A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. The term "keyboardist" is more general than the terms "pianist," "harpsichordist"or "organist", and is often used to describe someone who plays electric keyboard s such as the Rhodes, Hammond or synthesizer, as well as the piano, harpsichord, celeste, clavichord or pipe organ.

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1 Notable keyboardists 1.1 Rock, Pop and Electronica 1.2 Jazz 1.3 Classical

Notable keyboardists

Note: this section lists people who predominantly played electric keyboards as detailed above.

Rock, Pop and Electronica

Rick Wakeman

Keith Emerson

Jean-Michel Jarre

Vince Clarke (Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo)

Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys)

Gillian Gilbert (New Order)

Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode)

Alan Price

Billy Preston (session player, noted for his work on The Beatles' Let It Be)

Booker T. Jones

Manfred Mann

Sister Bliss (Faithless)

Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)

Kevin Moore and Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)

Moby

Gary Numan

Stevie Wonder

Nicolas Godin (Air)

Ian McLagan (The Faces)

Karl Bartos , Wolfgang Flur and Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk)

Gregg Rolie (Santana, Journey)

Jazz

Generally speaking, in jazz music, electronic keyboard players are very often also pianists.

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Josef Zawinul (Weather Report)

Chick Corea

Classical

Wendy Carlos