Kirkland a rock loser? Playing and teaching pretty much to the end, he died in December 2021. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/12/10/barry-harris-dies/. 15 Of The Greatest And Most Famous Bebop Musicians - Hello It is very disrespectful of other readers to write without paying attention. He was completely ambidextrous and playing three against fours etc ( a horror to most human pianists) was like taking candy from a baby to him. Art Tatum Magicians of the boogie woogie. He started as an orthodox stride-style player but soon introduced innovations. A list of the ten greats certainly would include Claude Bolling Brubeck was one of the most innovative pianists of his time. the list includes a great pianists, but what about mal waldron, jaki byard, bobby timmons, paul bley, cedar walton, sun ra, alice coltrane? NEW YORK (AP) Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of "Walk on By," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and dozens of other hits, has died at 94. They also seem to find the perfect balance between restraint and expressivity while the others are simply on another level. Clarke's innovation was to shift the drummer's time-keeping function to the ride cymbal, leaving the snare and bass drum free to 'drop bombs' - unexpected offbeat accents - that perfectly complemented the way that the most innovative jazz musicians were beginning to play. He was the first BeBopper, unquestionably. For instance we could compile a list of the best percussive players the list would completely change if you get my drift. WK is top ten for me. Enjoying a long association with Alfred Lion and Frank Wolffs outfit, he not only recorded his own music, but worked as an in-house arranger and A&R man. Meade Lux Lewis Phineaso Newborn is a huge miss as others have pointed out Mulgrew and James Williams can be easily be added in front of a few on the list Billy Taylor as well and Hampton Hawes should be in the top 20 sorry but Dave Grusin and Bob James are great players but no where near the virtuosos listed above and for that thought Monty Alexander could blow most of these guys away and what about Dick Hyman I love Joe Zawinul and all of his music but the list is of Pianists and a huge amount of his recorded work is Keyboard based -so not in the top 30 finally Fred Hersch needs to be in the top 30 for his musical diversity alone owe and there is that Mehldau guy. Check out Brads second half solo in UNION DUES BLUES. He is amazing! The post bop era began in the 1960s, not the 21st century. Someone will always come along and refute it. Mehldaus long-running piano trio has also continually broken new ground with its near-telepathic collective improvisation and eclectic repertoire. Live for me the Number One spot has to be Earl Fatha Hines, I stood behind him, within touching distance, at a Jazz Club in the UK whilst he played All night long, (sorry Lionel), thrilling the Club Cats in the 60s. My interest is in most classical piano but admire jazz pianists who possess a solid thorough technique AND play with something resembling a pleasant singing tone. Count Basie said Earl Hines was, ..the greatest piano-player int the world. 22 Joe Zawinul Disappointing to see that no one has mentioned Satoko Fujii so far. As good as Duke was at composing, I believe that most people have not noted that he wrote the simplest tune (melody) in the history of music. He died and was buried in Copenhagen. 2: Teddy Wilson 33 Lyle Mays Here are 12 facts you didn't know about Cowboy Bebop. the most shit rating ever! Does anyone else agree?? Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters, 'Cowboy Bebop's' Alex Hassell and Elena Satine on Portraying Domestic Abuse. While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, everyone hears beautiful music as it appeals to their ear. From 1939 to 1941, Gillespie was one of the principal soloists in Cab Calloways band. but this one is close without dissecting and nitpicking it to death. I suppose one needs to lay out specific judgment criteria too I personally never believe in the best muso in the world stuff it is Art after all ! How the Rise of Bebop Changed Jazz - LiveAbout He was possibly the greatest of all the Bop pianists. Yoko Kanno performed her solo PianoMe concert at Otakon 2013. For the record Charles Thompson is the very first person to comment on this list. When Memphis musicians and friends of Newborn first heard players like Bud Powell, they were not impressed because anything Bud did, Newborn could do more easily. Shearing, Oscar, Michele Le Grand ( for the few of us who have heard him live). 7 Bud Powell TheBebopMusicStore on Twitter: "Another day with no extremely ! Erroll Garner on 17th??? I love Monk, but respectfully disagree about placing him at #2. He is also a graduate of the same program that I graduated from (YORK UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS-MUSIC MAJOR). Between Chucho and Art Tatum a toss up as #1..2-3 Oscar. Basie also said that Hines was, The greatest piano player in the world. Here's everything you need to know about the Cowboy Bebop theme tune, score and soundtrack. Good list, but please get Bob James the hell off of it and put a great pianist on it. To clean our neighborhoods and I play somethin right. While the shows censorship in America made sense as a cautious response to 9/11, the series struggles in Japan were another matter. Its hard to take seriously a top 36 jazz pianists list that doesnt include Mary Lou Williams. [4] She spoke of this experience in an interview with Akihiro Tomita:[4]. 14 Earl Hines Hes up there with George Hedges, another forgotten legend who never got to play with anyone at all. 29 Scott Joplin In Japan, Christianity has a wonderful image. From 1937 to 1944, Gillespie performed with prominent swing bands, including those of Benny Carter and Charlie Barnet. Even though fusion and jazz-rock further diminished bebops appeal in the 70s, there were still musicians who played it, and there was even a mini-revival of interest in it during the late 70s and early 80s, when acoustic, bop-influenced jazz was once again in vogue. J.P. Johnson? I highly doubt it that you are the REAL Diana Krall. composer And I am surprised that Brad Mehldau was not mentioned . After a while, I find Tatums piano runs boring when compared to Monks dissonant notes and spacing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHXxgC_ddbw Classical music expert Rosie Pentreath told Newsweek: "Bebop is a style of high-energy, modern jazz characterised by super fast, freeform passages of chromatic notes that culminate in short, punchy, two-tone phraseshence the 'bebop'. Hahaha.he is the best . She has written a number of journals for Newtype magazine of which photos for illustrations are done by Kanno herself as well,[15] and a selection of photos taken by Kanno of her protg and former production partner Maaya Sakamoto were featured in the special event program for Sakamoto's 2010 thirtieth birthday concert at Nippon Budokan. First and foremost, Phineas Newborn Jr. I could add hundred of very good pianists but i think that the top 5 is rather well defined.Astonishing musicians who reinvented the piano and had theyr own convincing style.To Arrange for piano is a very complicated and extremely interesting art . Sadly, Timmons career was cut short, at 38, by his chronic alcoholism. Donald Lambert? And how about Jess Stacy? MICHAEL KAESHAMMER?!!! Agree with most of the picks, but Gene Harris and Beegie Adair should have been included. Jessica Williams. To read our privacy and cookies policy, please click here. Gillespie went on to join Calloway's band in 1939, with whom he recorded "Pickin' the Cabbage"one of Gillespie's first compositions and regarded by some in the jazz world as his first attempt to bring a Latin influence into his work. What about Milt Buckner? The word is an onomatopoeic rendering of a staccato two-tone phrase distinctive in this type of music. The best of all Jazz Pianist ist Keith Jarrett! George Cables, Stan Tracy, Carla Bley, Monty Alexander, Pete Johnson, I vote for 88 otherwise there isnt enough room on the piano stool. Augusta Read Thomas's music mixes extraordinary clarity and elegance with a bold resonant vitality. Generally, only two horns are present. His name is Ryo Fukui. This New Jersey pianist helped bridge the transition from ragtime to jazz with his stride piano technique, which built on ragtimes locomotive, see-saw jauntiness but added more sophisticated harmonies and a stronger blues element. Renowned for ornate filigrees and a hard-swinging style, Peterson was a dextrous improviser. His best-known compositions include "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," "Salt Peanuts" and "A Night in Tunisia. You made an attempt that is insurmountalble for each have left an indubitable mark on jazz from Tatum to Evans to Brubeck to Jamalbut Chickcome on. For more essential jazz, listen to the Jazz Giants playlist on Spotify. Influenced by Bud Powell and noted for his horn-like right-hand melodies, Clark was a sideman for Dinah Washington, Sonny Rollins, and Charles Mingus, and also enjoyed a fecund five-year spell at Blue Note Records, where he served up nine albums, including the classic hard bop manifesto Cool Struttin. The Rough Guide to Jazz describes the album as "some of the key bebop small-group and big band recordings". The piano is by far the most complex instrument.Harmony rhytm and melody . There were better pure piano players. I didnt even see Gene Harris on this list. There are a few names missing on your list, such as Vince Guaraldi, Russ Freeman, Dudley Moore, Egberto Gismonti, Claude Bolling; each of these have special talents that deserve mention. YOU MUST be CRAZY!!!! The pianos importance in jazz stretches back to the time of Scott Joplin, at the turn of the 19th Century, when ragtime with its jaunty, percussive rhythms proved an important early building block in the evolution of jazz music. Gillespie's best-known compositions include "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," "Groovin' High," "Salt Peanuts," "A Night in Tunisia" and "Johnny Come Lately." Thanks to the hyper-realistic gun designs used in the show, fans have been able to figure out exactly what heat everyone is packing. 26 James P Johnson Oscar Peterson should have been at the no 1 spot. So, withal my disagreements, cool list. The jazz world has produced an abundance of super-talented piano masters in the past 100 years many more than can be accommodated in this list of the 50 best jazz pianists of all time. But when audiences left the clubs and went home to bed, the Swing musicians instead went to jam sessions. I bet jazz lovers could come with a 100s of great pianists but of course the ones at the top Because all those pianists you mention as inbut what about?, are all on this list,except for Alice Coltrane. And Abdullah Ibrahim. its a joke? NO ALBUM BUT you can get THE CHRIS NOWAK PROJECT on YOUTUBE!!! Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe, October 18, 2022 A new version of Augusta Read Thomass Bebop Riddle II opened the program. Richard Twardzik. After hearing a few songs I just want to move on to someone with with some heart in their playing. Come on. I am glad that you did NOT include Ramsey Lewis. Even she wouldnt think she should be on this list! 2 Thelonious Monk (And if you think Monk wasnt a great pianist, you dont understand a single thing about his compositions or his playing.). Your email address will not be published. Gillespie died on Jan. 6, 1993, at age 75, in Englewood, N.J. so you include Duke Ellington and keep out BILLY STRAYHORN an RED GARLAND??? Horace Silver was the most prominent pianist, composer, and bandleader in this period. One guess where Previn got his inspiration!! You cant have a list like this and leave off Al Haig!!!! Jazz is not a relic, its alive and kicking (and in new directions!). NO CHUCHO VALDES!!!!!!!!!!!! Youd be wrong. Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Bley, Joel Futterman, Connie Crothers, Stanley Cowell, Sun Ra, Fred Van Hove, Mal Waldron, Misha Mengelberg, Don Pullen, Alice Coltrane and so many more. And no Billy Taylor? Unbelievable!!!! Pittsburgh-born Jamal possesses a delicate, nimble touch and intuitively knows how to use space to good effect. Jimmy Yancey Originally from Quebec, Canada, Peterson was a classically-trained child prodigy who fell under the influence of Art Tatum and Nat King Cole. Bringers of joy. Originally from Colorado, Grusin began releasing piano-led albums under his own name in the early 60s, a decade that also saw him break into the world of television music, where he wrote themes for numerous US TV shows. There isn't one genre I like more than the others. Please. I have no use for the percussive style virtually devoid of dynamics that many exhibit. Totally agree about Mary Lou Williams and Marian McPartland. Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet. I think its on of the first lists that is pretty good..I play and little piano and guitar and fancy myself as fairly knowledgeable in guitar, bass and drumsMaybe I know just enough to get into troubleno one can ever agree on any listever. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
. A great list, but as many people already said, loads of pretty good pianists are missing! Monk is in the Pantheon, not for his playing, but for the totality that he brings to the genre. , And the list has 36 pianists because there are 36 black keys on the piano? ", In the late 1950s, Gillespie performed with Ellington, Paul Gonsalves and Johnny Hodges on Ellington's Jazz Party (1959). Unacceptable. American audiences missed only a few episodes, but Japanese censorship blocked a huge portion of the series. Performers largely followed the melody of the song, with each member of the band getting a chance to shine and put their spin on the composition, just like crew during their adventures. He is right up there with Oscar and Art. Lincoln was right; facts are stubborn things. For one thing, Warings usage of the philosophical term deconstructing seems very apropos to me, as I sit and listen to The!onius on his birthday. or Geri Allen (R.I.P.) No Eddie Higgins? [7] In reference to this, she once stated: In my case, the creators talk to me and ask me to do a soundtrack a year or two before the animation is finished. 2 / 5 Donald Macleod focuses on the 'yin and yang' of bebop, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. WebPages in category "Bebop composers". One of the true greats. What about Milt Buckner, Shirley Horn, Beegie Adair, Diana Krall, Joe Sample ?? Wild Horses also contains a hidden Babe Ruth, When we meet our heroes, theyre in the process of getting their lives in order after a period of chaos. Great list. For example, in the first verse of the song, Gillespie sings about the culture of jazz clubs, and infers that where bebop was playing, the (mostly Black) audiences were pushing societal expectations by letting loose, and demonstrating sexual prowess. The theme I had in mind was, 'be human.' Influenced by Teddy Wilson and Bud Powell, Brooklyn-born Kelly is best remembered for his association with Miles Davis between 1959 and 1961 (he played on the iconic 1959 LP Kind Of Blue). Lists are silly. His Commodore recordings are one of the great pinnacles of jazz. Good cases could be made for John Lewis, James Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Don Pullen , Joe Sample and Muhal Richard Abrams. This is even when the title has not be decided yet.[6]. A former staff writer for TUAW, he's knowledgeable on all things Apple and Android. Charlies Reply: AL HAIG!, The very underestimated Dave MacKenna could be mentionned here. He played with many greats including ART FARMER. I wonder if people know just how good Al Haig was. 21 Teddy Wilson Lennie Tristano But Art definitely deserves to be number one. Groovin' High is a 1955 compilation album of studio sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. He eked a living as a jobbing pianist for hire until emigrating to the US in 1947, where he quickly made a name for himself with his synthesis of swing, bebop, and elements drawn from classical music. For the opening theme song called 'inner universe,' I had an image of digital bits and composed a score consisting of recurrent quick beats.[5]. Hampton Hawes is another deserving pianist who both Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson admired so greatly. Around 1941, young Gillespie wrote a song that remains among the most popular jazz standards around: A Night in Tunisia. Billy Taylor? Check out Ellingtons and Juan Tizols Caravan if you want to see what it is like to muscially pat your head and rub your stomach at the same time. Born and raised in Detroit, Harris, whose mother played piano in church, was an early starter, taking up his chosen instrument at the age of four. Are you crazy? And I might add a few others not on the list or mentioned above: Mary Lou Williams, Lennie Tristano, Stanley Cowell, Kirk Lightsey, Dave Burrell. In bebop, though, the rhythmic emphasis was switched from the bass drum to the more subtle hi-hat and ride cymbal, which allowed greater rhythmic fluidity (drummers Kenny Clarke and Max Roach were the chief instigators of this new approach). The main complaints were the shows sexuality and violence. I wanted to express these 'tangible fuzziness,' sort of. The top 50 is way too top for Mr. James. Bebop jazzs most important style? From iconic bandleaders to unique talents, the best jazz pianists both shaped the genre and revolutionized the role of the piano in music. WebEddie "Lockjaw" Davis - saxophone. Maybe for composing, but not his playing. This amazing musician has got to be the most overlooked jazz pianist of all time! It should be noted also that Mr. Parker listened to Art Tatum, which could be argued as a pre-bop aspect of the altoists influence, as well, but Lester was the main man. As I said before, LENNIE TRISTANO IS #50!! Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin' High (1955) Remastered 1994 And it quickly became quite competitive. EVER>! Bebop Bounty Big Band on Instagram: ONE WEEK AWAY: Tatum, Evans, Bud Powell. 7.Alan Toussant Nat king Cole was a jazz pianist before he became a singer. From pull to press, not white and up tight Perhaps this list should have gone with 88, still matching the number of keys. Aw, man. During, s initial run on Tokyo TV, only 12 episodes aired due to violations of broadcast standards. Bebop was about freedom of expression and escaping the harmonic and melodic restraints imposed by the old musical order and, thanks to what is bebop musics lasting legacy, thats something that can still be said of jazz today. It represented the sentiment of 'why don't we take it easy and be more like a human being? BUD: I thought that for sure you would pick up on this since you and Lennie have the same LAST NAME! Bill, on the other hand, completed his archetypal journey be going full circle. Did someone forget Marian McPartland? Lil Hardin?. A bunch of rock musicians ????? 9. there is a more influence on jazz innovation than bill evans . Certainly Fats Waller should have been further up the list, and what about James P. Johnson, whos name should have gone above Wallers. The Official Website of American Composer Augusta Read Thomas. No Marion McPartland? That's right. Duke Ellington was known more as a composer. Wheres Marian McPartland, Bill Charlap, Joe Augustine? From Jacksonville, Florida, Mehldau is undoubtedly one of the leading pianists in contemporary jazz. The missing link between Art Tatum and bebop, his status as one of the best jazz pianists of all time is forever assured. Gillespie composed most of the albums recordings, including Serenade to Sweden, Sophisticated Lady and Johnny Come Lately. Diana Kroll mentioned by others continues to grow in stature, and should make the top 50. WebAll episodes of Bebop. Yoko Kanno's soundtrack themes include "Kiseki no Umi" (Lodoss War), "Voices" (Macross Plus), "Tank!" A master of musical understatement. Ahmad told me this personally many times. Debussy, Ravel); he ended as a full-blown expressionist (think Moussoursky, Rachmaninoff)two opposite sides of the same coin of Romantic art. Bill had the biggest, heaviest hands of any pianisthis touch, always deep in the keys, could coax from the most stubborn piano the fullest ppp and fff in closely-voiced harmonies or the most evenly-played rapid runs thanks to minimal body movement and heavy, dead accurate fingers. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The "In" Crowd (Live At The Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C., 1965), Wayne Shorter, Giant Of Jazz Saxophone, Dies At 89, Classic Titles From David Axelrod, Bernard Purdie To Return On Vinyl, Craft Recordings Relaunches Acclaimed Original Jazz Classics Series, Anita ODay: Celebrating The Jezebel Of Jazz, Let It Snow! where is Alan Broadbent, Milgrew Miller, Brad Mehldau? I think she should have made the list. What is bebop? after Tatum Don Shirley? Powell and Monk met at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem, where Monk was house pianist in the early '40s, and they remained firm friends. [citation needed], (Artists ordered by year of first collaboration), Companies that have commissioned Kanno for commercial music.[24]. This all depends on subjective judgments in time and space and whos doing the judging. Where is Joe Bonner? As a composer, Monk contributed several standards to the jazz songbook including Round Midnight and Straight, No Chaser and, as a keyboardist, recorded several albums of unaccompanied piano, including the classic Thelonious Alone In San Francisco. 5: Count Basie Maybe swap with Monk I rate him up with Monk and far better than Art Tatum in his jazz input. Indeed, Watanabe, the creator of the original anime, is known to be a huge fan of jazz and it is why the musical genre features so heavily in the soundtrack. The house band at Miltons included drummer Kenny Clarke and pianist Thelonious Monk. Some jazz musicians also married bebop with classical music, among them The Modern Jazz Quartet, whose elegant, chamber jazz style was dubbed Third Stream Music. The final C was added, according to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, because it looked cool. Ill say I enjoyed this list overall. You are wrong according to the facts. Others not mentioned: Monty Alexander, Roger Kellaway, Billy Taylor, Dave McKenna, Gene Harris, Steve Kuhn. My AUTUMN IN MUSKOKA should really be called AUTUMN IN HEAVEN!! ", Of the theme tune itself, Pentreath added: "As well as being incredibly sharp, impactful jazz writing (take a listen to the big band-style opening title track, "Tank!" Scott Joplin made about 6 hand played piano rolls, including a composition by W.C Handy but he certainly should not be on this list. There are a few solo piano entries in the jazz aristocrats extensive discography (most notably, perhaps, 1953s The Duke Plays Ellington) that reveal the full extent of Ellingtons skills. Yoko Kanno ( , Kanno Yko, born March 18, 1963) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime series, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. so cheesy to make a list, moreso when it has to nod to the commercial stars of the recent era. Next Bill would form a jazz trio that revolutionized the piano trio by making each instrumentalist, not merely supportive of the pianist, but a contributor of equal importance. The episodes were eventually aired by the channel. Photo by Matt Flynn via National September 11 Memorial and Museum. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. It turns out no one was really ready for, knows its iconic theme song Tank, but you might not be aware of the pedigree behind it. He was there at the start of modern jazz with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis etc. TV fans are probably aware of the TV series HOUSE. The cryogenic chamber Faye finally escapes has the serial number NCC-1701-B. Bebop might be the name of our heroes ship, but its more than that. Kenny Barron. And there are people like von Schlippenbach, Tippett, Mengelberg, Moran, Ivers, Would love to be a loser the way Kenny Kirkland was:). When he was 18 years old, Gillespie moved with his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Where is Albert Daly? Mister Waring fails to mention Lester Youngs tenor sax solos with the Count Basie band of the mid-to-late 1930s. Our music is going to be the classical music of the future.. Its worth noting that tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins anticipated the improv aspect of bebop when he recorded the song Body & Soul in 1939, in which he This is a good summary of jazz pianists. Clare Fischer??? Davis liked Garland for his Ahmad Jamal-like lightness of touch and use of space. For many, Detroiter Thomas Lee Flanagans name is synonymous with saxophone giant John Coltrane. In my books, this is the BEST MINOR BLUES ever composed!!!!! Anyway Im positive that Tete Montoliu should be somewhere in this list. Gone but not forgotten is Nat king Cole, accomplished jazz pianist before his voice overcame the 88 ., Alan Broadbent, Aaron Diehl, Hiromi, Respect from England. She has listen very good to Gene Harris, but nevertheless, Live in Paris proves she is a very good piano player. Episode 19, Wild Horses, was also briefly banned in 2003 for a few years due to its similarity to the Columbia shuttle disaster. 4. Mary Lou Williams? Jazz Pianists? Oscar Peterson number 2 after Art Tatum. A classically-trained pianist, Lewis fused jazz with rhythmnblues and gospel music to forge a distinctive soul jazz style that spawned a host of imitators. Unacceptable. BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bebop, Bebop Since she works in the animation industry, she only receives instructions and storyboards from directors which helps her with composing. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. They have him ranked a little too high. In time, Benny Green will need to be on the list as well. The most famous of these was Mintons Playhouse, which opened in New York City in 1940. Yes. No females? [citation needed] Later, she composed NHK's official support song on the occasion of the first anniversary of the earthquake entitled "Hana wa Saku" ("Flowers Will Bloom") featuring lyrics by Sendai film director Shunji Iwai. Hes been my big discovery in recent years with Leapin and Lopin' and Cool Struttin' especially. A near-fatal diving accident in 1951 caused nerve damage to Brubecks hands and changed the way he played piano, where fleet-of-finger lines were replaced by dense block chords. Bebop took the harmonies of the old jazz and superimposed on them additional substituted chords. In 1945 he was beaten senseless by the Philadelphia police, an attack whose savagery left him with mental problems that dogged him for the rest of his all-too-brief life; he died in 1966, a couple of months short of his 42nd birthday. BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bebop The biggest selling Jazz LP in 56 was Andre Previn & Shelly Manns My Fair Lady. I do have some issues with some on list but the top 5 ( in a different order ) is very good but is debateable in some people. DUKE JORDAN, AL HAIG, SIR WALTER BISHOP, RED GARLAND, JUST TO NAME A FEW MISSING ARTISTS. Dizzy Gillespie: a founding father of the bebop revolution In jazz, the horns the saxophones and trumpets have traditionally been the musics glamour instruments and its main focus. First, Lennie Tristano had a bigger influence on jazz piano than most people think about. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Nevertheless, we must find a way to include several outstanding persons not on the list, in my order of priority they are: Johnny Oneal, Phineas Newborn Jr, Terry Pollard and Mulgrew Miller. As a teenager, Jarrett was seduced by jazz and quickly became fluent in its idiom. What is a fugue? Have you ever heard Mack the knife by Nina Riche? Yoko Kanno has become one of Japans foremost composers since she created the eclectic score for the anime series Cowboy Bebop. She returned for I cannot believe that everyone is forgetting about one pianist that a lot of people think is just a notch lower than Oscar Peterson: Oh, come on! Hey Daniel, yours is one of only few comments I could subscribe. He was born in France but with a last name like that, his father probably is/was (?) James Williams fantastic jazz pianist, Mulgrews big friend, and mentor.? From Brooklyn, New York, Kirkland had a fruitful association with the Marsalis brothers, Wynton and Branford, in the 80s and 90s, appearing as a sideman on many of their albums. How about the five best who are not on the list: Lennie Tristan Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Mabern is unique among the best jazz pianists for having begun as a drummer before switching to piano. His path would cross with Coltranes again in the 50s, when both joined Miles Davis quintet and made several groundbreaking albums for Prestige and Columbia (among them Workin and Round About Midnight). Wow, Bill Evans before Oscar Peterson. Wild Horses also contains a hidden Babe Ruth Easter egg in the form of its villains. Reflective romantic ballads with lush chords were his undoubted forte, but Evans who drew on both bebop and classical music for inspiration could also swing with verve, especially in a live setting.