which musican has the greatest instrumental skill  Matt Thiessen or  Steve Marriott:
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Matt Thiessen Matthew Arnold "Matt" Thiessen (born August 12, 1980) is a Canadian-American musician, singer and songwriter known for being co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the Christian rock band Relient K. With Relient K, he has released eight full-length albums, including three that were certified Gold, and three that peaked in the top twenty on the "Billboard" 200. Outside of his work with Relient K, Thiessen maintains a low-profile side project called Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes. In 2009, he co-produced and collaborated on Owl City's album "Ocean Eyes".
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Steve Marriott Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English musician, songwriter and frontman of two notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades. Marriott is remembered for his powerful singing voice which belied his small stature, and for his aggressive approach as a guitarist in mod rock bands Small Faces (1965–1969 and 1977-1978) and Humble Pie (1969–1975 and 1980–1981). Marriott was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Small Faces.
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Steve Tavaglione Steve Tavaglione is a woodwind and EWI musician most notable for his work as a co founder of the Latin fusion group Caldera with Jorge Strunz and Eduardo Del Barrio, his work with noted keyboard players Scott Kinsey and John Beasley, and work in the television and film industry.
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Majik Mijits The Legendary Majik Mijits is an album that was recorded by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane when they reformed under the name of "Majik Mijits" in 1981 and gave a one-off concert at the Bridgehouse pub in East London. The lineup included Jim Leverton, Mick Green, Mick Weaver, Dave Hynes and Sam Brown.
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Stephen Ackles Stephen Ackles (born 15 February 1966), son of Norwegian mother (Bergliot Kittilsen) and American father (Allan Dale Ackles) is a beloved Norwegian vocalist, pianist, and songwriter who mainly play rock 'n' roll inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley with several.
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Chris Opperman Chris Opperman (born November 20, 1978 ) is an award-winning composer who has recently emerged into the mainstream. Opperman is known mostly for his work orchestrating the music of guitar heroes Steve Vai and Mike Keneally for their respective performances with Holland's Metropole Orkest. Opperman also performed on Steve Vai's first round of orchestral concerts and the song "Lotus Feet" was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Also, the song The Attitude Song from Vai's Sound Theories Vol. I & II album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
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Michael Messer Michael Messer (born 28 February 1956) is an English singer, songwriter, slide guitarist and record producer. He is noteworthy for his ability to combine acoustic National steel guitar, as well as slide guitar, into his playing style. The American magazine, "Spirit", listed Messer as one of the greatest slide guitarists alongside Duane Allman and Ry Cooder.
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Stephen Scott (composer) Stephen Scott (born 1944 in Corvallis, Oregon) is an American composer best known for his development of the bowed piano (borrowed from C. Curtis-Smith, who invented the technique in 1972), which involves a grand piano being played by an ensemble of ten musicians who utilize lengths of horsehair, nylon filament, and other utensils to bow the strings of the piano, creating an orchestra-like sound. Scott founded the Bowed Piano Ensemble in 1977, for which he composes. His work is associated with the minimal style of composition.
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Matt Slocum (keyboardist) Matt Slocum (born Matthew Dutot Slocum) is a keyboardist who collaborates predominantly with southern jazz, funk, fusion and blues musicians. He has worked with Susan Tedeschi, Jimmy Herring Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge and Railroad Earth among many others.
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Mike Hazlewood Michael Edward "Mike" Hazlewood (24 December 1941 — 6 May 2001) was an English singer, composer and songwriter. He variously worked with Albert Hammond, T-Bone Burnett, Van Dyke Parks and Harry Nilsson.
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Steve Nieve Steve Nieve (born Stephen John Nason, 19 February 1958) is an English musician and composer. In a career spanning almost 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Imposters and Madness. He has also experienced success as a prolific session musician, featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings.
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Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improvisor.
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Martin Taylor (guitarist) Martin Taylor, MBE (born 20 October 1956) is a British jazz guitarist who has performed in groups, guitar ensembles and as an accompanist. He is best known for his solo fingerstyle performances, in which he provides bass and chordal accompaniment in addition to a melody.
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DJ Luck &amp; MC Neat DJ Luck & MC Neat are a British musical duo, composed of Joel Samuels (a.k.a. DJ Luck) and Michael Rose (a.k.a. MC Neat) mainly performing a combination of house music and UK garage. They had three consecutive Top 10 hits in the United Kingdom in 1999 and 2000.
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Steve Tibbetts Tibbetts plays acoustic and electric guitar as well as exotic percussive instruments such as the kendang and kalimba. His musical compositions span several genres and styles including experimental, jazz, rock, ambient, and world music. He has self described his music as "post modern neo-primitivism". Often more than one genre or style is found in a single composition. A variety of techniques may be used with the guitar such as a string-bending technique sonically imitating a sarangi with a 12-string guitar while also alternating between ambient soundscape and Hendrix-like distorted and feedbacked leads with an electric guitar. He incorporates field-recordings such as the footsteps in the track "Running" from "Safe Journey", or the chanting of Nepalese villagers from the last tracks of "Big Map Idea". Tibbetts' recordings often include percussion by St Paul's Marc Anderson.
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Steve Kinch Steve Kinch is the current bass guitar player for Manfred Mann's earth Band. He joined the band as a permanent member in 1991, having previously appeared as a session player on the "Criminal Tango" album in 1986. He has so far featured on the live album "Mann Alive", and the studio albums "Soft Vengeance" and "2006".
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Jimmy &amp; Wes: The Dynamic Duo Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo is the third collaboration album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery and electric organist Jimmy Smith, released in 1966.
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Pete Marriott Pete Marriott (born Peter Andres Marriott-Singh) is an American music producer and musician. Marriott was born in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington.
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Hall &amp; Oates Daryl Hall and John Oates, often referred to as Hall & Oates, are an American musical duo from Philadelphia. Daryl Hall is generally the lead vocalist of the pairing. John Oates primarily plays electric guitar and provides backing vocals. The two write most of the songs they perform, either separately or in collaboration. They achieved their greatest fame from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s with a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues.
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Willard Meeks Willard Meeks Jr. is an American pianist, organist, songwriter, and music producer. Some of his credits include Kanye West's album Late Registration, song Crack Music from Roc-A-Fella Records, The New York Community Choir (RCA records), Glenn Jones (Jive Records), and Martha Wash. He is also known for being Whitney Houston's touring keyboard player during the Greatest Love World Tour. Meeks is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music where he earned a Bachelor's degree in music.
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Ken Mackintosh Ken Mackintosh (4 August 1919 – 22 November 2005) was an English saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Mackintosh was born in Liversedge, Yorkshire, and died in Mitcham, Surrey, England. Mackintosh accompanied singers such as Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Matt Monro.
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James Prime James Prime (born 3 November 1960) is best known as the keyboard player for Deacon Blue. He also lectures at the University of the West of Scotland. Known as a Hammond/piano player, his talents have been sought after by John Martyn, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader and Little Richard. .