Patrick Moraz - "Children's Concerto"

[1957thack]

Fantastico !!! Yeah I always felt that Patrick and Keith Emerson were two of Rocks greatest keyboardist of all time. I had the pleasure of seeing Moraz and Bruford in 1986. smokin!!

[jimtope]

I'm a Yes fan, for the instrumental parts alone. I don't much care for their lyrics, as they are more like words thrown together in wierd arrangements that have no particular meaning. Some may call that poetry, but not I. The only Yes song that remotely had a coherent lyric was, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart", but even with that song, true Yes fans believed the band sold out.

[anonymusum]

Awful, -

his playing is way too hard with too much strengh,

and the so called composition: typical Moraz, means so many notes about nearly nothing.

[Bumalicious20]

I love this piece. It is a fantastic representation of Mr. Moraz's skill and composing merit. I'm wondering if anyone has any sheet music for this piece? I would love to play it.

[krokeman]

One of this artists whom live performance is better than in studio, but why the hell he doesn't pay attention to live albums. :/

[andrewrou]

Amazing and totally underrated musician!! My God, what a technique!!!

[pierre1450]

ja, mikor a zenész még zenész volt, de rég volt.a hangszer meg nem egy ismeretlen fogalom, hanem eszköz , hogy az ilyen és hozzá hasonló művészek kápráztassanak el bennünket. köszönjük.

[ceratophyllum]

Anyone notice that the "riff" he plays a the beginning sounds a lot like the first few measures of Bach's Invention #13?

[sapoboi]

hehehe.... thats true! Maybe this piece of Bach was the inspiration of this great pianist, Mr. Patrick Moraz.

[minwav]

Wow he's good.

[blormp1]

this guy is a ringer from the galactic federation.

i have many live yes recordings and would

have to say his electronic work is second to

none. he was field testing worlds first poly-

phonic synthesizer "orchestron" during the

1976 summer tour. i have 1 word...ritual.

sounds from out of this world. soundchaser

and gates tooo....whoa...

[nocoment68]

sympa

[GBJPhotoWorks]

Man... I wish there was footage of Moraz and Bruford together in their Piano and Drums days. I missed them on the Music for Piano and Drums Tour, but caught them the next time, on the Flags Tour (much more electronic). What I wouldn't give to see them again?!

[siskokidd]

There is a clip of them playing together here on YT. Just look for it and you'll find it.

[TonyNewman]

The only real definitive way to judge merit of prog keyboardists is to listen to their acoustic piano work, and I think that's what proves Keith Emerson and Patrick Moraz are more technically skilled than Rick Wakeman. Rick is great, but he can't touch this IMO.

[BIOCIDEXYZ]

Sadly Tony,I have to agree with you 100% :-)

[notnowjon]

@TonyNewman Nice!! ^^

[kharlamych]

relayer is the ultimate monument to patrick.

[talibe801]

yes only had the greatest keybord players in the world,and patrick is one of them...

[BIOCIDEXYZ]

I disagree !

The greatest to date is Donny Osmond ( remember " Crazy Horses " ? )Apparently Yes couldn't afford Donny though!

I AM PULLING YOUR LEG ;-)

[talibe801]

you´re right,but still great...

[BIOCIDEXYZ]

I always felt that Moraz never got the credit he deserved.Still making a living though ;-)

[Rudess]

just awesome

[zappatx]

Patrick can adapt to anything. Wish he could change todays music though..

[BIOCIDEXYZ]

Too Bloody True !

[greger1]

You're among countless hordes in full agreement and are all but utterly disillusioned. IMO, the state of music today is about how the industry drove artistic expression into the ground for cash starting decades ago, but what assisted that process, and maintains its grounding (why we're forced to dip into the past for inspiration), is a spiritual matter.

[winterafternoon]

I wish Patrick would do another tour in the UK

[clavdig]

Brilliant piano player, far better then Rick, but Rick is better at keyboard sounds rather than solo piano in my opinion

[JohnWhapshott]

I agree rabinmoves. Patrick's left hand is as devastating as Keith's. Put it another way - I can play anything Rick can play, but I can't get near Patrick or Keith!

[rabinmovies]

Rick is great but you wouldn't hear him play at this kind of calibre

[rabinmovies]

My word, This guy pisses over wakeman easily. Just look at his left hand work. Its just pure class. Just as good as emerson this.

[siskokidd]

If you want to see some devastating left hand work, watch the video clip I posted titled #3 jam toward the end. He duplicates exactly what his right hand is doing. Truly remarkable.

[cyrusdrakken]

It's not Rick Wakeman, but it's still pretty sweet.