Very true, BUT, anytime I see a soloist (other than a OMB) or a combo/band with a keyboard player - KORG, YAMAHA, ROLAND, NORD, whatever, I always try to check it out, and I don't EVER remember seeing an arranger kb in a setting like that, whether it be jazz, pop, rock, you name it ... ESPECIALLY if the venue is one where the players are expected to be 'top shelf' ...

PS: I thoroughly enjoy playing my AKB and make no apologies for it ... after all, it really doesn't do anything unless I tell it to ...

Last Saturday playing in a restaurant lounge, I had a full dance floor, going from one 50'S - 60's rock song to another ... someone asked if I had a certain song "IN THERE"... at that point I killed everything but the drums and bass and raised my arms in the air and said "this thing will keep playing the same thing, unless I do something with it" ... my point was made ...