My wife and I had the privilege of attending one of his shows in the late seventies. If he'd never sat at the keyboard, but just continued talking and cracking one liners, we would have felt our money was well spent.

There have been many pianists of his caliber, and there will be many more, but he had the very special gift of being an entertainer - one of the all time greats IMO.

And his costumes/capes were a thing to behold.

Truly a fascinating human.

Glenn