Keith Emerson (born November 2, 1944) is a British keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of The T-Bones, V.I.P.s and as backing band to P.P. Arnold (which evolved into The Nice), he went on to start Emerson Lake and Palmer (ELP), one of the first supergroups, in 1970. Following the first breakup of ELP circa 1979, Emerson went on to modest success with other bands including Emerson, Lake & Powell, 3 and subsequent ELP reunions during the early 90's. He reunited The Nice in 2002 to go on tour and currently tours (through 2005) with The Keith Emerson Band.

Emerson was born in Todmorden, Yorkshire but grew up in the seaside resort of Worthing, West Sussex, England.

As a child, he learned western classical music, from which he derived a lot of inspiration to create his own style, combining classical music, jazz, and rock themes. Emerson became intrigued with the Hammond organ after hearing jazz organist Jack McDuff perform "Rock Candy" and it subsequently became his instrument of choice for performing in the late 60s. In 1969, Emerson incorporated the Moog modular synthesizer into his battery of keyboards. While other artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones had used the Moog in studio recordings, Emerson was the first artist to tour with one.

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Keith Emersonの世界最速情報はマリさんが発信してます。ご存じない方はチェックを! 　http://www.myspace.com/tarkestra
ELPTinySymphony (いーえるP) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:56:10 -0000
Keith Emersonの世界最速情報はマリさんが発信してます。ご存じない方はチェックを! 　http://www.myspace.com/tarkestra
I favorited a YouTube video -- Keith Emerson - ELP - Fugue http://bit.ly/4A84Co
Vallin (Vallin) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:58:30 -0000
I favorited a YouTube video -- Keith Emerson - ELP - Fugue http://bit.ly/4A84Co
Keith Eades & Robert Kear speak at Emerson Industrial Strength Marketing & Sales seminar.
miacobucci (Marcia Iacobucci) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:05:04 -0000
Keith Eades & Robert Kear speak at Emerson Industrial Strength Marketing & Sales seminar.
happy birthday keith emerson...the wild man of the electronic keyboards and current troll wwww.thetrolls.tv
Kartuneman (richard sirgiovanni) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:34:28 -0000
happy birthday keith emerson...the wild man of the electronic keyboards and current troll wwww.thetrolls.tv
RT @wolfgangsvault: Keith Emerson turns 65 today. Hope to see him back on the road soon; in the meantime, ELP, '77: http://bit.ly/41dLPw
Prog_Rock (Prog Rock) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:04:01 -0000
RT @wolfgangsvault: Keith Emerson turns 65 today. Hope to see him back on the road soon; in the meantime, ELP, '77: http://bit.ly/41dLPw
I favorited a YouTube video -- Keith Emerson's Flying Piano http://bit.ly/FLfIE
prettythings (prettythings) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:44:33 -0000
I favorited a YouTube video -- Keith Emerson's Flying Piano http://bit.ly/FLfIE

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