10 Greatest Keyboardists Of All Time

10. John Paul Jones

For the uninitiated, many people just assume that John Paul Jones is the bass player in Led Zeppelin. However, the keyboard work that Jones sprinkled through Zeppelin's tracks made each record seem like they were coming from another planet.

Over most of Zeppelin's softer tracks, Jones would use an organ to give the track an instrumental wash that was perfect for songs like "Thank You." Out of all the members of Zeppelin, Jones was the one who seemed to have the most musical training, which made him the band's secret weapon when it came to creating unique sonic pastiches on the keyboard.

Apart from organ, Jones also used the Moog synthesizer to add more ethereal sounds to Zeppelin's records like on the end of the track "Since I've Been Loving You." Jones's vast knowledge behind a keyboard also led to him venturing into composing as he wrote string arrangements for everyone from the Rolling Stones to R.E.M.

With his eclectic mix of influences, John Paul Jones's work behind a keyboard gave Led Zeppelin another distinctive musical facet that took their sound in new directions with each record.