Well, I can tell you I'm going to spend lots of time on the arranger section when my Tyros4 arrives the last of this week, or early next week.

Man, I've received all kinds of email from new owners who are very, very pleased with the instrument.

I have a feeling this may be my next personal keyboard.

If Keith Jarrett can't appreciate the arranger section...to heck with him.

Ian the Mature

Maybe not...Maybe the person taking the video had to move on to something else. Maybe he had to go an pee...who knows!!!

You are taking an awfully big uninformed leap there Diki...

Dennis

I look forward to hearing you play it, Ian...

Mind you, if you played with Keith's sidemen on a regular basis, perhaps you'd have a different opinion on how good it is!

Maybe I should start another thread on this question, but it seems apropos here, too... I read altogether too many posts about how some player's arrangers are BETTER than any sidemen they've worked with. But how many of us have played in bands where EVERYBODY was better than any arranger they ever heard?

If we haven't, we may not be in a position to judge the arranger's true musicality... (not addressed at YOU, Ian, just a general thought).

I wouldn't want to play with Keith's sideman...they charge too much!

Seriously, Diki, I do get lots of time playing with some very good musicians, on a regular basis.

The arranger is just another tool...and, to me, just as much fun as playing within a group...in fact, I'm going to use it in a group situation...those SA/SA2 sounds should be lots of fun and very expressive.

It's like a mechanic refusing to use a screwdriver because it is electric...

Ian

PS...No, arrangers aren't the perfect replication of playing with sidemen, but, I can certainly live with it.

I simply think that Keith is a historic artist so anything he does has significance regardless of whatever it is. Like I said any video taken of him doing anything will be watched again in the future. I sort of think we have all said what we wanted to say so I will probably close this thread very soon but will give people a last chance before I do.

Ok, here's what actually happened according to Tapas, the videographer. After Tapas stopped shooting the video, Mr. Jarrett continued to jam on Tyros 4 while Peter answered questions. The time was then quickly approaching the 4:30pm time when Martin Harris was to begin his next officially scheduled live internet streaming Tyros 4 demo, so Yamaha personnel chose to escort Mr. Jarrett over to the piano area to show him Yamaha's latest acoustic grands pianos. It clearly wasn't Jarrett losing interest in the Tyros 4, but simply the schedule constraint that ended his enjoyment shown playing it.