surprise…glad to see Emerson and Wakeman on list…surprised Billy Powell is not on it…ty for post
June 24th, 2014 at 15:06Such an accolade for one so humble…
June 24th, 2014 at 15:13Was and always will be the greatest
June 24th, 2014 at 15:22A true master of his art
June 24th, 2014 at 15:22Good list, but I am missing Don Airey ( Deep Purple, ex Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Jethro Tull, Michael Schenker Group) and Ken Hensley, (ex Uriah Heep)
June 24th, 2014 at 15:24the best
June 24th, 2014 at 15:32John Paul Jones ? ahaha 🙂
June 24th, 2014 at 15:42Emerson and Manzarek above Wright and Billy Preston and Don Airey in there somewhere!
June 24th, 2014 at 15:56Too right Jon Lord is the best…..he is a legend!!!
June 24th, 2014 at 16:25who was the one that wrote classical Gas ???
June 24th, 2014 at 16:40The best
June 24th, 2014 at 16:41Mais y-a-t-il besoin de les classer ? Why keyboardist contest ? I love ALL keyboardist from Jon Lord to Jordan Rudess
June 24th, 2014 at 16:42jon lord the best no ken hensly thou amazed
June 24th, 2014 at 16:44james s – I believe it was mason williams, more known for his guitar work…
June 24th, 2014 at 16:47John Paul Jones in TOP 10? Excuse me ?
June 24th, 2014 at 17:13Yeeeeeaaahhhh!!!!!!
June 24th, 2014 at 17:38Mr Lord on keyboard yeeaaahhh
June 24th, 2014 at 18:05God knows how John Paul Jones gets in there,typical Zep fans, they can only ever vote in a poll using a member of Led Zep.
June 24th, 2014 at 18:08Who else?!
June 24th, 2014 at 18:12wheres don airey ????
June 24th, 2014 at 18:16The beast
June 24th, 2014 at 18:26Master…….. .
June 24th, 2014 at 18:32JPJ??!
June 24th, 2014 at 18:35– Rightly so!
Manzarek should be 2nd, though!
June 24th, 2014 at 19:51That is a great top ten list indeed, Jon Lord is my favourite keyboard player & Wakeman has always been a close second! Great to see Rick Wright at 3 also. Emerson rightly so at 4 & I would have Tony Banks at 5, no disrespect to Ray Manzarek, he could be at 6! Two legends lost in Lord & Wright, but thankfully we have the melodies from them forever! I probably would have Patrick Moraz in there somewhere also, I am also a Yes ‘fan’ after all! Cheers.
June 24th, 2014 at 20:52Where is Don Airey? He is a great keyboard player. Listen to Now what of Deep Purple for example. Jon Lord the best!
June 24th, 2014 at 21:32Great John!
June 24th, 2014 at 21:51SAUDOSO! JON LORD!
June 24th, 2014 at 22:48Don Aireys should be there. Honourable mention to Colin Towns Of Gallant. But lord is the best
June 24th, 2014 at 23:41Colin Towns of Gillan I.meant to say
June 24th, 2014 at 23:42Don Airey, Patrick Moraz, Peter Bardens,Ken Hensley, better than half of those choices…
June 24th, 2014 at 23:48Keith Emerson…at the first position! and Jon Lord on the second!
June 25th, 2014 at 02:18Tony carey ??? In rainbow.. 1976
June 25th, 2014 at 02:42Long live Jon Lord!!
June 25th, 2014 at 04:20Wow. No Ken Hensley.
June 25th, 2014 at 04:51A god!
June 25th, 2014 at 05:051. Jon Lord 2. Ken hensley
June 25th, 2014 at 06:02Jon IMHO is the best and agree Don Airey should be in there. I just love his solo on Difficult to Cure. Someone once described it as Star Wars on the Keyboard, I think in Kerrang or Sounds when the album came out. Also love Geoff Downes. Saw him with Asia at their second debut show at Wembley and man he was awesome. Also a big mention to Mark Kelly of Marillion who was fantastic live but also often the main voice for me on lots of album material.
June 25th, 2014 at 07:21I can’t believe I didn’t think of Ken Hensley, a super Hammond player & a wonderful keyboard player who also is a very good guitarist & songwriter & not a bad vocalist either! Maybe that is why he isn’t in the list, too multi talented perhaps or maybe if there was a multi instrumentalist poll, he would win hands down!?? Love the early 70’s Heep. Cheers.
June 25th, 2014 at 07:34derek sherinian should be on that list
June 25th, 2014 at 08:04Where are Ken Hensley??????
June 25th, 2014 at 08:12Jon wird immer die #1 bleiben, egal wer da kommt, unsterblich und unerreicht.
June 25th, 2014 at 08:59Agree with the Don Airey and Ken Hensley comments, but we could all add a few names that should maybe be in there, Max Middleton?
June 25th, 2014 at 10:16People who should be above JPJ – in no particular order and apologies to the many I have forgotten: Tommy Eyre, Colin Towns, John Evans, Vangelis , Patrick Moraz, Tony Kaye, Geoff Downes, Dave Greenslade, Christine McVie , Alan Price, Dr John, Ray Charles.
Frankly even Vince Clarke and Gary Numan.
And after all that JPJ is a good keyboard player and a great recorder player.
June 25th, 2014 at 10:19Of course Jon is the best!!! He will be known as the Keyboard player for Deep Purple and also as a Classical Composer. I believe in 2010 in a poll taken by European Classical radio stations he came in 3rd as the most popular Classical Composer!!
June 25th, 2014 at 11:52like n nice n love deep purple
June 25th, 2014 at 13:18The Best!!! <3
June 25th, 2014 at 13:59Lord …! you did it again !
June 25th, 2014 at 14:12Jon Lord is the best, I know that ever since the first time heard the solo in “The Painter”
“The Hands Of God”, great talent, playing his instrument with a soul
celebrated Hammond
A list of the best musicians, mostly keyboards masters and seventies, when the rock was progressive, players innovators
although it seems to me that John Poul Jones celebrates a different instrument
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the top ten for me .. should be no place for
Ken Hensley great player and author
good and Dave Greenfield from “The Stranglers” This van Leer / Focus / “mad genius”
Of course l place of honor for the great Don Airey
He is versatile, classicist, who played the jazz -rock Collosseum II, Purple and Sabbath famalys, to the winners of Eurosong 1997 where he played, arranged and conducted
the winner song of Great Britain
Don is a great
I look forward to seeing you soon on the coast of Croatia in Zadar 15 .07. ” The Greatest Band in the world play
Jon lives forever
June 25th, 2014 at 14:41Agreed!!!! Jon is my favorite. What a great guy also. Had the privilege of meeting him once and he was very friendly and sociable. Where is Don Airey and Jurgen Fritz on this poll. Im sure many others must have been mentioned as well, but JPJ??? I love his contributions to LZ, but top 10. I dont think so
June 25th, 2014 at 14:45The greatest, then, now and forever! R.I.P. Jon!
June 25th, 2014 at 15:18Jon is the king but..Ken Hensley,Don Airey..Where are you?
June 25th, 2014 at 16:15Do you know Peter Solley?he used to play with 70′ rock band Paladin,then spent some years with Procol harum and had some stints with Whitesnake.He’s awesome.
jon repose en paix.
June 25th, 2014 at 16:19Hilarious!! Matt “Twat” Bellamy? John Paul Jones? (a great bass player). Where the hell are Ken Hensley, Don Airey & Geoff Downes? Lord, Wakeman, Wright, Banks, Emerson… Hell yeah, well deserved!!
June 25th, 2014 at 17:30matt bellamy,since when was he a keybord player ?guitarist yes but hardly class.not in the same league.
June 25th, 2014 at 20:13Jon Lord, Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge) and Keith Emerson had the biggest impact on me. At the moment I listen to Brian Auger, he’s fantastic. Nobody mentioned Geoff Downes from Asia. But it’s lovely to hear that Jon is on top of the list, no question.
June 25th, 2014 at 20:39I know John Lord was a great keyboard player, But what’s Jordan Rudess doing in 7th place?
June 26th, 2014 at 05:20What these ‘polls’ should really be is a ‘peoples favourite’ player poll. Because that is what they really are, a popularity vote, has anyone seen the bass player ‘poll’? Steve Harris 2nd & Cliff Burton 3rd, comical or what! Next is the ‘best guitar solo’ poll. I bet there are a few comical votes in that from some rabid ‘fans’ of certain artists! On a serious note, my ‘favourite’ guitar solos, David Gilmour owns half of the top 10. Blackmore will be in there & a few others! Does it mean anything other than my ‘favourite’ musical moments or artists, no it doesn’t, well only to me it does! Cheers.
June 26th, 2014 at 05:40I’m sure there are thousands of keyboard players around the country with their heads in their hands on seeing this.
June 26th, 2014 at 09:15I love the fact that Jon Lord won but for Don Airey to not make the list makes this poll a joke. John Paul Jones really? What a insult to Don.
June 26th, 2014 at 10:24A lot of conjecture on who is not included in the list.
June 26th, 2014 at 10:44The bottom line is they got the NUMBER ONE right.
Yes John, but they probably play with more than one finger at a time!
June 26th, 2014 at 12:49The Uncommon Man deserves no less. Glad they got this poll right regarding the #1 spot. Would have been a hard pill to swallow had they not. Don Airey missing is appalling though. No other Keyboard player on the planet has been hired by as many stalwart big names as Don Airey. He has left his ivory mark on more albums and toured with more musicians than anybody out there. That didn’t happen by chance. It happened because of his prowess.
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June 27th, 2014 at 01:47Viva Jon Lord!. He´s the master of the masters. I think he´s the best keyboardist of all time and number 1 is for him. Long live Jon Lord.
June 27th, 2014 at 12:40Well the ‘greatest’ guitar solos are in & thankfully there are a few folk out there who recognise class when they hear it! Gilmour first, not surprising from the maestro! Slash (Guns ‘n Roses) 2nd, Ha Ha, my sides just split! Blackmore 3rd behind G & R??????? Ouch my sides just split even further! Metallica at 9th, sheeeesh the world of rock music is doomed indeed! Who are Alterbridge at 6???????
June 29th, 2014 at 09:31I can relate to all the others though. Cheers.
I noticed Andrey’s post, haven’t read the others. I’m with the opinion that although someone can play the instrument well, doesn’t mean they’re a master of any sorts, @John Paul Jones – Talk about running out of names to put in a poll. Give me guys who play for Walter Trout over him, and a boat lad of others, any day! Metallica, oh dear… it cheapens Lord’s win all the way.
June 30th, 2014 at 16:01Others are the cream of crop.
But John is the Maestro and influential
July 11th, 2014 at 17:56Greg Rolie from the original Santana line up is very good to. One of the reason i enjoy listening to him , is because he sound’s a bit like Jon Lord in places. Jon sounded really good in that Last Concert in Japan / This Time Around album. When things were going down , he stepped up and played better.
July 17th, 2014 at 12:05