The British keyboard legend Keith Emerson, co-founder of the rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer is dead. When the band announced on their official Facebook page, died the musicians in the early hours of Friday at his home in Santa Monica. California
his management confirmed the death, as the channel Sky reported. Emerson was 71 years old. For death there was initially no details.
Emerson bandmate Carl Palmer mourned on Facebook to “a tender heart whose love will remain unmatched for many years to music and passion for performance as a keyboard player” as the news agency PA reported. Emerson was a “pioneer and trailblazer” been in rock, classical and jazz.
The group was founded in 1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), which also includes Greg Lake had heard published numerous platinum albums. “Lucky Man” is one of their best known hits. After the dissolution of the band in 1978, the musicians had reunited in the 1990s. Since 2004, Emerson had his own group, the Keith Emerson band. He started as a solo artist on the synthesizer and with several piano works and film music a name.
Emerson Todmorden in 1944 in the northern English town arrived at Leeds born, grew up on the southern English coast and moved even as a teenager after London. Piano he played as a child and was always influenced by classical composers in his work.
“Keith Emerson rest in peace,” tweeted Sean Ono Lennon (40), son of former Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono: “The out of control”. On Tuesday Beatles producer George Martin had already died at the age of 90 years.
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