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q Richest
q Most Murderous Categorized listing of Jazz pianists:
q Most Populous
q Most Militaristic Well known jazz pianists include:
q Most Taxed
q Poorest Contents
q Longest Living 1 Early Pioneers
q Most Generous 2 Giants of the Modern Era
q Most Educated 3 Important Pianist-Composer/Arrangers
q Most Athletic 4 Major Figures
q Largest 5 Other Well-known Figures
q Most Corrupt 6 Jazz Singer/Pianists
q Most Trigger Happy 7 Jazz Musicians Who Double on Piano
8 Celebrities Who Play Jazz Piano
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Early Pioneers

q Albert Ammons, (1907-1949)
q Count Basie, (1904-1984)
q Nat "King" Cole, (1919-1965)
q Duke Ellington, (1899-1974)
q Earl Hines, (1903-1983)
q James P. Johnson, (1894-1955)
q Marian McPartland, (1918- )
q Jelly Roll Morton, (1890-1941)
q Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, (1904-1929)
q Willie "The Lion" Smith, (1897-1973)
q Fats Waller, (1904-1943)
q Mary Lou Williams, (1910-1981)
q Teddy Wilson, (1912-1986)

Giants of the Modern Era

q Dave Brubeck, (1920- )
q Ray Charles, (1930-2004)
q Chick Corea, (1941- )
q Bill Evans, (1929-1980)
q Errol Garner, (1921-1977)
q Herbie Hancock, (1940- )
q Ahmad Jamal, (1930- )
q Keith Jarrett, (1945- )
q Thelonious Monk, (1920-1982)
q Oscar Peterson, (1925- )
q Michel Petrucciani, (1962-1999)
q Bud Powell, (1924-1966)
q Gonzalo Rubalcaba, (1963- )
q Art Tatum, (1909-1956)
q McCoy Tyner, (1938- )

Important Pianist-Composer/Arrangers

q Hoagy Carmichael, (1899-1981)

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q Tadd Dameron, (1917-1965)
q Gil Evans, (1912-1988)
q George Gershwin, (1898-1937)
q Dave Grusin, (1934- )
q Antonio Carlos Jobim, (1927-1994)
q Scott Joplin, (1868-1917)
q Michel Legrand, (1932- )
q Ivan Lins, (1945- )
q Hermeto Pascoal, (1936- )
q Billy Strayhorn, (1915-1967)
q John Williams, (1932- )

Major Figures

q Kenny Barron, (1943- )
q Jaki Byard, (1922-1999)
q David Benoit
q Ketil Bj?ad, (1952- )
q Joanne Brackeen
q George Cables
q Michel Camilo
q Cyrus Chestnut
q Billy Childs
q Sonny Clark, (1931-1963)
q Marc Copland
q Bill Cunliffe
q Eliane Elias
q Manfredo Fest, (1936-1999)
q Tommy Flanagan, (1930-2001)
q Hal Galper
q Red Garland, (1923-1984)
q Benny Green
q Vince Guaraldi, (1928-1976)
q Gene Harris, (1933-2000)
q Fred Hersch
q Dick Hyman
q Hank Jones
q Wynton Kelly, (1931-1971)
q Kennny Kirkland, (1955-1998)
q Steve Kuhn
q Andy LaVerne
q John Lewis, (1920-2001)
q Ramsey Lewis
q Brad Mehldau
q Makoto Ozone
q Don Pullen, (1941-1995)
q Sun Ra, (1914-1993)
q Hilton Ruiz
q Joe Sample
q George Shearing
q Horace Silver
q Billy Taylor
q Cecil Taylor, (1929- )
q Lennie Tristano, (1919-1978)
q Chucho Vald•/a>
q Cedar Walton
q Kenny Werner
q Jessica Williams
q Michael Wolff
q Joe Zawinul (1932- )
q Junior Mance, (1928- )

Other Well-known Figures

q Muhal Richard Abrams
q Beegie Adair
q Toshiko Akiyoshi
q Monty Alexander
q Geri Allen
q Helio Alves

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q Chris Anderson
q Bill Anschell
q Lynne Arriale
q Takeshi Asai
q Franck Avitabile
q Richie Beirach
q Shelly Berg
q Warren Bernhardt
q Mark Birnbaum (1952- )
q Walter Bishop, Jr.

q Miles Black
q Eubie Blake, (1883-1983)

q Ran Blake
q Carla Bley (1938- )

q Paul Bley

q Stefano Bollani
q Alan Broadbent
q Vernell Brown, Jr.
q Ray Bryant
q Milt Buckner
q Alex Bugnon
q John Bunch
q Joe Bushkin, (1916-2004)
q Uri Caine
q Joey Calderazzo
q Randy Cannon
q Bill Charlap
q Herman Chittison
q Thomas Clausen

q George Colligan
q Tom Coster
q Stanley Cowell
q Dan Cray
q Connie Crothers
q Brian Culbertson
q Jamie Cullum

q Marilyn Crispell
q Carsten Dahl
q Bill Davies
q Jon Davis

q Xavier Davis
q Bill Dobbins
q Armen Donelian
q Kenny Drew, (1928-1993)

q Kenny Drew, Jr.
q George Duke

q Taylor Eigsti
q Timo Elliston
q Aydin Esen

q Frederic Favarel
q Agusti Fernandez
q Russell Ferrante
q Clare Fischer
q Bob Florence
q Russ Freeman
q Don Friedman
q Larry Fuller
q Laszlo Gardony
q Charles Gayle

q Aaron Goldberg
q Larry Goldings
q Gil Goldstein
q Darrell Grant
q Mike Greensill
q Al Haig (1924-1982)

q Randy Halberstadt
q Roland Hanna
q Barry Harris
q Hampton Hawes, (1928-1977)

q Kevin Hays
q David Hazeltine
q Marc Hemmeler
q Frank Hewitt
q Eddie Heywood
q John Hicks
q Eddie Higgins

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q Andrew Hill

q Hiromi, (Hiromi Uehara, 1979- )

q Laurence Hobgood
q Mike Holober

q Claude Hopkins

q Abdullah Ibrahim

q Ethan Iverson
q Christian Jacob

q Bob James
q Dink Johnson, (1892-1954)

q Ron Johnston
q Pete Jolly

q Richard M. Jones, (1892-1945)

q Duke Jordan
q Dick Katz
q Geoff Keezer
q Roger Kellaway
q David Kikoski
q Frank Kimbrough
q Billy Kirsch
q Randy Klein
q Steve Lantner
q Ellis Larkins
q Mark Levine
q Lou Levy
q Meade "Lux" Lewis, (1905-1964)

q Steve Lewis, (1896-c 1941?)

q Mike Longo
q Jacques Loussier

q Reuel Lubag
q Tim Lyddon
q Bobby Lyle
q Harold Mabern
q Adam Makowicz
q Pete Malinverni
q Debra Mann
q Phil Markowitz
q Andre Marques

q Denman Maroney
q Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa

q Ellis Marsalis

q Eugene Maslov
q Ronnie Mathews
q Bill Mays
q Lyle Mays

q Page McConnell

q Dave McKenna
q Jim McNeely
q Jay McShann

q John Medeski
q John Mehegan

q Myra Melford

q Misha Mengelberg

q Nando Michelin
q Mulgrew Miller
q Tete Montoliu

q Jason Moran
q Dado Moroni
q Sal Mosca
q Bob Murphy

q Simon Nabatov
q Phineas Newborn
q Herbie Nichols

q Mike Nock
q Walter Norris, (1927- )

q Hod O'Brien
q Bill O'Connell
q Junko Onishi

q Marty Paich
q Aaron Parks
q Horace Parlan

q Alan Pasqua
q Joao Paulo
q Duke Pearson, (1932-1980)

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q Dave Peck

q Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso

q Kim Pensyl
q Danilo Perez
q Carl Perkins

q Harry Pickens
q Enrico Pieranunzi
q Roberta Piket
q Jean-Michel Pilc
q Randy Porter
q Mel Powell

q Richie Powell
q Andrea Pozza
q Andrrevin

q Tim Ray
q Eric Reed
q Art Resnick
q Luckey Roberts

q Marcus Roberts
q Ted Rosenthal
q Renee Rosnes
q J. Russell Robinson, (1892-1963)

q Jimmy Rowles, (1918-1996)
q Patrice Rushen
q Marc Sabatella
q Jovino Santos-Neto
q Michael Sattler
q Marc Seales
q Stephen Scott
q Matthew Shipp

q Ben Sidran
q Marcos Silva
q Fred Simon
q Paul Smith

q Martial Solal
q Jess Stacy
q Ralph Sutton, (1922-2001)
q Craig Taborn
q Horace Tapscott
q Benjamin Taubkin
q John Taylor

q Jacky Terrasson
q Butch Thompson
q Sir Charles Thompson

q Daniel Thouin
q Bobby Timmons, (1935-1974)

q Terry Trotter
q Deems Tsutakawa
q Brad Turner
q Dick Twardzik
q Mark Valenti
q Bert Van der Brink
q Jack Van Poll
q Al Vega
q Gary Versace
q Mal Waldron

q Teddy Weatherford

q Jon Weber
q Joel Weiskopf
q Randy Weston
q Gerald Wiggins
q Clarence Williams, (1893-1965)

q James Williams, (1951-2004)

q Claude Williamson
q Gerald Wilson
q Mike Wofford
q Frank Wunsch
q Richard Wyands
q Yosuke Yamashita
q Rachel Z

q Marcelo Zarvos
q Denny Zeitlin

Jazz Singer/Pianists

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q Mose Alison
q Patricia Barber
q Charles Brown, (1922-1999)
q Peter Cincotti
q Harry Connick, Jr.
q Blossom Dearie, (1926- )
q Shirley Horn
q Norah Jones
q Diana Krall
q Diane Schuur
q Nat King Cole, (1917-1965)

Jazz Musicians Who Double on Piano

q Bob Brookmeyer
q Bobby Hutcherson
q Charles Mingus, (1922-1979)
q Andy Narell
q Arturo Sandoval
q Ralph Towner
q Gerry Mulligan, (1927-1996)

Celebrities Who Play Jazz Piano

q Steve Allen, (1921-2000)
q Clint Eastwood
q Jeff Goldblum
q Dustin Hoffman
q Dudley Moore, (1935-2002)

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Top Graphs Albert Ammons (1907-1949) was an American boogie-woogie pianist.
q Richest Ammons formed his own band in 1934, and in 1938 performed in the Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall, which among
q Most Murderous other achievements launched the boogie-woogie craze. He and two other performers at the concert, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete
q Most Populous Johnson, became the leading boogie-woogie pianists of the day. The three worked together at Café Society and also toured and
q Most Militaristic recorded as a trio.
q Most Taxed He worked steadily till his death in 1949; he played at Harry S. Truman's inauguration that year.
q Poorest He was the father of tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons.
q Longest Living
q Most Generous Categories: 1907 births | 1949 deaths | Pianists | Jazz pianists | United States musicians
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