🎶 2022-03-11 15:57:22 - Paris/France.
Keith Emerson tuag rau lub Peb Hlis 11, 2016nqa daim ntaub thaiv ntawm ib txoj hauj lwm uas pom nws lees paub tias yog ib qho ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws keyboard players / synthesizers txhua lub sijhawm.
Nyob rau hauv cov hnub tom qab nws tuag, Keyboard Magazine's Jerry Kovarsky tau muab sau ua ke ntawm cov khoom plig rau tus txiv neej zoo - nco los ntawm cov phooj ywg, tsev neeg, cov npoj yaig thiab cov kws ntaus nkauj. Rau xyoo tom qab, peb muab rau koj xaiv hauv qab no…
Qhov cuam tshuam uas Keith Emerson tau muaj rau cov kws ntaus nkauj thiab cov kiv cua thoob ntiaj teb yog qhov ntsuas tsis tau. Koj tuaj yeem hais tias Keyboard magazine yuav tau tawm tsam tawm hauv av thiab muaj sia nyob yog Keith tsis tau coj cov keyboards mus rau pem hauv ntej ntawm pab pawg. Nws tau graced peb npog yim lub sij hawm thiab kuj tau ua ntau yam nta.
Peb xav tias txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws los hwm nws lub cim xeeb yog hnov los ntawm ntau tus kws ntaus nkauj thiab cov neeg uas ua haujlwm nrog nws thiab paub nws zoo tshaj plaws. Rau lawv, nws yog Emo, Ntiv tes, Keith ... tab sis qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws nws yog ib tug phooj ywg heev.
Ua tsaug rau txhua tus sib koom, thiab rau Ellie Schwartz thiab Jack Hotop rau lawv txoj kev pab koom tes nrog peb cov kev sib tham.
Keith: Thov kom koj lub suab paj nruag thiab lub hwj chim txuas ntxiv tau hnov thiab xav tau rau ntau tiam neeg tom ntej. Ua tsaug rau koj qhia koj lub peev xwm txo hwj chim nrog peb.
Carl Palmer (ELP, Asia, Carl Palmer Band / ELP Txoj Cai Band)
“Kuv thawj zaug ntsib Keith xyoo 1967; Kuv tau ua si ntawm Battersea Park College nrog Fleetwood Mac, hloov Mick Fleetwood. Sab saum toj ntawm daim nqi yog Qhov Zoo. Kuv twb hnov lawv lawm tab sis tsis tau pom lub band nyob, kuv yuav tsum hais nyob zoo. rau Keith tom qab ua yeeb yam.
"Nws yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws thiab kuv tau los ua tus kiv cua tam sim. Yog li thaum kuv tau hu rau ob peb xyoos tom qab ntawd mus rau kev sib tw rau ib pab pawg tshiab uas nws tau muab tso ua ke, kuv yuav tsum tau mus, txawm tias kuv ua tau zoo heev nrog Atomic Rooster thaum lub sijhawm.
"Muaj tsawg tus keyboard players ntawm nws caliber: nws yog incredibly inventive thiab nws suab paj nruas kev taw qhia ua si classical adaptations yog zoo nkauj npaum li cas kuv ib txwm xav ua. Yog li ntawd muaj kev sib koom ua ke tam sim ntawd. Nej sawv daws yeej paub zaj dab neeg tas nrho...
“Keith yog tus kws ntaus nkauj zoo tshaj plaws uas kuv tau ua si nrog. Peb tau siv sijhawm 16 xyoo ua ke ua suab paj nruag thiab nws yog qhov kev paub zoo heev. Keith yog ib tug neeg uas coj nws lub suab nkauj tiag tiag thiab sim thawb txhua yam nws ua rau qhov siab tshiab. . »
Carl Palmer thiab Keith Emerson. (Cov duab credit: 2013 Pilate)
Brian Auger (Trinity, Oblivion Express)
"Kuv thawj zaug hnov Keith thiab Nice ua si ntawm ib qho kev ua si uas peb ob leeg tau ua hauv Croydon. Nws ua si America' thiab kuv xav tias nws tsuas yog zoo kawg nkaus.
"Peb txoj kev tsis hla ntau lub sijhawm, tab sis ntau xyoo tom qab ntawd nws hais rau kuv tias nws pom kuv ua si ntawm Marquee Club thiab kuv tab tom ua si Jack McDuff's Rock Candy, uas yog ib zaj nkauj uas nws nyiam. Peb sib koom kev hlub rau pianists zoo li Hampton Hawes, Dave Brubeck thiab Oscar Peterson ib yam nkaus. Yog li ntawd, peb ob leeg muaj tib lub hwj chim, tab sis coj lawv mus rau qhov sib txawv. Nws cov txheej txheem yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, thiab nws qhov kev nkag siab ntawm orchestration hauv lub ntsiab lus pob zeb yog ib yam uas yuav tsum tau saib.
"Nyob rau tom ntej ob peb xyoos thiab peb pom tias peb nyob deb li ob peb mais deb hauv California. Peb tau zoo heev thiab tau los ua phooj ywg zoo. Kuv nyiam nws txoj kev lom zem thiab peb tau sib koom ua ke ntau, ua tib yam vintage.
"Nws yog lub hnub qub loj heev thoob plaws ntiaj teb, tab sis nws tsis muaj kev nkag siab ntawm tus kheej. Peb hu ib leeg thiab mus noj hmo, thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws peb tawm mus mloog nkauj. Kuv yuav nco cov hmo no thiab nws lub tuam txhab heev. »
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Guitarist - Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws, Steely Dan, Doobie Bros)
"Kuv thawj zaug ntsib Keith ntawm Tuam Tshoj Club hauv LA thaum xyoo 90s. Kuv nyob hauv tsev, thiab Keith yuav los ua si txhua lub sijhawm. Cov pab pawg suav nrog John Entwistle ntawm cov ntses bass thaj tsam thiab ntau tus kws ntaus kis las, zoo li Joe Walsh - ntau tus txiv neej los ntawm lub studio.
“Ib hmos John thiab kuv tau tham thiab xav tias, 'qhov no zoo heev, peb yuav tsum ua tej yam hnyav dua'. Ib tus kws tshaj lij uas paub zoo, Michael Jensen, tau muab los npaj ob peb qhov yeeb yam hauv Nyij Pooj, yog li peb tau sib koom pab pawg: Keith, John, Joe, Simon Phillips, thiab kuv tus phooj ywg hu nkauj, Rick Livingstone. Peb tsis paub yuav hu peb tus kheej li cas, thiab txaj muag heev, peb xaiv Qhov Zoo Tshaj [luag].
"Peb pib rov xyaum ua dua, thiab qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog tias txhua tus yog tus kiv cua ntawm ib leeg txoj haujlwm thiab ua lawv cov ntawv ua tom tsev kom ua tau zoo. Txhua tus tau coj lawv tus cwj pwm tshwj xeeb rau pawg, thiab tej zaum koj yuav tsis xav tias nws yuav ua haujlwm, tab sis nws tau ua.
"Raws li ib qho piv txwv ntawm qhov Keith coj los rau hauv qhov project, peb npog ib qho ntawm John's nkauj, Boris Tus Kab laug sab. Nws tsis nyuaj heev, tab sis thaum peb tab tom ua si, rau kev lom zem, kuv pib ua si qee cov suab paj nruag los ntawm Jaws thiab Keith dhia rau ntawm nws, nrog lub suab zoo Fabkis horn thiab txhua yam.
"Kuv saib John, uas yog ib tug classical kawm Fabkis horn neeg uas ua ntawv, thiab pib ua si lub intro rau Mussorgsky Hmo ntuj ntawm Bald Roob. Nws paub, thiab ib zaug ntxiv, Keith hais yog lawm. Los ntawm qhov ntawd peb pib hais Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring thiab Keith tuaj yeem npog tag nrho.Thaum peb tau mus rau Nyij Pooj thiab tso tawm qhov kev npaj no, cov neeg tuaj saib xav tsis thoob - lawv tsis paub tias pawg neeg no tuaj yeem mus rau qhov chaw no.
“Kuv coj kuv niam kuv txiv mus ncig no; kuv txiv yog ib tug kws sau keeb kwm thiab tau nyob hauv Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II, thiab Keith tau nyob rau hauv cov khoom ntawd, yog li lawv tau sib raug zoo heev. Peb tau txais nyiaj ntau rau kev hais kwv txhiaj, yog li kuv nug Michael seb nws puas tuaj yeem nrhiav tau ib pawg menyuam yaus los ntawm lub tsev menyuam ntsuag thiab peb yuav coj lawv mus rau Disneyland hauv Tokyo kom muab ib yam dab tsi rov qab.
“Kuv muaj ob daim duab nyiam txij hnub ntawd. Ib tug yog 'Ox', John Entwistle, sawv nrog rau rau tus menyuam yaus nkag rau nws thiab hlub nws. Thiab tib yam hais txog Keith: nws yeej siv sijhawm nrog cov menyuam yaus thiab koj tuaj yeem pom ntau npaum li cas nws xav ua kom lawv zoo siab.
“Tom qab kev ncig xyuas ntawd, Keith thiab kuv tau mus pw, thiab peb tau ua qee qhov kaw. Nws tau ua qhov kev npaj zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Cov Neeg Txawv Tebchaws rau Lub Qhov Rooj tribute CD, uas nws tau kom kuv ua si Django-style guitar. Kuv hlub tus txiv neej no tiag tiag: nws yog tus tshwj xeeb: lub peev xwm loj, nrog kev xav tob tob. Nws pheej xav txog suab paj nruag, thiab kuv xav tias nws tau sau hauv nws lub taub hau. Kuv nco qab ntsia nws ib hnub thiab hais tias, "Txiv neej, koj lub hlwb tsis nrov hnub no!" Thiab Keith tsuas yog luag nyav thiab hais tias, "Yog, kuv paub." »
Marc André Berthiaume (tus kws tshaj lij ncig saib, tus thawj coj theem):
"Peb tau ntsib thawj zaug hauv xyoo 1978. Kuv nyob hauv qhov ntswg qhov ntswg ntawm kev hais kwv txhiaj Olympic Stadium, tsis haus luam yeeb, tab sis tseem tau txais kev sib cuag los ntawm 58+ tus kiv cua tam sim no. Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav qhia Keith tias kuv nyob ntawm qhov yeeb yam no, thib 000 ntawm sab laug, lub rooj 5 - nco kuv? Thiab nws yuav teb tias, "Yog lawm, kuv txawm ntsia koj ncaj nraim ntawm lub qhov muag," tib lo lus nws tau cuam tshuam rau txhua tus neeg uas nug tib lo lus nug.
“Flash-forward mus rau 1997. ELP tab tom npaj rau lwm lub ntiaj teb ncig saib. Los ntawm ntau qhov xwm txheej, kuv tau dhau los ua tus kws tshaj lij suab. Pua pua ntawm cov yeeb yam nrog nws, thiab nws yeej tsis poob nws. Koj muab nws sib xyaw, thiab qhov ntawd zoo nkauj npaum li nws, nrog ob peb tweaks ntawm no thiab muaj.
"Hauv xyoo 2005, kuv tau hu xov tooj: 'Hav, nws yog Keith Emerson. Koj puas xav ua kuv tus kws tshaj lij keyboard?' Kuv lees txais ua tsaug. "Hav Keith, nco kuv?" Kuv yog tus txiv leej tub zaum zaum 503 ntawm Olympic Stadium. "Tau kawg kuv ua, koj hnav qhov khoom ntawd," los teb.
"Kuv tau ua haujlwm nrog Keith los ntawm 2005 mus rau qhov kawg ELP qhia hauv 2012 ntawm High Voltage Festival hauv London. Qhov kawg rau ELP. Kuv xav tias nws pov riam ntawm pawg Marshalls: nws nyiam lub tswv yim, tab sis nws txhawj xeeb vim tias Carl yuav nyob ze dhau. Thiab nws tau qhia kuv txog qhov lawv tau mus ncig ua si nrog Jimi Hendrix Experience. Thaum nws ntsia ntawm nws tus Leslie pov nws rab riam, nws pom ib tug txiv leej tub tsaug zog thiab ua yeeb yaj kiab nrog Super 8 lub koob yees duab.
(Cov duab credit: Tony Ortiz)
“Kuv tau los ua pab pawg kws tshaj lij thaum Keith Emerson Band ncig xyuas. Qee qhov kev ua yeeb yam zoo, thiab qee qhov kev tshaj tawm. Kuv yuav zaum ntawm theem, tswj thaj chaw hloov pauv los ntawm kev ua cov tshuaj tua kab mob dawb, thiab saib cov haujlwm tseem ceeb no.
"Kuv qhov kev nco nyiam yog thaum twg muaj lub suab piano nyob ib puag ncig: Keith yuav gravitate rau nws thiab yeej ua si. Feem ntau yog blues thiab jazz. Nws nyob rau tam sim no.
"Tam sim no kuv pom kuv tus kheej nyob ntawm no nrog kev nco zoo ntawm Keith tsis nyob ntawm theem. Uas luag nyav thiab ceev puns. Thiab nws loj luag. Zaum ntawm nws terraced patio, saib hnub poob dhau ob peb tsom iav ntawm Pinot Grigio. Peb yuav tham txog lub neej, poj niam, suab paj nruag, poj niam, tshiab keyboard iav, poj niam, Robert Moog thiab… poj niam. Kuv zaum ntawm no sau qhov no, saib ntawm ib qho kev txwv ib tsab LP ntawm Keith Emerson Band qhov debut album, nrog nws cov ntawv sau: 'Rau Kirky, ib tug txiv neej uas txaus siab mus qhov twg tsis muaj leej twg tau mus ua ntej.'
Zoo, kuv tau ua thiab nyiam caij tsheb. Kuv yuav nco koj, kuv tus tij laug.
Marc Bonilla (Guitarist, Tus tsim tawm - Keith Emerson Band)
"Kuv thawj zaug ntsib nrog Keith yog xyoo 1973 ntawm Oakland Civic Center thaum ELP's Brain Salad Surgery ncig saib. Nws dhia tawm ntawm theem nrog nws Moog ribbon maub los thaum lub sij hawm Tarkus thiab tsaws rau pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv. Nws muab kuv qhov kev xav paub no thiab luag ntxhi zoo li hais tias, 'Saib koj hauv 16 xyoo, txiv neej, tej zaum peb yuav ua ib yam dab tsi.'
“Nyob rau xyoo 1989, kuv tau ua si hauv pub hauv San Jose, California, thaum tus neeg no tuaj thiab pib kawm peb. Kuv xav tias, 'Tus txiv neej no zoo li Keith Emerson,' tab sis sai sai shrugged, ua tiav zaj nkauj thiab so.
"Thaum nws los ze kuv, kuv hais rau kuv tus kheej, 'Nws yog Keith Emerson!' Nws qhia nws tus kheej thiab nug kuv lub npe ntawm zaj nkauj kawg uas peb ua si, thiab yog tias peb npaj yuav kaw nws. kuv hais tias. Nws hais tias, 'Koj puas xav tias kuv ntaus piano rau nws?' Txhua yam kuv tuaj yeem xav hais hauv kuv lub xeev ntawm kev poob siab thiab xav tsis thoob yog, "Zoo, koj ua dab tsi?" Thiab tsis muaj flinching, nws calmly pib sau nws cov resume, pib nrog The Nice thiab tsiv mus rau ELP ua ntej kuv tuaj yeem nres nws thiab lees tias nws tsuas yog tso dag xwb.
"Peb pib ncig xyuas xyoo 1998 nrog Cov Tub Ntxhais Hluas (nrog Glenn Hughes thiab Ronnie Montrose) thiab tom qab ntawd ua Keith Emerson Band hauv 2006. Nws nyiam reworking ELP tunes los siv lub guitar, thiab yeej ib txwm qhib rau txhua yam ntawm cov tswv yim uas tuaj rau nws. . Nws kuj yog qhov loj ntawm improvisation thaum lub sij hawm ua yeeb yam thiab yuav muaj ceg txheem ntseeg thiab tig sab laug txhua lub sijhawm, uas ua rau peb txhua tus ntawm peb cov ntiv taw thiab muab rau cov neeg tuaj saib qee yam tshwj xeeb thiab tshwj xeeb.
"Thaum Keith tau hais tias kuv tsim Keith Emerson Band album, kuv tau qhuas thiab poob siab me ntsis txog lub tswv yim. Nws yog ib tug ntawm kuv tus phab ej thiab kuv yuav qhia nws yuav ua li cas thiab yuav ua li cas ua si? Nws yog ib qho nyuaj rau kov yeej. dhau, tab sis ib zaug peb ua nws tsim nyog nws.
"Thawj zaug nws tshwm sim yog thaum Hammond solo ntawm Marche Train. Keith tau shaved ib tug puv tes ntawm passes thiab kuv yuav qhia tau hais tias nws yog ib tug me ntsis ntxhov siab vim tsis muab kuv dab tsi no 'producer' xav. Ces nws hais tias, 'Ok, muab pov tseg dua.' Thiab nws txiav tsib los yog rau qhov zoo kawg nkaus siv cov keyboard gymnastics! Tom qab ntawd, peb paub tias muaj ib qho teeb meem uas peb yuav tsum tau kov yeej ua ntej txhua lub tswv yim nrawm mus rau "ntau hom", thiab peb ib txwm pom peb tus kheej nrog kev txaj muag ntawm kev nplua nuj.
"Keith lub hom phiaj yog ib txwm ua nws tus kheej sau. Lub sijhawm tau nthuav tawm nws tus kheej nrog Maestro Terje Mikkelsen hauv 2010. Peb tau mus rau Munich, Lub Tebchaws Yelemees los sau txog Peb Txoj Haujlwm Txoj Haujlwm, uas yog qhov tseem ceeb rau Keith thiab peb tus so. Peb tau rov tsim kho qee qhov ntawm nws cov ELP cov ntawv sau thiab thaum koj hnov nws hauv cov ntsiab lus no, koj paub tias nws yog tus kws sau ntawv ntawm qhov siab tshaj plaws.
“Thaum lub suab paj nruag nyob rau hauv rehearsal, Keith nyob tom qab ntawm chav tsev, zaum ntawm nws tus kheej. kuv rov los saib...
KOJ: Xyuas Xov Xwm
Tsis txhob yig los qhia peb cov lus hauv social network kom muab kev txhawb zog rau peb. 🤓