What is Keith Emerson?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Keith Emerson |image = Keith Emerson StPetersburg Aug08.jpg |caption = Emerson performing in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, September 2008 |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |birth_name = Keith Noel Emerson |alias = |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1944|11|02}} |birth_place = [[Todmorden]], [[Yorkshire]], England |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|03|11|1944|11|02}} |death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S. |instrument = [[Keyboards]], [[synthesizer]], [[piano]]<!--- If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument---> |genre = {{flatlist| * [[Progressive rock]] * [[jazz]] * [[classical music|classical]] }} |occupation = Musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, producer |years_active = 1964–2016 |label = [[Edel AG|Edel]], [[Victor Entertainment|Victor]], [[Shout! Factory]], [[Varèse Sarabande]], [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]], [[Manticore Records|Manticore]], [[J!MCO Records]], [[Sanctuary Records Group|Sanctuary]], [[EMI]], [[Marquee Inc.]], [[Charly Records|Charly]], [[Gunslinger Records]], [[Cinevox]] |associated_acts = [[Gary Farr]] & The T-Bones, [[The V.I.P.s (band)|the V.I.P.s]], [[P. P. Arnold]], [[the Nice]], [[Free Creek (band)|Free Creek]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], [[Emerson, Lake & Powell]], [[3 (1980s band)|3]], [[Keith Emerson Band]], [[Ayreon]] |website ={{url|keithemerson.com}} }} '''Keith Noel Emerson''' (2 November 1944&nbsp;– 10 March 2016) was an [[English people|English]] [[keyboard player|keyboardist]] and composer. Emerson played in a number of bands before he found his first commercial success with [[P. P. Arnold]]'s backing band [[the Nice]] in the late 1960s. Emerson was born in [[Todmorden]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. He was a founding member of [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] (ELP) in 1970. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were successful through much of the 1970s. They became one of the best-known progressive rock