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Patrick Moraz
Since 1948
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Patrick Philippe Moraz (born 24 June 1948) is a Swiss musician, film composer and songwriter, best known for his tenures as keyboardist in the rock bands Yes and the Moody Blues.
Born into a musical family, Moraz learned music at a young age and studied at the Lausanne Conservatory. He began a music career in the 1960s as a jazz musician, performing with his quartet and quintet, groups that performed across Europe and won several awards. He formed the short-lived progressive rock group Mainhorse in 1969, and began work scoring films. In 1974, he formed another band, Refugee, and recorded one album before he joined Yes later the same year. Moraz was a member of Yes until 1976, and during this time he also started a solo career.
Moraz was a member of the Moody Blues from 1978 to 1991. Since then, he has worked on various solo projects.
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Patrick Moraz, né le 24 juin 1948 à Morges en Suisse, est un claviériste œuvrant principalement dans le rock progressif, mais qui a aussi joué du jazz et du jazz fusion, il a notamment collaboré avec les groupes Mainhorse, Refugee, Yes et The Moody Blues. Il a écrit et interprété la musique du long-métrage Le Chemin perdu de sa sœur aînée Patricia Moraz. Ses influences musicales viennent autant du classique avec Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff et Stockhausen que du jazz, notamment Keith Jarrett, Christian Vander batteur du groupe français Magma, Jean-Luc Ponty et, bien sûr, du rock avec les Beatles, Frank Zappa et Jimi Hendrix. John Coltrane étant toutefois sa plus grande influence, ainsi que Thelonious Monk et McCoy Tyner. Il cite Sgt Pepper's des Beatles, Electric Ladyland de Hendrix, Innervisions de Stevie Wonder et Le Sacre du printemps de Stravinsky parmi ses albums favoris.
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Discography
Albums
- 1976 The Story of I
- 1977 Out in the Sun
- 1978 Patrick Moraz
- 1979 Future Memories - Live on TV
- 1980 Coexistence
- 1983 Music for Piano and Drums
- 1984 Future Memories I & II
- 1984 Future Memories II
- 1984 Timecode
- 1985 Flags
- 1987 Human Interface
- 1989 Libertate
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- 1994 Windows of Time
- 2000 Resonance
- 2007 ESP
- 2009 Change of Space
Singles
- 1978 Realization
