A flurry of notes doesn't make something emotional. Even Bach would tell him to slow down more. JR is one of the most proficient players out there and he is capable of emotion to the core level. He just likes to add a flurry of notes to just about everything he plays and after a while that gets a bit boring to listen to.
@chrisklecker I don't think it's just the "flurry of notes," but the way he uses them. It's effective most of the time, I feel. It's his actual "Keyboard Solos" that are just nothing but masturbation; which are the ones I find boring.
And the first excerpt he played was again by the band "Yes", the album is "Relayer" and the track is the first on the album "The Gates of Delirium", he played a theme from the last movement "Soon".
"Soon, O soon the light. Pass within and soothe this endless night".
For those who feel Jordan plays with no emotion I'd ask you to consider the composition of pieces he's created himself, as well as the beauty of improvisation he's able to muster.
The only way to create such diverse, emotional pieces of music is to exude and express emotion, otherwise the creativity could not flow as it does from this master's heart, soul and fingers.
I ask you to consider this video as an example of his genius and if you still can't find emotion then you are simply lacking it.
Have you guys realized that he started off and ended with two glorious finales by Yes ? I think he tried to show the importance of the greatest Progressive Rock band ever during such a meaningful evening for Prog Rock.
it's Soon (from Yes Relayer Album), then Supper's Ready, (From Genesis Foxtrot Album), then I talk to the Wind (from King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King) and And You And I (from Yes Close to The edge). It's similar to the medley presented in his album of that year The Road Home.
I know the first song is Soon by Yes from the album Relayer. Beginning at 6:16, Rudess is playing an excerpt from And You and I from Yes' Close to the Edge album.
One of the greatest keyboardists of all time paying respect to his Gods. His fingers struggle to slow down but, he is just that damn good that he can play music at 25 notes a second....
I believe he can go even faster than that. He can get the whole chromatic scale in five seconds; so 88 keys / 5 seconds = 17.6 keys per second. So yes, he damn owns every keyboardist's ass out there.
I'm talking about Rudess's speed. He averages at 20 something notes per second, and he gets 17.6 notes per second when running down the chromatic scale.
LOL.
WHY ARE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS WRITTEN IN CAPS LOL?
I hear "Soon" from Gates of Delirium, "Lover's Leap" from Supper's Ready, "For Absent Friends" and "Entangled" also by Genesis in there. I don't know what piece is between Entangled and And You and I.
I hear Supper's Ready- Genesis, as he starts out. He might be weaving others I don't recognize throughout, but he keeps coming back to it in the 1st 6 mins. After that he plays And You And I- Yes to the end. Like I said there might be others, but I couldn't pick em out.
satrnemt you are so fuckin right man J.R. is THE man!! he plays such sensoul things i saw him live on his first DT tour back in ´99 it was just the best show i´ve ever been to.. he is such a god like every musician from DREAM TEHATER!
Jordan Rudess is an amazing musician, and anyone who feels that he is technical only or does not play with emotion.....you are truly missing the boat. He has achieved musically what most of us in this world could only ever hope to achieve. I challenge anyone who criticizes him to play anything as well as he. Play with the dynamics, the feeling, the speed, the raw emotion in his playing......knocks me off my feet. He makes me want to practice and quit... all in the same instant.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
I love DT, Jordan Rudess is really very good, but really not that impressive, really. Any decent piano player wouldn't be really impressed by this technically and even improvisationally speaking, BUT, the music is nice and I appreciated very much listening to it ! What is pretty impressive with Rudess though, is his versatility, that's incredible^^
I think this guy is wonderful. He has an astounding mind to be able to improv like that. It's a rare, rare gift & he's a great artist. Thanks for sharing this video! :)
I have a lot of respect for Rudess, but I can't help but notice the melodies (especially in the Yes parts) get lost in all the trills and arpeggios and whatnot.
Surely lots of ornaments...but it is not his point to be strict on notes here. The fact is we all know these themes so well. And he knows we know. So he invites our memory just to play with these tunes once again...
I am willing to bet 90% the people bashing this man for being too "technical", have only heard his work with Dream Theater. Try listening to some of his solo work, like: "Resonance" or "4NYC", then come back here and say there is no emotion in his music.
Kevin Moore had a really nice sense of good melody lines.
Jordan Rudess is probably one of the technically best players ever; However lately I felt it's been all to much about speed and hitting as many keys per second as possible, I liked his kurzweil era alot more.
I don't think anyones giving jordan enough credit, he is so far off anyones knowledge of music, you can't even tell where the melody is. Its definitely there but its so quick. He is like the john coltrane of our time, just listen to giant steps, its far more than anything anyone could grasp. It is kind of what jordan does. Kevin moore left the band so that was his fault for being a fag plus ok he was good but definitely not as musical as jordan. I also agree with the liquid tension comment.
you cant say that of kevin moore, 2 of the best-musical and top rated albums (images and words and awake) were with him on keyboards. yes, we all know that jordan can play 10 times faster, even using a weighted keyboard. but you cant say kevin moore is a bad keyboardist. you just cant.
Anyway he's not saying that Moore is a bad keyboardist.
I actually prefer the DT rudess era more than the moore era. It's more a matter of taste. Some like Moore, some like rudess. In my case, I really prefer Rudess
Funny how people purposely ignore the beauty of Jordan's playing just to hold on to a fantasy that their "hero" Rick Wakeman is above anyone else. It's music people, listen to it, enjoy it, cry to it, laugh to it, smile to it, think to it, sleep to it.
Rudess is a genius not only can he play keyboards reall well but also the entire piano he is a Julliard's graduate!!!and he is so original and just simply a genius I play guitars and you know I never get bored when I hear jordan so many of his things i can relate to when even soling on guitar or trying to make something nice!!He is great!
ok that dude that said leung was better no your a fucking liar i play keyboards i look at alot of keyboard pieces jordan rudess composes his own shit he doesnt play video game music Rudess is Thee best piano player on earth anyone that says other wise does not know Mr.Rudess and that isnt an opinion Rudess can play anything
Well, Martin is a full time college student let alone be on a world tour with vgl, so I don't think he really has time to sit down and compose music. Oh yes, and you don't have to be so nasty. I do look up to both Jordan and Martin. So it's all good.
An incredibly talented man, he played some great songs and i love what he does with them. hes playing excerpts from supper's ready (genesis), the gates of delirium (yes), i think there's something by rick wakeman solo as well, and then there's and you and i (yes). This is one of the most beautiful piano performances I have seen. He's great at picking up a tune, and do what he wants with it. *applauds*
Not his best work, but in fact, in my Opinion he's the best Keyboarder ever.. I've seen him one time live at a Dream Theater Concert, and It was just great, exspecialy, because he used his Zen Riffer
maybe Rudess really didn't show off pretty much in this live..,but.,i've seen other Rudess' lives.,,and i could tell.,.HE'S THE BEST KEYBOARDIST EVER TO LIVE ON EARTH!!!
its avery pretty version of some great songs I especially like all the Yes and old Genesis stuff. I think Yanni sucks and
I think Rick wakeman is the fucking Greatest keyboard player on the planet but Jordan is very good and versatile too.I could see where DT fans might find this a little slow compared to what jordan does with them but its still a nice tribute to some great songs.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
I think this solo is boring... compared to the original songs this version is nothing more thatn a bar-pianist-version. Boring and it has nothing to do with prog... only techniques without soul... sorry about that...
You are all idiots, this is all King Crimson Greg Lake balladas(pl.: talk to the wind)4.00min not yanni not new age, this is real progressive balladas.
How does he manage to make "And You And I" sound like Ferrante & Teicher ?!?!?!:P Nice set list, tho. I especially liked "I Talk to the Wind". No matter what instrument(s) we play, we ALL owe a debt of gtatitude to Crimson. Peaxe :)
listen to the stuff he does in his work with dream theater, like the song vacant. it's really beautiful and not complex at all. i think its on the 'train of thought album'.
hu,,who's jordan who compare him to yanni?ur a stupid idiot ,,yanni is a legnd,,this jordan shit is a fag gay who play music for gays like u who likes to listen to rock shit,,hes a loser just like u
if you're going to reply, don't be a dumb-shit loser and annoy people with stupid things like double comma's. do you have some kind of mental disorder which makes you press it twice every time? secondly, i will use facts to put your stupid ass in its place. Jordan Rudess was in Juilliard School of music at the age of NINE! and Yanni is self taught. they arent even in the same league. so go crawl back under the rock that you came out of and learn some correct grammar
That was a pathetic attempt at an insult, especially coming from someone your age. Even if you don't like rock, Yanni is the Green Day of new age music -- and that is a very, very bad thing.
dude you must be blind to not see the talent of this guy. if you don't have the brain power to look past the fact that he plays a music style that you find "geeky" then I TRULY pity you.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
Oh, come on. This is worse than the guy who plays lounge standards on the first floor of Nordstrom. Give me Lyle Mays any day...or Jimmy Smith, for Chrissake.
What is he playing ?Would love to hear it in better quality.
josteinhaugen 6 months ago
shit..!!! i dnt like Mr Rudess...
i jst Love him ♥♥♥
9322002898 1 year ago 2
nice, but it would be nicer see his hands playing
maGiKPhiLn 1 year ago
amazing,beautiful music.
delman1960 1 year ago
The Gates of Delirium <3333333
Kwupples 1 year ago
Sooooooon!
Ohh sooooonn!
sun6moon9 1 year ago
soon,supper's ready, entangled,i talk to the wind, and you and i.... I Think
volandinho555 1 year ago
@volandinho555 that sounds right, although it was hard to decipher if it was entangled in the middle
eetheeth 1 year ago
A flurry of notes doesn't make something emotional. Even Bach would tell him to slow down more. JR is one of the most proficient players out there and he is capable of emotion to the core level. He just likes to add a flurry of notes to just about everything he plays and after a while that gets a bit boring to listen to.
chrisklecker 1 year ago
@chrisklecker I don't think it's just the "flurry of notes," but the way he uses them. It's effective most of the time, I feel. It's his actual "Keyboard Solos" that are just nothing but masturbation; which are the ones I find boring.
serjjery 1 year ago
Supper's ready!!!
iFercr 1 year ago
And the first excerpt he played was again by the band "Yes", the album is "Relayer" and the track is the first on the album "The Gates of Delirium", he played a theme from the last movement "Soon".
"Soon, O soon the light. Pass within and soothe this endless night".
CecilWard 1 year ago
Now hear the full thing: The band is "Yes", the album is "Close to the Edge" and the track is "And You and I".
CecilWard 1 year ago
Stunning. Simply beautiful.
CecilWard 1 year ago
For those who feel Jordan plays with no emotion I'd ask you to consider the composition of pieces he's created himself, as well as the beauty of improvisation he's able to muster.
The only way to create such diverse, emotional pieces of music is to exude and express emotion, otherwise the creativity could not flow as it does from this master's heart, soul and fingers.
I ask you to consider this video as an example of his genius and if you still can't find emotion then you are simply lacking it.
OneSteveUnderGod 1 year ago 5
y yo le di la mano a este genio!
rockermatias 1 year ago
Prefer Rick but very impressive
Walletofmoths 1 year ago
@Walletofmoths Rick strikes a greater depth alright. When he plays moody pieces like this it's evident he's feeling every note.
johnanthonyp 1 year ago
Soon (Yes), Supper's ready, Entangled (Genesis), I talk to the wind (King Crimson), And you and I (Yes)
Atomearthman 2 years ago 5
Have you guys realized that he started off and ended with two glorious finales by Yes ? I think he tried to show the importance of the greatest Progressive Rock band ever during such a meaningful evening for Prog Rock.
Delgift 2 years ago 3
@Delgift - You said it perfectly.
CecilWard 1 year ago
@CecilWard Thanks! Nice to know someone understood the meaning of my message. = )
Delgift 1 year ago
``Coming quickly to terms of all expression made´´.
Delgift 2 years ago
``Soon, oh soon the light...´´
Delgift 2 years ago
sin palabras... solo Mi idolo!!!
maxvega61 2 years ago
it's Soon (from Yes Relayer Album), then Supper's Ready, (From Genesis Foxtrot Album), then I talk to the Wind (from King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King) and And You And I (from Yes Close to The edge). It's similar to the medley presented in his album of that year The Road Home.
proghome 2 years ago 2
there's also Entangled (from Genesis) between Supper's Ready and King Crimson
TheMasterdreamt 2 years ago
I know the first song is Soon by Yes from the album Relayer. Beginning at 6:16, Rudess is playing an excerpt from And You and I from Yes' Close to the Edge album.
Andytheminstrel 2 years ago
i want to live next door to jordan rudess
StrayFire 2 years ago 3
One of the greatest keyboardists of all time paying respect to his Gods. His fingers struggle to slow down but, he is just that damn good that he can play music at 25 notes a second....
SephynnXx 2 years ago 2
I believe he can go even faster than that. He can get the whole chromatic scale in five seconds; so 88 keys / 5 seconds = 17.6 keys per second. So yes, he damn owns every keyboardist's ass out there.
mostafal1994 2 years ago 2
BUT THAT'S SLOWER LOL.
gravultrabasser 2 years ago
I was talking abut his average speed lol.
mostafal1994 2 years ago
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT LOL?
gravultrabasser 2 years ago
I'm talking about Rudess's speed. He averages at 20 something notes per second, and he gets 17.6 notes per second when running down the chromatic scale.
LOL.
WHY ARE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS WRITTEN IN CAPS LOL?
mostafal1994 2 years ago
Calm down dude, no need to get mad at the guy.
gravultrabasser 2 years ago
I'm not mad at all. I'm very calm.
Woosah.
mostafal1994 2 years ago
Comment removed
pinkfloydrule27 2 years ago
Then how does he get the whole chromatic scale in 5 seconds? Search YouTube for 'jordan rudess tearing it up'
mostafal1994 2 years ago
he uses 3 fingers that why
not one
oozt 2 years ago
cant seem to find such a video,
plz post the link ....
a chromatic scale by 3 fingers will be interesting, in 5 seconds eh?
7 octaves
brio0909 2 years ago
watch?v=AX5f9k1cvec
mostafal1994 2 years ago
thanks a lot ...
seems amazing vry much!!!
rudess the godman
brio0909 2 years ago
@brio0909 is that even possable
negrois 2 years ago
check in my favourites ....
or search
rudess tearing it up...
brio0909 2 years ago
@brio0909 damn man.... wizardry
negrois 2 years ago
indeed ridiculous, but have u checked out the forementioned video?
brio0909 2 years ago
Jordan Rudess not just every living being on Earth. Do you realise that? =)
Paragraf0000000001 2 years ago 3
Jordan Rudess
a gift from Gods balls!!!!
ER052092 2 years ago
This guy has single-handedly made me love piano.
Literally brings tears to my eyes to hear this.
MuscleBound46 2 years ago
Absolutely breathtaking...
CecilWard 2 years ago
Emotion revealed...
CecilWard 2 years ago
Jordan Rudess is a god. With him, it isn't just the fact that he can play fast, but that he puts his heart and soul into his work, and solos.
Long live Dream Theater
chaptainchaos204 2 years ago 45
Awesome catch Winkler! Jordan's actually my neighbor, I'm going to ask him if we missed anything!
pmdane 2 years ago
whaaaaaattt you lucky fucking bastard!!!!!
chaveznieves 2 years ago
He's my neighbor also.
Whiskan 2 years ago
and mine... :P
woodsterix 2 years ago
I hear "Soon" from Gates of Delirium, "Lover's Leap" from Supper's Ready, "For Absent Friends" and "Entangled" also by Genesis in there. I don't know what piece is between Entangled and And You and I.
pmdane 2 years ago
I Talk to the Wind, from King Crimson's first album In the Court of the Crimson King.
Rudess rules!!!!
TheWinkler74 2 years ago
soon by YES
soulcry66 2 years ago
He also play the song - for absent friends from genesis
^^
leaoosrachadores 2 years ago
in response to songs played:
I hear Supper's Ready- Genesis, as he starts out. He might be weaving others I don't recognize throughout, but he keeps coming back to it in the 1st 6 mins. After that he plays And You And I- Yes to the end. Like I said there might be others, but I couldn't pick em out.
introking 2 years ago
can anyone please make a list of all the songs he's playing?
thanks
yayayair 2 years ago
does Rudess have a perfect listening pitch?
mikxer 2 years ago
satrnemt you are so fuckin right man J.R. is THE man!! he plays such sensoul things i saw him live on his first DT tour back in ´99 it was just the best show i´ve ever been to.. he is such a god like every musician from DREAM TEHATER!
lippenleser23 3 years ago 5
Listen to liquid tension experiment ;)
phetusman 3 years ago 7
Jordan Rudess is an amazing musician, and anyone who feels that he is technical only or does not play with emotion.....you are truly missing the boat. He has achieved musically what most of us in this world could only ever hope to achieve. I challenge anyone who criticizes him to play anything as well as he. Play with the dynamics, the feeling, the speed, the raw emotion in his playing......knocks me off my feet. He makes me want to practice and quit... all in the same instant.
satrnemt 3 years ago 82
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I love DT, Jordan Rudess is really very good, but really not that impressive, really. Any decent piano player wouldn't be really impressed by this technically and even improvisationally speaking, BUT, the music is nice and I appreciated very much listening to it ! What is pretty impressive with Rudess though, is his versatility, that's incredible^^
bonecracker23 3 years ago
THIS isn't the most impressive i've heard.
Some of the stuff i've heard from him.. is GODLY. Check out other stuff!
wasniahC7 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Terrible.
williwinzigmann 3 years ago
i cant tell if hes playing a rd 700gx or 700sx...lol, anyone?
KancerStick 3 years ago
rd700 sx
afartic 3 years ago
I think this guy is wonderful. He has an astounding mind to be able to improv like that. It's a rare, rare gift & he's a great artist. Thanks for sharing this video! :)
msclvr48 3 years ago 4
I have a lot of respect for Rudess, but I can't help but notice the melodies (especially in the Yes parts) get lost in all the trills and arpeggios and whatnot.
r0berito 3 years ago 4
Surely lots of ornaments...but it is not his point to be strict on notes here. The fact is we all know these themes so well. And he knows we know. So he invites our memory just to play with these tunes once again...
zmor68 3 years ago
I am willing to bet 90% the people bashing this man for being too "technical", have only heard his work with Dream Theater. Try listening to some of his solo work, like: "Resonance" or "4NYC", then come back here and say there is no emotion in his music.
WarlordXVII 3 years ago
This is amazing! It makes me cry, this man is impossible. I wished I could do it like him...
Lukeonkeys 3 years ago 3
This comment has received too many negative votes show
By the way... Kevin Moore is the best keyboardist from Dream Theater´s History!!
Markcello 3 years ago
Who cares, mate?
Ppl play by following their heart.
Of course that Kevin is a great keyboardist. So is Jordan, so, listen to the music and settle down.
asiaticobbm 3 years ago 7
Kevin Moore had a really nice sense of good melody lines.
Jordan Rudess is probably one of the technically best players ever; However lately I felt it's been all to much about speed and hitting as many keys per second as possible, I liked his kurzweil era alot more.
FluffyAnvil 3 years ago
Kevin Moore was more musical... jordan is more technical, and Derek straight forward a rock maniac
Besides, Jordan's entrance to DT was followed by a change in their style, more heavy...
If you pay attention to Liquid tension albums you'll see all of Jordan's musicallity
lucasguitarrist 3 years ago
I don't think anyones giving jordan enough credit, he is so far off anyones knowledge of music, you can't even tell where the melody is. Its definitely there but its so quick. He is like the john coltrane of our time, just listen to giant steps, its far more than anything anyone could grasp. It is kind of what jordan does. Kevin moore left the band so that was his fault for being a fag plus ok he was good but definitely not as musical as jordan. I also agree with the liquid tension comment.
germ923 3 years ago
you cant say that of kevin moore, 2 of the best-musical and top rated albums (images and words and awake) were with him on keyboards. yes, we all know that jordan can play 10 times faster, even using a weighted keyboard. but you cant say kevin moore is a bad keyboardist. you just cant.
mrteclasN5 3 years ago 2
Anyway he's not saying that Moore is a bad keyboardist.
I actually prefer the DT rudess era more than the moore era. It's more a matter of taste. Some like Moore, some like rudess. In my case, I really prefer Rudess
afartic 3 years ago 7
thats cuz rudess is simply more talented
chaveznieves 3 years ago 4
that a tear to my eye! just fantastic!
ginkarasu 3 years ago
it brought a tear to my eye too. i agree, he is insane
jackeddemon 3 years ago
The best part in this vid, is in the end. When you see Jordan's smile :) Music shares feelings :)
MonsieurPipo 3 years ago
Funny how people purposely ignore the beauty of Jordan's playing just to hold on to a fantasy that their "hero" Rick Wakeman is above anyone else. It's music people, listen to it, enjoy it, cry to it, laugh to it, smile to it, think to it, sleep to it.
DON'T FIGHT OVER IT
Proghead88 3 years ago 6
He is great, but hes very influenced by Wakeman, all the fast downwards arpeggios etc...
Dementrius 3 years ago
Amazing...
jarbear 3 years ago
he is a wizard.
Hypnotyca 3 years ago 3
Roland RD-700SX - Great gear :)
spiritcrusher1 3 years ago
somebody kill that guy yelling
ElPopularVale 3 years ago 4
Damn, he makes "And You and I" sound so much more beautiful! If only he could record the whole song instead of being in a medley...I'd die happy!
Kazelfox 3 years ago
I love this man.
liuccia7 3 years ago
BEST keyboard player on the world!!!
muzicar77 3 years ago
at 2:23 it looks like sasquatch came to watch the show
fenderguitars087 3 years ago
no, no, you are definetly wrong. it was chewbacca. came to see c3-po playing keyboard. lol
munkytron 3 years ago
Rudess is a genius not only can he play keyboards reall well but also the entire piano he is a Julliard's graduate!!!and he is so original and just simply a genius I play guitars and you know I never get bored when I hear jordan so many of his things i can relate to when even soling on guitar or trying to make something nice!!He is great!
immortalsoloist 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
DDD+++++++++++++++++++
oasys33 3 years ago
ok that dude that said leung was better no your a fucking liar i play keyboards i look at alot of keyboard pieces jordan rudess composes his own shit he doesnt play video game music Rudess is Thee best piano player on earth anyone that says other wise does not know Mr.Rudess and that isnt an opinion Rudess can play anything
watervampire 3 years ago 3
Well, Martin is a full time college student let alone be on a world tour with vgl, so I don't think he really has time to sit down and compose music. Oh yes, and you don't have to be so nasty. I do look up to both Jordan and Martin. So it's all good.
69e5d9e4 3 years ago
Everyone has the time to sit down and compose music. EVERYONE, except soldiers in a war zone
xXNickPXx 3 years ago
rudess is a soilder havent you seen the beard
watervampire 3 years ago
rudess is married with a daughter and his beard is awesome so get lost
152535251 3 years ago 4
An incredibly talented man, he played some great songs and i love what he does with them. hes playing excerpts from supper's ready (genesis), the gates of delirium (yes), i think there's something by rick wakeman solo as well, and then there's and you and i (yes). This is one of the most beautiful piano performances I have seen. He's great at picking up a tune, and do what he wants with it. *applauds*
Prayermad 3 years ago 2
Not his best work, but in fact, in my Opinion he's the best Keyboarder ever.. I've seen him one time live at a Dream Theater Concert, and It was just great, exspecialy, because he used his Zen Riffer
ShinzoKikuta 3 years ago
I don't think he is gay. In fact, I think he is married
Andylikesmuchmetal 3 years ago
maybe Rudess really didn't show off pretty much in this live..,but.,i've seen other Rudess' lives.,,and i could tell.,.HE'S THE BEST KEYBOARDIST EVER TO LIVE ON EARTH!!!
UnforgivingCritic 3 years ago
You muss see the Real best one Keyboardist in the Rock´s Histotry, RICK WAKEMAN.
Markcello 3 years ago
yeah,. i know that guy, freakin' Jordan..
he said himself Rick was better than him.
but i could tell,.Rudess a better today..
just listen to time crunch.
UnforgivingCritic 3 years ago
That Guy? is RICK WAKEMAN man! n´ Rudess ist not better than Wakeman, yesterday, today or tomorrow. Jordan hat no felling, just technik n´speed.
Sorry
Markcello 3 years ago
Markcello...
fucking fag...
Stratovarius0000 3 years ago
Yeah, a Fan for Stratomalmsteen!... jajajaja
No Coment.
Markcello 3 years ago
Apparently you are not listening to the fucking music he is playing dumb ass. Saying he has no feeling is like saying Yao Ming isn't tall.
tastefulphrasing 2 years ago 4
Idem
Markcello 2 years ago
Ahahaha this was great
reandor 2 years ago
Both Martin Leung and Yanni have perfect pitch too.
69e5d9e4 3 years ago
yanni isn't classy like jordan. perfect pitch, shmerfict pitch--that's not the impressive part.
chiquitobonito 3 years ago
First off, Yanni is an amazing musician. Second, Martin Leung is a better pianist than Jordan. I do have great respect for Jordan though.
69e5d9e4 3 years ago
JORDAN IS THE F'N MAN!
trinixia 3 years ago
its avery pretty version of some great songs I especially like all the Yes and old Genesis stuff. I think Yanni sucks and
I think Rick wakeman is the fucking Greatest keyboard player on the planet but Jordan is very good and versatile too.I could see where DT fans might find this a little slow compared to what jordan does with them but its still a nice tribute to some great songs.
yesman90125 3 years ago
I went to a concert that one of Yanni's keyboardists put on just the other day, and believe me... Rudess OWNS them!!!
amuslimextremist 4 years ago
This guy is amazing.
hurryingfred 4 years ago 2
I went to this show. He is an amazing Pianist. And why compare Yanni to Jordan?
Manny1222 4 years ago 5
This comment has received too many negative votes show
i mean if this gay is fast,,no he's not ,, rick wake is faster and better,,and yanni is better than both
adibeh 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I think this solo is boring... compared to the original songs this version is nothing more thatn a bar-pianist-version. Boring and it has nothing to do with prog... only techniques without soul... sorry about that...
bogatiakos 4 years ago
You said Jordan is gay but you like Yanni... What would be more gay?
JoolsGuitar 4 years ago 8
wtf....This is James Hetfield!!
Hihihihi ;)
kevinilmoro 4 years ago
You are all idiots, this is all King Crimson Greg Lake balladas(pl.: talk to the wind)4.00min not yanni not new age, this is real progressive balladas.
nagyroberson 4 years ago
Great stuff, but I was hoping he'd get into more of his DT style, too.
gretschplaya 4 years ago
Yanni is to new age as Kenny G is to jazz
leowakawaka 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
yanni is the best musician in the world,,i dont care if his gay is fast,,yanni is #1 musician in the world
adibeh 4 years ago
His gay is fast? What?
Apathesia 4 years ago
you suck balls!! he IS the best keyboard synthesizer player ever....
xanadu4463 4 years ago
How does he manage to make "And You And I" sound like Ferrante & Teicher ?!?!?!:P Nice set list, tho. I especially liked "I Talk to the Wind". No matter what instrument(s) we play, we ALL owe a debt of gtatitude to Crimson. Peaxe :)
binnyman 4 years ago
Great Jordan!
(HEre he remembers me James Hetfield of MEtallica ehehe)
kevinilmoro 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
If only he knew that sometimes its best to keep things simple lol, he would be amazing
Ezerconeza 4 years ago
listen to the stuff he does in his work with dream theater, like the song vacant. it's really beautiful and not complex at all. i think its on the 'train of thought album'.
Satago07 4 years ago
yanni dont play piano?hahhahahahahahahah
adibeh 4 years ago
What kind of a defense is that?
archontic 4 years ago 2
yanni!!! that guy don't play piano. dude if you don't know anything about music shut up.
1freakyhunter1 4 years ago
Great stuff :)
voltaspeeder17 4 years ago
1:26 wow !! it's like liquid tension !!!
PageJeremy 4 years ago 2
yeah i thought the same when i was listening :D
BOodidarma 3 years ago
mortel... merci!
fafah01 4 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
hu,,who's jordan who compare him to yanni?ur a stupid idiot ,,yanni is a legnd,,this jordan shit is a fag gay who play music for gays like u who likes to listen to rock shit,,hes a loser just like u
adibeh 4 years ago
Lolol
MupNaz 4 years ago 2
if you're going to reply, don't be a dumb-shit loser and annoy people with stupid things like double comma's. do you have some kind of mental disorder which makes you press it twice every time? secondly, i will use facts to put your stupid ass in its place. Jordan Rudess was in Juilliard School of music at the age of NINE! and Yanni is self taught. they arent even in the same league. so go crawl back under the rock that you came out of and learn some correct grammar
Satago07 4 years ago 5
agreed yanni dont even know bout that prog-metal
tbruchey 4 years ago 3
That was a pathetic attempt at an insult, especially coming from someone your age. Even if you don't like rock, Yanni is the Green Day of new age music -- and that is a very, very bad thing.
archontic 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
yanni is alot better
adibeh 4 years ago
did you just say that "Yanni is better" than Jordan Rudess!?! ...You're an idiot.
rcurzon21 4 years ago 18
SOON (TGOD); SUPPER'S READY; ENTANGLED; ____?; AND YOU AND I.
I couldn't recognize the 4th one - was it that "empty sorrow in open boats" or w/e from TLLDOB?
JackBlair2 4 years ago
I Talk to the Wind - first KC album
booaticsnetdotcom 4 years ago
Ripples from genesis
BrentMB79 3 years ago
open mouth insert foot- I talk to the wind from crimson- dah sorry
BrentMB79 3 years ago
also Entangled
CharlesDoub 3 years ago
4:03 i talk to the wind...very nice
mightykingfish 4 years ago
There is also a little bit of Entangled by Genesis... great medley!
Totuccio89 4 years ago
that was really good. i normally don't like his musical style, but that was really good.
trunks2861 4 years ago
see? this is what rudess does to people.
he's a genius.
he can make you love something you never thought you would like.
i dont like this kind of music also, i like progressive metal and not this kind of prog.
nmrd123987 4 years ago 2
Well, you have to hear the originals. He is just doing a sort of romantic style piano rendition of these.
JackBlair2 4 years ago
Yes' "And you and I" very lovely...
Geniuses of music know all these masterpieces... Genesis and yes I love you...
Rudess really thanks...
vincenzogiannella 4 years ago
He's a master,
In these notes I hear Genesis' more fool me and supper's ready..
Lovely playin'...
vincenzogiannella 4 years ago 2
I love how Jordan plays, very virtuous..
Samsamros 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
And you, Zelthezimous, must be the sine qua non of pseudointellectual progboys. Get out of your parents' basement and get laid.
TasiaBrooklyn 4 years ago
dude you must be blind to not see the talent of this guy. if you don't have the brain power to look past the fact that he plays a music style that you find "geeky" then I TRULY pity you.
lyzd3x1c 4 years ago 5
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Oh, come on. This is worse than the guy who plays lounge standards on the first floor of Nordstrom. Give me Lyle Mays any day...or Jimmy Smith, for Chrissake.
TasiaBrooklyn 4 years ago
you sir or maam, have no idea what you are talking about
Zelthezimous 4 years ago 8
Why are there so many people shouting "Whoo!" and "Yeah!" all the time? Shut the fuck up, stupid morons! Afraid nobody notices you or something??
Djustraait 4 years ago
QUE CHIMBA! Jordan es el mejor, ojala venga a COLOMBIA con o sin Dream Theater. Que pena con Dream Theater preferiblemente =P.
gosiman 4 years ago
the guy is just perfection, i loved all his solo stuff as well as the DT stuff (obvously) soo im soo getting the covers album :]
maddearth 4 years ago
so relaxing...
UberShtrudel 4 years ago
This is on his new album... check it out... amazing
kevbo67 4 years ago
emotion revealed as the ocean maid
Aspartamebraintumor 4 years ago
the first one sounds like "Soon" from YES :D
NationalHealth 4 years ago
Does this song have a name or is it just an impromptu performance?
naedyeo 4 years ago