Emerson Plays Emerson

Emerson Plays Emerson Artist: Keith Emerson
Label: EMI Int'l
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 724355730121
EAN: 0724355730121
ASIN: B000063DTD


Release Date: 2002-05-09

Emerson Plays Emerson


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Tracks:

  1. Vagrant
  2. Creole Dance
  3. Solitudinous
  4. Broken Bough
  5. A Cajun Alley
  6. Prelude To Candice (From The Film Murderock)
  7. A Blade Of Grass
  8. Outgoing Tide
  9. Summertime (With Bass And Drums)
  10. Interlude
  11. Roll'n Jelly
  12. B&W Blues (With Bass And Drums)
  13. For Kevin
  14. The Dreamer (From The Film Best Revenge)
  15. Hammer It Out
  16. Ballad For A Common Man
  17. Barrelhouse Shakedown
  18. Nilu's Dream
  19. Soulscapes
  20. Close To Home (Recorded Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London)
  21. Honky Tonk Train Blues
  22. Medley (Nicola, Silver Shoes & I'll See You In My Dreams) (Recorded Aged 14)

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  1. Hammer It Out: The Anthology
  2. Changing States
  3. At the Movies
  4. Vivacitas: Live at Glasgow 2002
  5. Off the Shelf

Album Details

2002 Release from ex-ELP and the The Nice Keyboardist. A Mostly Solo Piano Collection of Emerson Originals Mixed with a Few Covers. Keith Performs Pastoral Mood Pieces, Film Music, a Few Jazz Tunes and Touches on his Barrelhouse Boogie Roots Too. A Must for Any Serious Piano Afficionados and of Course Elp Fans.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This Is Keith Emerson without the fanfare... period........2006-06-22

You know K.E. from The Nice? You know K.E. from Emerson, Lake & Palmer? You know K.E. from at least a couple of movie scores hes done? If you answer YES to all of this questions or at least most of them, then you konow what K.E. is all about and what he is capable of... Now with his performance in this recording he's showing the world -better yet, he's reminding the world- his passion for classical music, from which he draws his marvelous skills, without compromising on elaborate arrengements and steping out of the limelight of art-rock and/or progressive-rock. The playing is superb, that's why he IS still the wizard of the keyboards in the rock music scene.

To those readers who are NOT familiar with K.E. life long work this recording IS NOT for you or where you should start listening tho him, instead I recomend you should start where most of K.E. true fans started: Listening to ELP's FIRST album, then if you like what you hear follow his recordings in cronological secuence, going back in time to The Nice every once in a while, and then and only then, you come back to "Emerson Plays Emerson" for a full enjoyable experience of this output.

I know that I didn't say anything about the songs in particular, but that's just it, my humble opinion IS NOT about the songlist, IS ABOUT THE ARTIST and the work contained herein.

5 out of 5 stars THE MAN SPEAKS.......2005-01-31

I love Keith and this is a must album for anyone that admires his talent. It is one thing to keep ones interest with synthesizers, organ, and production techniques but he proved a good point by doing an album with minimal instrumentation. This album I feel, bares his artistry and brings you to the root of his awesome talent. Keith, perhaps you read my critique' on the Honky album and decided to take my idea. If you did, you owe me a beverage or two. Thanks, Al.

3 out of 5 stars 3 stars, 1/2,as for some weak old productions resumed here!!.......2004-03-31

To me this is an excellent excursion into the remarkable career regarding the activity of K.Emerson as a musician. Since the early sixties He passed through interesting collaborations, as long as He became the most famous keyboards' wizard within the Progressive scene in the UK. it's difficult to choose a particular track here, but I think of his most recent tracks, whose production is very good..instead the old ones are weak from this point of view..it neverminds, this album can follow you, through your car travels all over the world, because it's very relaxing and of course very well performed too!!

Good listen!!

3 out of 5 stars Emerson still going.......2004-01-16

A pricey import which starts out strong, then with live and trio cuts gets weaker with re-hashing of 12 bar blues Emerson style. Changing States from '95 was the dream disc I always knew he could do. This disc isn't quite as solid.

5 out of 5 stars

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