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Jazz keyboardists

35 jazz musicians in the atlas play keyboard instrument, including Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton, Viggo Mortensen, Dave Brubeck and Lalo Schifrin. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers that are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano, organ, and various electronic keyboards, including synthesizers and digital pianos. Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or municipal buildings. Today, the term keyboard often refers to keyboard-style synthesizers and arrangers as well as work-stations. These keyboards typically work by translating the physical act of pressing keys into electrical signals that produce sound. Under the fingers of a sensitive performer, the keyboard may also be used to control dynamics, phrasing, shading, articulation, and other elements of expression—depending on the design and inherent capabilities of the instrument.

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Frank Zappa 1940–1993 · American musician (1940–1993) Eric Clapton b. 1945 · British musician Viggo Mortensen b. 1958 · American actor Dave Brubeck 1920–2012 · American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012) Lalo Schifrin 1932–2025 · Argentine-American composer (1932–2025) Sun Ra 1914–1993 · American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993) Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1935–1977 · American musician (1935-1977) Jan Hammer b. 1948 · Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer Brad Mehldau b. 1970 · American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Moondog 1916–1999 · American composer (1916–1999) Les McCann 1935–2023 · American jazz pianist and vocalist (1935–2023) Will Downing b. 1963 · American singer-songwriter and producer Erik Wøllo b. 1961 · Norwegian composer Walter Murphy b. 1952 · American composer Carl Craig b. 1969 · American music producer Vladimir Kuzmin b. 1955 · Russian musician (born 1955) Boney James b. 1961 · American saxophonist and songwriter Demetrio Stratos 1945–1979 · Greek musician and lyricist (1945–1979) John Medeski b. 1965 · American jazz keyboards player and composer Stomu Yamash'ta b. 1947 · Japanese musician Amel Larrieux b. 1973 · American singer-songwriter and keyboardist Vince Mendoza b. 1961 · American composer Safy Boutella b. 1950 · Algerian musician Johnny Alegre b. 1955 · jazz guitarist and composer from Manila, Philippines Shai Maestro b. 1987 · Israeli pianist Louis Cole b. 1986 · American musician Richard Teitelbaum 1939–2020 · American composer, jazz musician (1939–2020) Jerry Martin b. 1965 · American musician James Mtume 1947–2022 · American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record… Aydın Esen b. 1962 · Turkish musician (born 1962) Travis Dickerson b. 2000 · American musician Howard Wales 1943–2020 · American keyboardist (1943–2020) Dave MacRae b. 1940 · New Zealand musician Dan Pinto b. 1960 · American musician Toby Smith 1970–2017 · British musician (1970-2017)