Roy Bittan jamming

[@Mr10snut]

Roy is an unsung icon in music. We are blessed to listen and see his talent in our lifetimes. This is such a special video.... Great video.

[@noblevibes7941]

Wish more people new that.

[@sammartin8009]

That guy is good on the piano 🎹👏👌

[@marchangel7462]

Agreed!

[@marchangel7462]

@@sammartin8009 he played piano for most of meatloaf albums and Bruce Springsteen E street band.

[@sportsfan919]

This made my day... The professor is hands down the best piano player in rock and roll

[@catia512]

i'm absolutly agree with you. He's awesome. Simply the best piano player and composer.

[@manni62]

Roy is my piano idol! I love the people in the background taking interest. Even the dog got excited!!

[@irishmusico]

Dogs getting exited always makes the gig.

[@mylillyrose]

Roy's playing on Bob Seger's "Fire Inside" is the highlight of the video just incredible.

[@larrywt656]

How is it I've never found this video before??? To have a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and one of the best piano players in the world play at your birthday party...just WOW!!

[@mcolic1]

LarryWT it was awesome!

[@TruthShouldMatter]

Thanks for posting. Lots of fun! Roy is the best!

[@josephsliker2134]

I've been a fan of Roy's for years (since figuring out he was an unsung hero in the background of so many of those great Springsteen recordings). Out of the Box is a great CD in it's own right. (Also, re: the folks going in and out of the porta-potties in the background on this video. Nice touch!)

[@mcolic1]

I can't believe that only 81 people have viewed this. It's a rarity!

[@anelladambrosio2513]

Roy!!!sei grande!!carismatico!!bravissimo!!!😅🤩😍😘🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💓💯

[@SRMerola]

I like that it's sideways...LOL! I haven't played with Roy in years, this must have been fun!! He's gotten alot better!

[@Chris-sj5fh]

Very cool. Love this!

[@MegaClete]

love Roy !

[@ynotttt]

Wow!! What an amazing talent. I’m trying but….I dream about playing like that!!

[@TZKeyz]

Roy is one of the greats. I did a video of his piano part from "Jungleland."

[@josephsliker2134]

Where can we see it?

[@TZKeyz]

@@josephsliker2134 Over here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXrdYplng6mlo9k BTW, I used to play with Clarence Clemons and the Red Band Rockers late '82-83.

[@Winterstick549]

Lucky Springsteen to have Roy.

[@MusicalGamine]

You can upload this to Windows movie maker and correct the position. It IS rare and appreciated none the less!

[@mcolic1]

le gamine it's fixed! Thanks

[@marekryznar]

I'd drive all night just to buy them some beer :)

[@thaler67]

Professor!

[@beckybarnes4651]

My neck hurts after that!

[@mcolic1]

Becky Barnes it's fixed. Watch it again. Thanks

[@mivan5652]

Way to jam out Professor

[@hansgehrig3239]

JUST GREAT !!! 👍🎶 btw: are there any CDs available from the one & only Roy Bittan?

[@mcolic1]

Roy released “Out Of The Box” in 2015.

[@hansgehrig3239]

@@mcolic1 Thank you very much and deep, Mike 🙏 Please let me know if OUT OF THE BOX is available on CD, and if so, where I can buy it.

[@mcolic1]

@@hansgehrig3239 I don’t know how to find it on CD. I downloaded it.

[@hansgehrig3239]

@@mcolic1 O.K., Mike I`ll do that. Thank you again for your much appreciated support👌👋

[@boilerup9985]

Ladies and gentlemen, our keyboardist is sick.... fortunately we found a replacement. PROFESSOR ROY BITTAN

[@docmoreno5360]

A great Jam session too bad the video is sideways....but great music and piano playing from the Dean Of musical pervercity ....Mr. Roy Bittan

[@mcolic1]

doc moreno the video has been fixed.

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

A great keyboardest-musician is a redundancy, because a keyboardist, more than any other instrumentalist, takes in and embraces the whole range of musical understanding and expression, he must be an orchestra unto himself. But again, that is only if he is a *great* keyboardist. And those are relatively few. A great guitarist or a great drummer or trumpeter must be great at their instrument, and be at least *very good* at music per se, to be a *great* guitarist, drummer, trumpeter… but a *great keyboardist* must be skilled enough at the instrument that that skill may actually become boring: the greatness is in the musicianship that embraces all the other instruments, and all the musical ideas, conveyed through the instrument that imitates all others. This is why Roy Bittan can be surrounded by such undeniable excellence as these other musicians bring, but he is the natural EPICENTER, and center of gravity, of the group they form. In fact, it’s exactly what you see in Paul Shaeffer (no comparisons or ranking please, it’s not the point): the expert keyboardist takes in the whole music, he becomes the natural nucleus. Always this way since Bach, Mozart, Beethoven when the composer would improvise on the figured bass at the keyboard, providing an inner core upon which all the other musicians are layered. The very same dynamic here. Mr. Bittan, you’re one of the greats!!!

[@garrettbarrie4171]

should've got some behind the piano shots just like the springsteen videos...a classic roy bittan performance wouldn't be complete without it :)

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

Who are the other musicians? The drummer definitely seems to have a certain flair, but I admit I’m no connoisseur! They all seem like pros, but the drummer (besides Mr. Bittan of course) is the only one I feel confident saying is a virtuoso. (Editing this in later: the guy on the sunburst finish guitar seems pretty masterly as well!). But they all seem pretty top notch to me.

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

Who are the other musicians?

[@mcolic1]

The Miltons

[@DeenoMarteeno]

Where, may I ask, did this come from?

[@mcolic1]

Deeno Marteeno a birthday party out in eastern Long Island

[@DeenoMarteeno]

,,and why is the video sideways?

[@mcolic1]

Deeno Marteeno it's fixed.