Some of the shittiest music we had to learn on my degree was by chick corea.
The two we had to learn were " Got A Match ? " and " Spain ".
I loathed both of them. Unlike most people on my degree - I left hating jazz even more than before I went. . .
Haha, both classics, I've learned those too. I must say that I like that side of Jazz music a bit more than all the blue note, tsjing-tsj-tsj-tsjing music. The middle of the road kind of jazz.
I have a lot of respect for the keyboard player who actually turns knobs, pulls levers, and actively tweaks their sounds while playing. It soundd and looks much more organic and natural.
I know I'm late, but chiming in on the entire keyboard programming discussion. I've made a 180 degree turn in that over the last couple of years. I started with buying a NordStage, with the possibility to load up about 128 different pre sets. Wonderful stuff. I've toiled around with that a couple of years. With my cover band the setlist changes from night to night, so I'd be loading up the setlist every afternoon before a gig.
The biggest flaw in that is when you play often. It's pretty boring to play the same song over and over, and I know you can try to get as close to perfection as possible, but that's simply not how it works for me. But playing the same song, and knowing it will sound EXACTLY the same because of your presets, is awful. I couldn't stand it.
Then there was a grey area where I started to buy material, and stopped programming the setlist. Now I've got 4 keyboards on stage, and while they each have sounds that I use every night, they're not in that order. I just use the instruments. Which actually feels a lot more like playing music
And don't call me a nerd, Orbert!