I'm sure all the Zeppelin fans out there know how much one good multi-instrumentalist can benefit a group of talented musicians. But many people probably also think that the bass player is just the bass player and nothing else, as in most bands. But John Paul Jones of Zeppelin is one of the great musicians out there because of his ability to play- and play well - so many different instruments. Pick any Zep album and you'll find him playing everything from bass guitar and the upright bass to piano, organ, mandolin and others. Songs like In the Light and Battle of Evermore just wouldn't be the same without his skills and talent.
Another great multi-instrumentalist is Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead fame. He not only plays a mean guitar, as in Paranoid Android, but beautiful piano like in Karma Police, he also arranges all the strings. He is also one of the few masters of the Ondes Martenot, a rather strange instrument played by only a few people the world over. Here he is playing the Ondes Martenot on How to Disappear Completely:
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