Originally Posted by
Jeremy Bender
In terms of being a "serious composer", I mean c'mon. His one attempt at a classical piece, the piano concerto was co-written with John Mayer. The story I've read is that Mayer would tell Keith what was needed and he would come up with something. I've played the concerto for friends of mine who have never heard of Keith Emerson or ELP and they all said the same thing: "Derivative, blatant steals from Prokofiev, Grieg and Bartok, not much of a piano part, pretty lightweight"
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