Organists or Keyboardists I adore

within non-classical music
most of them moog
maybe not so much for their way of playing
more the worlds they have been creators of


1
Peter Hammill
(of Van Der Graaf Generator and solo)

2
Tony Banks
(of Genesis)

3
Brian Eno
(of Roxy Music, solo and other constellations)

4
Benny Andersson
(of ABBA and Hep Stars)

5
Vangelis
(solo, some with Jon Anderson)

6
Jean Michel Jarre
(solo)

7
Klaus Schulze
(solo, some with Tangerine Dream)

8
Björn J:son Lindh
(solo as well as for many swedish artists)

9
Ian McDonald
(of King Crimson)

10
Ron Mael
(of Sparks)

11
Rick Davies
(of Supertramp)

12
Richard Tandy
(of Electric Light Orchestra)

13
Ken Hensley
(of Uriah Heep)

14
Peter Bardens
(of Camel)

15
Steve Winwood
(of Traffic)

16
Matthew Fisher
(of Procol Harum)

17
Eric Woolfson
(of Alan Parsons' Project)

18
Hasse Olsson
(for many swedish artists)

19
George Harrison
(of Beatles and solo)

20
Jon Lord
(of Deep Purple and orchestras)

21
Alison Goldfrapp
(of Goldfrapp)

22
Chris Lowe
(of Pet Shop Boys (though I much rather prefer Tennant's intentions than Lowe's mixes))

23
Dave Greenfield
(of Stranglers)

24
Rob Hubbard
(for Commodore computer games
maybe not keyboard-player)

25
Fats Waller
(old solo, most pianist)

26
Manfred Mann
(of Manfred Mann's Earth Band)

27
Mark Shreeve
(solo and of Redshift)

28
Claudio Simonetti
(of Goblin)

29
Annie Lennox
(of Eurythmics)

30
Howard Jones
(solo)

31
John Paul Jones
(of Led Zeppelin)

32
Rod Argent
(of Zombies and more)

33
Rick Wakeman
(of Yes)

34
Ray Manzarek
(of Doors)




Although just beginning to be aware of who the organists are (not to speak about which the instruments are) I always have listened more to the organ- or synth elements in rock history than to other instruments - I believe that synthesizes my love for some different genres.










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