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Blending classical training with flamboyant stagecraft, he remains a towering figure in instrumental rock.","Born Richard Christopher Wakeman in West London on May 18, 1949, he trained in piano and clarinet at an early age and briefly attended the Royal College of Music before embarking on a frenetic career as a session player in the late 1960s. Known for completing up to eighteen sessions a week, he contributed to landmark recordings—including David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and Cat Stevens’s “Morning Has Broken”—earning a reputation for precision as “One Take Wakeman.”\n\nWakeman joined the progressive rock band Yes in 1971, helping to shape their sound on albums like Fragile and Close to the Edge. 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