Keith Emerson

小簡介
基思?埃默森是上世紀60年代和70年代興起的英倫搖滾樂壇上最重要的人物之一，被稱為鍵盤上的傳奇。作為前衛(wèi)搖滾運動中一位最杰出的領軍人物，他把搖滾樂與多種音樂風格（例如古典音樂、爵士樂、世界音樂等）相融合。他是一個電子鍵盤和原聲鍵盤（最主要是風琴和合成器）音樂的現(xiàn)代奇才，他樹立的標準成為對他人的評判標準。埃默森先后與“美妙”和“埃默森、雷克和帕爾默”兩支樂隊合作，編寫和錄制了搖滾樂史上一些最富冒險精神的樂曲，并以無與倫比的激情和爐火純青的表演將這些樂曲帶給了廣大觀眾。
埃默森在其演藝生涯中錄制了40多盤唱片，大部分由他本人作曲，他在北美、歐洲和日本尤為受歡迎，他的多盤唱片創(chuàng)造了黃金和白金銷量。埃默森在上世紀60年代后期和70年代為自己的樂隊編寫了一系列世界聞名的樂曲之后，于1977年創(chuàng)作了他的第一部鋼琴協(xié)奏曲，講述了一個不同的大自然循環(huán)往復的故事－從歡樂和破壞，到充滿樂觀精神的勝利凱旋。埃默森也是一位成就斐然的電影音樂作曲家。
Throughout his career with the Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and as a solo artist, Keith Emerson has proven himself perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history. For all his reputation as an innovator and master of classically influenced rock, Emerson (born November 1, 1944, in the English town of Todmorden) began his career playing R&B; the Nice got their first big break backing soul singer P.P. Arnold in 1967. Independently of Arnold, the Nice carved out a niche in the fledgling prog rock movement, with Emersons classical flourishes and flamboyant showmanship (flinging knives at his keyboard, etc.) leading the way. After the Nices dissolution, Emerson fleshed out his musical ideas to their fullest with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, which debuted in 1970 and had a series of highly successful albums throughout the decade. Emerson made his solo debut in 1976 with the single Honky Tonk Train Blues, which hit the U.K. Top 30, but did not pursue a solo career in earnest until after ELPs 1980 breakup. Emerson first scored the films The Inferno (1980) and Nighthawks (1981), but did not return until 1985, when he released Honky. 1986 found Emerson participating in a revamped ELP — this time with drummer Cozy Powell — but still finding time to record the solo LP Murderock. In 1987, Emerson released Harmageddon/China Free Fall, and the following year, he undertook a project with Carl Palmer and songwriter Robert Berry. Emerson, Lake & Palmer reunited in 1992 to record new material and tour, but when this venture proved less successful than hoped, Emerson announced his retirement from the music business in 1994. That retirement was short-lived, though, as Emerson went on to release the occasional collection of new material or appear on-stage. He even reunited with Nice bandmates Brian Davison and Lee Jackson for a show in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2002 (Vivacitas). He penned an autobiography, Pictures of an Exhibitionist, in 2004 and received the compilation treatment from Castle Records in 2005 with the two-disc Hammer It Out: The Anthology.