DREAM THEATER'S JORDAN RUDESS - Keyboard Solo FIRST COUPLE REACTION | THIS is Keyboard Playing!

After the keyboarder poll post, we decided to show those who didn't know who Jordan Rudess is. Enjoy!
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[@wolfedan3]

You failed to mention that Jordan was invited to Julliard School of Music at the age of 9. He is a master musician. Only 8% of applicants get selected to attend Julliard. He has worked with many old school bands, Deep Purple is one that comes to mind.

[@richarddobson815]

Thank you guys! I'm certainly up for more Jordan and Dream Theater so that I can get more acquainted with his music. He is obviously very talented and from the Keith Emerson school of keyboard showmanship! I agree Alexia, spider fingers! Very cool, let's see more xx

[@mvunit3]

A couple of videos for you of Jordan talking about Keith Emerson :) . . . 1. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4rCn3ehpdaJY9U 2. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqSmn4BnicSUmNE - enjOy

[@rmac8008]

He opened for Al Dimeola a couple yrs ago in Portland Played solo grand piano Brilliant player🎶 Well worth the drive down 🇨🇦

[@BigIsk52]

Huge fan of Jordan. He's so good. Great video!

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

He was inspired by Keith Emerson ✌🏼❤️

[@amirpeyman3109]

Well well! Always excited to see nick trying to persuade lex for dream theater 😬😬😬😬 Really enjoyed this solo, hadn't seen it for some years, he is also fire in liquid tension. And to me what sets him apart is that he never settles. He is always trying new things and sounds and inventing new instruments. As a suggestion I recommend you to have a one sitting listen to SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE DISC 2. And also try to read into lyrics along side the tone and emotion of each part. ❤❤

[@brendenfox7266]

The classical piece is actually not Mozart it’s Beethoven rage over the lost penny. Jordan is awesome!!

[@integraleric]

Jordan is an extraordinarily high level musician. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

You guys need to check out ELP Live 1997 Montreux Jazz Festival Medley Part 2 and see the magic Live✌🏼❤️

[@loisr3970]

Fanfare for the comman man!!

[@FURDOG1961]

Thats a good one.

[@jadeowenhamblyn4405]

You need to see the latest guesting he has done with Arch Echo, "Aluminosity"... o my gooooodness... a band I've been spamming you with since I subscribed lol

[@andrewwallace1376]

I have been listening to JR for many years his sound is instantly recognisable🎹 his Classical training can be heard from just a few notes. Other interesting bands artists The Nice with Keith Emerson pre ELP Patrick Moraz story of I. Eddie Jobson / John Wetton Arc of life album 🙏

[@spinman6432]

Like your explanation about flipping it back to us, and introducing some prog that came about after that 70s kind of prime of prog. period. Great stuff that I, like apparently many of your listeners, have never heard.

[@gregjones861]

And Jordan Rudess toured as a Dixie Dreg when T Lavitz was unavailable, so impressing them that their drummer Rod Morgenstein and he formed a duo called Rudess Morgenstein and released a great studio album and a live one.

[@alanalanis2257]

Let's not forget about Kevin Moore and Derek Sherinian's contributions to Dream Theater and prog music.

[@NicknLex]

Never forgotten. I love Derek more in his solo stuff & Planet X .Love images and words / awake!

[@mvunit3]

Moore had a "sound" and a style that is VERY underrated. I LOVE the 3 albums he created with Dream Theater. And his "Piano" musings in "Chroma Key" (his solo material), and his sampling and _other_ style of playing with "OSI" (Kevin, Jim Matheos on Guitar, Sean Malone on Bass, Mike Portnoy & later, Gavin Harrison on Drums). Also guested on a few earlier Fates Warning albums.

[@alanalanis2257]

​@@NicknLex Hey Nick! Kevin Moore has a hidden gem called Wednesday the Sky. It's very atmospheric yet inspirational. I know you'll love it. I hope you and Lex can react to it soon. Thanks!

[@TheRKae]

Rudess has an album called "The Road Home." It's brilliant! He does a cover of ELP's "Tarkus." Yes' "Sound Chaser," and Genesis' "Dance on a Volcano."

[@DanielVerberne]

Alexia, you're very pretty. Thank you for sharing your reaction, Nicola and Alexia.

[@NicknLex]

Thanks! You're very welcome

[@cgbyrobert]

The wizard of Dreams

[@JimmyRJump]

As usual, people forget about Deep Purple and Jon Lord. Mention everybody except Jon Lord. Way to go.

[@61hink]

😮 The Liszt of metal

[@LS-wn5cd]

Need to get back to more Liquid Tension Experiment...how about "Paradigm Shift"

[@rudolfbecker4313]

This is a great video, it shows what an awesome keyboard player he is. I think nowadays in DT he is underchallenged, so I'm glad for him, that he's playing solo or sometimes with other artists. I have an CD of him and John Petrucci, great stuff. My favourite part of Jordan in DT is in the live shows or live DVDs is, when he's showing up front of the stage with his portable keyboard (which I call the axe 😆) and he is playing a solo or duelling with John Petrucci ... if you haven't seen you should check Take the time of the Chaos in motion live DVD 🤘

[@garya7893]

Im not a fan of the band but i came across him years ago when i took up piano. He is the Eddie Van Halen of rock piano

[@TheRKae]

I rarely listen to Dream Theater, but I do love Jordan's album "Notes on a Dream." It's all solo piano pieces based on Dream Theater tunes. If you don't already have it, you would love it.

[@garya7893]

@@TheRKae Thanks

[@agustinluna2493]

Buen día,no entiendo inglés ,solo un poquito,pero soy fan de Dream Theater ,soy Argentino en estos momentos en España.Les mando un abrazo me gusta mucho lo que descubren de nuestra música así los descubrí.AGUANTE NICK &LEX👍🏿

[@NicknLex]

Gracias Agustín! Nos encanta la música de Argentina. Tratamos de hacer un poco de todo. Somos músicos pero mucha música se nos pasó. Que bueno que también te gusta Dream Theater. Saludos a España que acabamos de ir también el año pasado. Cuídate

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

Watch MR. Emerson play a Bach Toccata from behind , Lying down 🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥

[@mvunit3]

I linked it in my comment, hopefully they will check it out! :D

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

Thanks they need to see it live… this concert was I believe the last where Keith could do what he does✌🏼❤️

[@MisterWondrous]

Well alrighty then! That's a horse of a different color. He goes to chair 1. Sorry Keith and Rick. Sorry Banks and Wright. About nine minutes into the video, Monsieur plays a section, which you peg as ELP, but was really more like Patrick Moraz's "I" solo album, at least so far. I stopped the tape. Moraz is another great to consider. Well after that, Monsieur evolved even more, and ended sounding a bit like Jan Hammer, and my bud, here in Charlotte, Woody Williams, "The Funky Geezer", who may alas be fastest of all. Thanks for clearing that up. I was all like "Jordan Who???" I'll seek out more of his and their work, and give metal a chance. It was skipped over at the time, because of timing.

[@mvunit3]

These are a few of my favorites you may want to checkout (being a HUGE fan of Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Jan Hammer and Jon Lord): Kevin Moore (ex-Dream Theater, Chroma Key, OSI) James Gilmour (Saga) Joost van den Broek (Ayreon, After Forever, Sun Caged, Sphere of Souls) Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) Mark Stanway (Magnum) Kerry Livgren/Steve Walsh (Kansas) Eddie Jobson (Frank Zappa, Roxy Music, UK) Ryo Okumoto (Spock's Beard) Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater, Planet X, Platypus/Jelly Jam, Sons of Apollo) Jem Godfrey (Frost*) - Hope you seek them out and their respective bands (and extended live soloing) 🙂!

[@MisterWondrous]

@@mvunit3 Fantastic, thank you! I know those will be great discoveries.

[@mvunit3]

@@MisterWondrous If you ever need specific track recommendations, let me know too. I can do that when I get home from work in the evenings, more than happy to share them with you and anyone interested. Its VERY cool to see someone moved by someone they never heard of, where many on my lists and others have even MORE obscure or lesser known musicians that are waiting to be discovered :).

[@Musiquesaecouter]

Yes! Patrick Moraz, I loved his solo works, there is a very nice long piano solo on his first "Future memories" where he plays the Bosendorfer for 15mn, very worth listening here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5XFmJ5rpLdkmKc

[@slyzombie6166]

He is an absolute genius. I'm in awe every time I see him. For me Derek Sherinian is a close second. And I'm a little surprised that he wasn't on the list

[@NicknLex]

I love his stuff with Planet X and his solo projects. I can only put 5 names on the poll and people barely knew Jordan:(

[@cleversonluizcorreiadesouz5959]

I really miss your Dream Theater reactions

[@NicknLex]

Stay tuned!! REALLY SOON 😬😬😬

[@cleversonluizcorreiadesouz5959]

@@NicknLex That's great news!!!

[@loisr3970]

Nick you gotta play the answer lies within for Lex.... first lines Look around....Where do you belong...Don't be afraid..You're not the only one..... Just a beautiful cut. CHEERS

[@alanalanis2257]

​@@NicknLex Oh wow!! Thanks for the shout out!! I was about to message that I've been requesting Dream Theater for a long time. Please include more Liquid Tension Experiment as well. 😊

[@alanalanis2257]

​@@NicknLex I love how you reacted to Jordan Who?? first even though he was the lowest on the poll results.

[@DexterD63]

Comments are off on the Raffle video, so I'll comment here. It's weird how every once in a while one of your videos will slip through without me being notified. It doesn't happen a lot, but the raffle video was one of them. I was patiently waiting and watching for the raffle vid, but never got a notification. Then last night, since I have KZbin TV and can easily watch KZbin on my tv, there it was and I finally saw it. But alas, I as a loser. One other thing, you asked what type or category of music would we like to see more videos of, and I couldn't choose and didn't know right off how to answer that question. For me, I don't think that it's any particular genre I'm after, but usually it has to be something I'm familiar with. But on the flipside, I have watched your vids out of curiosity when not familiar as well. In your poll, I think I was leaning towards Radio hits, and also Classical and Jazz stuff because I don't think you do enough Jazz and Classical, but I know that might mean getting a more limited audience.

[@NicknLex]

Hi! I know that some videos don't get any notifications. It's really frustrating. We turned off the comments on the raffle winner because people were spoiling the winners. We will indeed do more classical and jazz in the future 😁

[@DexterD63]

@@NicknLex Do you know Horace Silver’s “Song for my Father”?

[@jah9253]

I think my favorite prog keyboardist has to be Richard Barbieri of Porcupine Tree. Love his use of atmospheric sounds. Richard Wright and Tony Banks are also up there for me. Jordan is obviously super talented but I feel like he has a tendency to overplay. Still his skill level is astonishing.

[@mvunit3]

Funny you mention Richard. The _original_ keyboardist for Dream Theater was "Kevin Moore" for their 1st 3 albums, VERY much the "pre-Rudess" type of playing, but when he quit, he was more interested in sampling and a more minimalistic playing, or more on Piano. Take a listen to his solo projects for "Chroma Key" or under his name. And for the _otherside_ of his playing abilities and that Barbieri type of style, his other project "OSI', which consisted of Jim Matheos of Fates Warning on Guitar, Mike Portnoy on Drums, and later Gavin Harrison.

[@jah9253]

@@mvunit3 Yeah I've heard of OSI and Chroma Key and like their music.

[@mvunit3]

Its very cool to see Lexi "Blown Away" by Rudess. He is in my Top 20 Rock/Prog Metal keyboardists, and she has yet to watch the DVD "Score" by Dream Theater behind you guys! 😉 But there is also THIS, from Japan (on the "Train of Thought Tour"): kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2GvnKCbipujeck He also keeps up on the latest technology, and has SOOO many videos of the odd gadgets he plays, its really astounding. . . . And then there is his mentor, influence and inspiration Keith Emerson, who he befriended. You BOTH have yet to experience Keith LIVE, if soloing on Piano, On his various Synthesizers, the Moog, and then literally DRAGING his Wooden Beast to the stage, the Hammond B3, and all the antics around and ON it! Its a sight to behold guys!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4fOg2uDob-kiJY There are soo many greats out there that are hardly known, I mentioned a few on the Community page for the Vote of the best, but Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord, Jan Hammer and Keith Emerson inspired soo many, and I am glad they are passing on the torch to the young and many that are now pushing 40 to 60+ years old with their respective bands. - Gives me even MORE ideas for Marathons 😁!

[@loisr3970]

Yep Jordan's. You gotta check out liquid tension experiment acid rain. Jordan and Portney from dream theater. Have this band guitarist was from DT too. Wait till you check out the guy playin the citar!!! Cheers u 2❤

[@loisr3970]

Its putrucci on guitar!!

[@rudolfbecker4313]

@@loisr3970 is that autocorrect ? his name is John Petrucci 😆

[@AkiSterling]

Jordan and the best era of DT ! .... if you want to ear new keyboardist you need to ear Arch Echo.

[@kratino]

Could you please post a link to the poll?

[@NicknLex]

Can't be shared for some reason just go under community posts. I'll make a new one in Friday 👍

[@CoffeeSipper555]

My problem with him is that i wish he would lose a finger or 2 to press a bit less notes XD

[@johndyda5673]

Jordan is easily as good as Wakeman and others, if not better.