Now thats a great Idea Nigel....these arrangers are so versatile....you can really do anything with them..on stage or at home in the studio etc ......the Tyros4 sounds fantastic.

Donny no problem it is just that Keith Jarret is a keyboard jazz legend who ranks with Dave Brubeck and Chick Corea. I'm surprised you aren't aware of him. Having him play the Tyros is actually a historic event.

And that right there Nigel, is the very simple transition in the way that people think about arrangers that needs to happen for arrangers to be the go to instrument for professionals and hobbyists alike.

This is the simple point i have been making for years, whether you use auto accompaniment in its fullest or striped down to bass and drum or use the keyboard as a solo instrument or as part of a live band , an aranger is all things to all people. Forhget that it is called an arranger keyboard. Its simply a keyboard with options !

If Keith Jarret or some other big name spent a full day with a tyros or korg they could make incredible music and have just as much fun doing it as they do o their current gear.

Scott great video. Who would have expected Keith Jarrett at a Tyros4?

Nigel, This most "definitely" felt like an "arranger keyboard historic event" for me as well , especially in light of this recent synthzone thread, in which Chas (cgiles) stated:


At last , I can finally feel the music establishment's long time anti-arranger tide changing. - Scott

Scott I dont get it........all the guy did was pass by the Yammy stall and was offered to play a few riffs on T4 with baartmans direction....that doesn't mean super pros are now into arrangers does it?...

OH, Donny, Donny ..... let Scott have his moment, will ya?

Just being honest Dave ....now if Jon Lord stopped by to play a T4 I'd might get excited

Or if Tony Monaco sat down and played the S910, using the incredibly good SA Jazz Rotary patch.

I do understand Scott's excitement, and yes, it does, to me, legitimize arranger use a little more...Lord (not Jon) knows, we've been often regarded as "not really playing" by the so-called "real deals" out there.

Thing is, I'm an experienced piano/organ/synth player with many years in bands and as a soloist...it takes a lot of work, time and just plain old creativity to make an arranger sound nice and "live" instead of boom-ticky-ticky-boom-ticky-ticky...just as much as it does doing a creative performance on piano, organ or synthesizer.

The arranger is just another "tool" in the modern (some would say, "hip") keyboardist's toolbox...that's all it is.

Ian

Dave, I think "all of us here" being arranger keyboardists, should be cheering that as a historic 'arrange keyboardr' occasion.

Donny, you need to realize it was Keith Jarrett himself that took more than a casual interest to stop to checkout the Tyros 4 keyboard, and then drawn to sit down and jam on it too. It's obvious from the clip that he took more than a passing interest in it, as he continued to ask questions and play even more after the videoclip ended. Keith Jarrett may mean nothing to you, but millions of keyboard musicians around the world look up and respect him as both a jazz and classical keyboardist legend.

That said, I would have also been impressed if it were Jon Lord showing interest in Tyros 4 too, and I bet if he were there, he would too.