Roy Bittan

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Roy Bittan

p, key, *1949 US, Rockaway Beach
Musician of Rock
A.k.a. Bayete Bittan

Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. Bittan, nicknamed The Professor, plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers. Aside from his membership in Bruce Springsteen's band, Bittan has played on several dozen albums as a session musician primarily for notable singer-songwriters, and rock and pop artists. Some of the prominent musicians with whom he has recorded include Jon Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Tracy Chapman, Chicago, Catie Curtis, Dire Straits, Peter Gabriel, Ian Hunter, Meat Loaf, Stevie Nicks, RVIVR, Bob Seger, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Patty Smyth, Jim Steinman, and Bonnie Tyler.

Instruments

Piano
Keyboards
Backing Vocals
Synthesizer

Genres

Rock
Soundtrack
Pop
Jazz
Blues

Plays With

Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band

Fire Inc.

The All Star Review

The E-Street Band

Chris Mancini

Will T. Massey

Band Members

External Links

Wikipedia

MusicBrainz

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

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