does anyone think Herbie should be moved lower for inflicting Watermelon Man on the worldand still playing it in public in the 20-teens? first, it is totally wrong to make up a Top Ten List of pianists, jazz or classical. They have been forgotten in the list? Starting out playing gospel music on the organ before being formally tutored in piano, Cole was schooled in classical music but quickly gravitated to jazz. The final C was added, according to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, because it looked cool. I agree with a couple of dozen on the list, but I would have thought that Maryanne McPartland deserved an entry somewhere. Paquito D'Rivera - saxophone, clarinet. Does anyone else agree?? As I said before, LENNIE TRISTANO IS #50!! He doesnt deserve a top 36 spot!? Just because shes a woman? The question is ridiculous, because it is impossible to answer. Bebop is a heavily improvisational style of jazz, known for sudden and frequent key changes. I think there are two important ones missing. After hearing a few songs I just want to move on to someone with with some heart in their playing. Never! Though, compared to many of the best jazz pianists, his influences are wide and varied ranging from pop, rock, folk, and classical music, to bebop, country, and even electronic music he has distilled them all into a unique style which is inspired by the lyricism of Bill Evans and spellbinding virtuosic improvisation of Keith Jarrett. The result was complicated improvisation. This humiliation inspired him to go home and practice 15 hours a day. Bebop, which was more cerebral than prior jazz styles, marked a shift from jazz as entertainment to jazz as an intellectual art form. I dont warm to Art Tatum thoughmostly flash more than substance and pretty much feel that way about Oscar Peterson too. Lists are silly. In the combination of musical technique und being a great composer. 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. Gillespie's best-known works from this period include the songs "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," "Groovin' High," "Leap Frog," "Salt Peanuts" and "My Melancholy Baby. Important Bebop Musicians: Charlie Parker Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker played in many swing bands as a young musician, including those of Jay McShann and Eddie Palmieri, Chucho Valdez should be on the list. And the arguing goes on! get with the bloody programme. Hasaan Ibn Ali I bet jazz lovers could come with a 100s of great pianists but of course the ones at the top Thank you for putting Barry Harris on the list. This Harlem-born musician was the first pianist to approach the piano as if it were a horn instrument. Describing his approach to piano, Flanagan once said, I like to play like a horn player, like Im blowing into the piano. Though he was a valued sideman, he also made a slew of albums under his own name for a raft of different labels between 1957 and 1997. One guess where Previn got his inspiration!! The King of Harlem Stride pianists should be in the Top 10. Bebop might be the name of our heroes ship, but its more than that. Damn it! Of course, there has to be an element of subjectivity and many of the pianists who didnt make the list could have been there. While with this band, she studied the composition and style of popular music. No Mary Lou Williams, Geri Allen, Renee Rosnos, Marian McPartland . Sonny is a musicians musician he would rank higher if this were polled from a sample only consisting of jazz pianists. I would move Ahmad Jamal higher on the list and include the great be-bop pianist Al Haig. The late PAT LUDWIG from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. MARK EISENMAN?! 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. Like Keith Jarrett, Armando Chick Corea, from Chelsea, Massachusetts, was an early starter he began playing piano aged four and later rose to fame as a sideman with the great Miles Davis (replacing Herbie Hancock). During this time, Kannowhose parents had only allowed her to listen to classical musicwas introduced to rhythm by a friend who played drums in a school band. Don Shirley? Gene Harris? , viewers are treated to the following image. Originally from Quebec, Canada, Peterson was a classically-trained child prodigy who fell under the influence of Art Tatum and Nat King Cole. BTW, no Denny Zeitlin? 1) The theme song from the JETSONS. Despite suffering from a genetic disease that stunted his growth, resulted in brittle bones, and gave him perpetual arm pain, France-born Petrucciani defied the odds to become one of the worlds best jazz pianists, and was inspired to take up the instrument after seeing Duke Ellington on TV. People enjoy the image of Christ and Christianity in picture books, but not as a religion. Another hallmark of the Texans singular style was his use of two-handed block chords. She once said that this is a way she likes to work, for she does not have to deal with rules during composing. Parker, always sailing close to the wind, would be dead within five years; Gillespie carried on playing Bebop for another 40, even becoming a cultural ambassador for the US State Department along the way. Gillespie died on Jan. 6, 1993, at In elementary school, she began participating in composition contests, but in high school, Kanno began to take more of an interest in literature than in music. OMG! Paul Bley That included episode 6 Sympathy for the Devil because of the death of a child, episode 8 Waltz for Venus, which opens with a spaceship hijacking, and episode 22 Cowboy Funk about a skyscraper bombing that causes a building to collapse. The single most exciting jazz recording EVER is Gene Harris with Roger Kelleway. Here he is with MICHAEL BRECKER. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. How could you possibly leave out HIROMI UEHARA!!!!! 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. Bebop, we walk with our hats on tilt 33 Lyle Mays He had the most awesome LEFT HAND of any of them..and NEWSWEEK BACK IN THE LATE 70s called him the greatest jazz pianist IN AMERICA! 2: Teddy Wilson Two other people mentioned Clare Fischer. It was mostly small indie labels that issued bebop recordings in the early days, but as this new music gained credence and popularity as the 40s became the 50s, bigger companies began to get involved during what is bebops Golden Age. Recommend Lee Konitz live at Storyville for some prime Ronnie! Kenny Barron. Looking for other, s influences are worn broadly and proudly, but perhaps none as proudly as the tribute in episode 22, Cowboy Funk. During the. ", According to Pentreath, "What makes Kanno's Cowboy Bebop soundtrack so iconic is the fact it's unafraid to lean into the very bebop that inspired the series so heavily. 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. Whereas earlier jazz was essentially diatonic (i.e., basing melodies and harmonies on traditional Western major and minor 7-note scales comprising 5 whole and 2 half steps), much of the thinking that informed the new movement was chromatic (drawing on all 12 notes of the chromatic scale). Had people cheering and crying at the 2003 Monterey Jazz Festival. How to compare Oscar Peterson and Thelonious Monk?! 29 Scott Joplin By the middle of that decade, there emerged a variant of bebop called hard bop, which was characterized by dominant blues and gospel elements, and may have rendered those still wondering what is bebop even more confused. and Marilyn Crispell! 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]. Mine as well, John. I personally think Mary Lou Williams should be somewhere on the list, maybe even Elaine Elias but there are a lot more great male jazz pianists than female. These jam sessions are where Bebop was developed and perfected. The theme I had in mind was, 'be human.' Is there any chance that DAVE BURRELL is related to the jazz guitarist KENNY BURRELL? Though influenced by Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum, Hill forged his own distinctive and complex style, both as a pianist and composer. How come no mention of Eliane Elias, Diane Schuur, Blossom Dearie? 6. Though hes flirted with funk, dabbled with disco, and even dallied with electro and hip-hop (exemplified by his 1983 global hit, Rockit), at heart this Chicago-born musical chameleon is a committed jazz pianist. he was left handed and ambidextrous, he often fuses classical elements into his improvisation, this man really revolutionized jazz piano ,the no.10 Ahmad Jamal said Erroll Garner and Maurice Ravel were the supreme melodists of the 20th century, most of these top jazz pianists list will always be like art tatum- herbie hancock-bill evans so and so, I mean they are good, but people need to listen to more music. 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. Certainly Fats Waller should have been further up the list, and what about James P. Johnson, whos name should have gone above Wallers. Freddie Slack While youre reading, listen to our Jazz Piano Classics playlist here. Hmmm, has anyone ever actually heard Scott Joplin play?? Not having Oscar Peterson #2 makes the whole list suspect. Jet and Spike started working together, Fae was taken out of cryofreeze, and Ed wandered away from the orphanageand as a result, we have, The cryogenic chamber Faye finally escapes has the serial number NCC-1701-B. Really? Though his lyrical approach to the piano was undoubtedly indebted to Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, Petrucciani, who died at 36, nevertheless had an individual sound and style. This list was clearly made up of people far from jazz. Fred Hersch? [4] She spoke of this experience in an interview with Akihiro Tomita:[4]. bebop, also called bop, the first kind of modern jazz, which split jazz into two opposing camps in the last half of the 1940s. As a teenager, Jarrett was seduced by jazz and quickly became fluent in its idiom. But the piano has played an important role in the development of the genre, both as a spotlighted solo instrument and due to its role in the rhythm section, and the worlds best jazz pianists have elevated it to a crucial element of any jazz ensemble. Bebop itself as a genre was so opposite and out there in comparison to the classic swing style of jazz. Herbie Hancock, several times during interviews, has given Clare credit for a significant part of his harmonic knowledge. I would not put Monk at #2. Jamal first recorded for OKeh in 1951, but it was later in the same decade when took his position among the best jazz pianists of all time, with the best-selling live album At The Pershing, which took his music to a larger audience. Hahaha.he is the best . From Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Earl Fatha Hines was a key figure in the evolution of jazz piano-playing. Native New Yorker Thomas Fats Waller didnt live to see his 40th birthday (he succumbed to pneumonia at 39), but nevertheless proved to be an influential pianist, particularly for his contribution to the evolution of the highly rhythmic stride style, an important foundation stone in jazz piano. Albert Ammons Taken as a whole , however, I doub t there has ever been as spontaneously creative a pianist as Erroll Garner. Michel Camillo. I give you two european pianists: Jan Johansson, Sweden and Louis van Dyke from Holland. 5 Paul Bley Mary Lou Williams? 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. Look, theyre all great, even the one you thought should be higher, or lower on the list. The top 50 is way too top for Mr. James. Blossom Dearie - piano, vocals. Dizzy Gillespie, known for his "swollen" cheeks and signature (uniquely angled) trumpet's bell, got his start in the mid-1930s by working in prominent swing bands, including those of Benny Carter and Charlie Barnet. Cedar was awesome.Listen to him all the time.Always inventive, always funky. 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. 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 . Good cases could be made for John Lewis, James Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Don Pullen , Joe Sample and Muhal Richard Abrams. 3.- Oscar Peterson. Offsetting this neo-noir story of outlaws and dodgy dealings is the show's soundtrack, which, for obvious reasons, is in the bebop style. Unfortunately, there was a musicians strike which prevented all unionised musicians from recording albums between 1942 and 1944 in the US. Even so, Brubeck could still play with imagination and elegance, and often composed music using unusual and asymmetrical time signatures. Not for the faint-hearted, Taylors energetic style is often fiercely atonal, employing jarring cluster chords and a dense, polyrhythmic complexity. The main complaints were the shows sexuality and violence. Parece que al o los autores de la lista no les gusta el jazz ms tradicional, es una fea y equivocada discriminacin. Outside of his band, Lewis made many albums under his own name, the earliest in 1955. Ill second the nominations of Jimmy Rowles, and even stronger, Hampton Hawes. Episode 19, Wild Horses, was also briefly banned in 2003 for a few years due to its similarity to the Columbia shuttle disaster. Next youll call Mulgrew Miller a folk musician who only played triads. American audiences missed only a few episodes, but Japanese censorship blocked a huge portion of the series. Diana Krall? Id have moved Dave Brubeck up the list a bit as he was the first Jazz artist to really help Jazz get into the main stream by aggressively touring the college circuit in the 50s and popularizing Jazz with the younger crowds. Her earliest experiences with music came from attending church with her parents. I am impressed that Art Tatum is number one ( no argument here ), and that Fats Waller and James P. Johnson made the lst, although they should both be much higher. At least a dozen people complainig that the mediocre Diana Krall didnt make it in the list yet no one mentions Horace Tapscott. I have listened to most on the list and they are all good.however Joe Augustine belongs in the top 5his chord structures, nuances and inventiveness are unparalleled! 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. 03 Mar 2023 19:21:35 Too many great ones left off, as mentioned in the comments. Because all those pianists you mention as inbut what about?, are all on this list,except for Alice Coltrane. Nobody had ever played in such a way. 4 Mal Waldron Everyone obsesses on his 61 Vanguard recording, but his valedictory was jazz equivalent of Mozarts or Verdis Requieman 8-night stand in San Francisco, ending a week before his death in NYC. Episode 19, Wild Horses, was also briefly banned in 2003 for a few years due to its similarity to the Columbia shuttle disaster. Patrice Rushin? Everybody goes ape over Art Tatum.. Horace Silver was the most prominent pianist, SORRY. Sadly, his life was blighted by drug addiction, which hastened his premature death at the age of 43. And from the older (but still highly active!) I love Monk, but respectfully disagree about placing him at #2. Oscar Peterson 5 ?? He credited much of his style to his love of bebop and to his classical education, especially under the tutelage of Darius Milhaud, the famed composer. (Fairytales). It would not matter who is on the list. However, it is uncertain if all of her works are to be included in the finished project. Im puzzled by James P Johnson at only 25th on the list. 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. Whereas Keith selected his spots on the basis of crowd size, money, etc., Bill remained an active soldier, about to go on another world tour when his body betrayed him. Moving to Chicago, and then New York, he was regarded as a go-to sideman in the late 50s and early 60s (playing with the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Jackie McLean, Roland Kirk, and Wes Montgomery) before beginning his own recording career, which started at Prestige Records in 1968. Sadly, Timmons career was cut short, at 38, by his chronic alcoholism. [citation needed] Due to her close involvement in the Cowboy Bebop anime, the game released by Bandai also features her work. No Eddie Higgins? Spike uses a customized IMI Jericho 941 R, chambered in 9x19mm, complete with a laser sight he never uses during the show. Posted on Apr 18, 2018Updated on May 21, 2021, 6:14 pm CDT. Where is Joe Sample? Though Miles Davis tried to poach him (Zawinul worked on Miles groundbreaking In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew albums at the end of the 60s), the pianist stayed with Cannonball until 1970 and then co-founded famed fusion pioneers Weather Report. 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. I think Eddies brother, Charlie, would be an even better choice! By the 50s, Harris was a jobbing pianist and worked with Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, and Gene Ammons; in the 60s he gigged with Cannonball Adderley. 22 Joe Zawinul With the arrival of Bebop, feeling was not enough you had to know and understand. Agree..many left off.Marian especially.A d what a out Joanne Brackeen?Phenomenal. In short, I suggest you might devise a poll based on categories such as as harmonic creativity, melodic creativity, originality, interpretation, composition and form building, playing technique, influence on other musicians etc etc. Erroll Garner, Dave Brubeck, Count Basie, Fats Waller & Duke Ellington not in the top ten.SCANDALOUS ! What???? No list of seminal, great pianists can be taken seriously if it omits the artist who, more than anyone else, shared and lived the aesthetic of the Romantic poet John Keats (from Ode on a Grecian UrnBeauty is Truth; Truth Is Beautythe counsel Bill issued to Tony Bennett in 1978). And, and, and. How about Blossom Dearie? She was the lead member of the project band called Seatbelts, which regrouped in the year of 2004 to compose the soundtrack of the PlayStation 2 Cowboy Bebop video game, released in Japan in 2005. For the record Charles Thompson is the very first person to comment on this list. 20 Horace Silver And there are people like von Schlippenbach, Tippett, Mengelberg, Moran, Ivers, Would love to be a loser the way Kenny Kirkland was:). My faith is restored! In my books, this is the BEST MINOR BLUES ever composed!!!!! Jazz was no longer carefree, happy-faced, radio-friendly music functioning as an escapist soundtrack, but had become something deeper and almost visceral. 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. Thats because Ellington earned greater fame as a popular bandleader and composer during the big band swing era of the 30s. I did pick up a few names that I will make an effort to find for my own listening pleasure. I cant believe no one mentioned PHINEAS NEWBORN JR.! Cecil Taylor If you needed to make some room in the 36 for the glaring omissions, conisder removing Shearing, Mays, Grusin and James. Bebop jazzs most important style? Lamont Jhonson,Rubalcaba,Phineas Newborn Jr.. Great artists- but I miss Erroll Garner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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. One that completely broke with the past. Like fellow jazz aristocrat Duke Ellington, Count Basies prowess at the piano was often eclipsed by his role as a successful bandleader. A troubled soul, this New Jersey pianist was plagued with drug addiction problems throughout his adult life and professional career, but it didnt stop him producing a remarkably beautiful and consistent body of work. Spike uses a customized IMI Jericho 941 R, chambered in 9x19mm, complete with a laser sight he never uses during the show. 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. Buddy DeFranco - clarinet. You can always make the case for any of these folks but as time goes on people forget the greats of a somewhat earlier day. Born Conrad Clark, this piano-playing exponent of hard bop from Herminie, Pennsylvania, enjoyed a brief period under the jazz spotlight between 1955 and 1961. its a joke? And John Lewis in the 40s, he deserves much more respect than that. Cowboy Bebop is available to stream on Netflix now. Steve Dobrogosz! Have you ever heard Mack the knife by Nina Riche? All of CowboyBebops original music was written by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts, a jazz band formed for the project. (Cowboy Bebop), "Yakusoku wa Iranai" (Escaflowne), "Gravity" (Wolf's Rain), "Inner Universe" (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. Inspired to take up jazz after hearing Fats Wallers Honeysuckle Rose, Austrian-born Zawinul ventured to the US in 1959, where he immediately made his mark as a pianist and composer in Cannonball Adderleys band. I agree Diana Krall does not belong anywhere near this list. Must agree with some of the preceding comments: Mary Lou Williams, John Lewis, Paul Bley, Randy Weston, Jessica Williams not there, but the likes of Bob James, Dave Grusin and even Lyle Mays not only figure, but rank above Andrew Hill! These jam sessions were for serious musicians and involved a lot of experimentation. For instance we could compile a list of the best percussive players the list would completely change if you get my drift. Mister Waring fails to mention Lester Youngs tenor sax solos with the Count Basie band of the mid-to-late 1930s. Gillespie's own big band, which performed from 1946 to 1950, was his masterpiece, affording him scope as both soloist and showman. Jarrett behind Monk? Yes lets expand this to 88 pianists and not rank them. But his playing is mechanical and soulless. You forgot to include Mal Waldron and Paul Bley. While A Night in Tunisiais one of Gillespies earliest compositions, you can already hear two trademarks of his music: Afro-Cuban rhythms and his innovative approach to harmony and melody, which would fuel a jazz revolution called bebop. Take Five is consistently regarded as the greatest Jazz tune of all time by many. (I think Marylou Williams should be rated higher), absolutely totally agree with thisPhineas one of the all time greats. And Shirley Horn should be on the list. WebEddie "Lockjaw" Davis - saxophone. illaysabag What does your moniker mean? Hired for his impeccable musical taste and sonic eloquence, Jones myriad sideman credits ranged from Dizzy Gillespie and Dexter Gordon to Anita ODay and Marilyn Monroe. A master who is fluent in both the bebop and post-bop styles, Barron is one of the best jazz pianists alive today. But Hank Jones on 30th? BeBop was the conclusion of something, everything that followed was something else. Also, Phineas Newborn, Joe Sample, and Kenny Werner should have been included. WebAll episodes of Bebop. Lester used construction of his playing with new approaches to the use of chord changes, and his tone and sound were unlike any others as he was the opposite of Coleman Hawkins style. No, I dont dig. Gil Evans? Bill, on the other hand, completed his archetypal journey be going full circle. Pianists as any other professional musician are certainly competing with their art yet not for being ranked but for getting loved, respected, and paid well for their performances! While the shows censorship in America made sense as a cautious response to 9/11, the series struggles in Japan were another matter. wont change it just the way it is. A longtime cord-cutter and early adopter, he's an expert on streaming services (Hulu with Live TV), devices (Roku, Amazon Fire), and anime. In the United States, the shows initial run was censored due to content; however, several episodes were also cut due to the show premiering the week before the 9/11 attacks. Jazz critic Scott Yanow concedes that the music included is classic, but dismisses the compilation over-all as "so Watching Spikes exasperation over Miles obsession with baseball is a treat, but it isnt the only baseball content in the episode. Mary Lou Williams didnt make the cut? These rankings are absurd. In the event, Clarke was shipped off to Europe as part of the US contribution to the war effort, and he missed Bebop's explosion onto the scene in 1945. Hes head and shoulders more talented than many on the list. And now heresy time. Gillespie composed most of the album's recordings, including "Serenade to Sweden" and "Johnny Come Lately.". So what is bebop? Parker, who in his own words had been bored with the stereotyped [chord] changes that were being used, found a kindred spirit in trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, with whom he played in Earl Hines band later the same year. Thats the same serial number as the USS Enterprise from the original, TV show. 5 Oscar Peterson My other 50% is Polish (some people call me a POWOP). Anyway, the list is an interesting exercise because it makes one think. One of the best jazz pianists still with us from the bebop era. Created and delightful improvisations that remain engaged with the melody but are always resolved at conclusion A must! A brilliant musician like Marian McPartland being left off is inexcusable. Bobby Enriquez is my favorite! 25 Kenny Kirkland And Bill Charlap, in the top 36. So he has to be right up there and is my favourite primarily because of his unique musicianship and his unmatched intros-beat that! That included episode 6 Sympathy for the Devil because of the death of a child, episode 8 Waltz for Venus, which opens with a spaceship hijacking, and episode 22 Cowboy Funk about a skyscraper bombing that causes a building to collapse. No need to cite examples. Kenny Barron-Mal Waldron-Dick Hyman -Alan Broadbent-Jess StacyMarian McPartland Mehldaus long-running piano trio has also continually broken new ground with its near-telepathic collective improvisation and eclectic repertoire. In a later interview, Kanno said she had picked the name because the first orchestral recording she had heard was the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and at the time Yitzhak Rabin served as Israel's Prime Minister.[12][13]. Yoko Kanno performed her solo PianoMe concert at Otakon 2013. Another vote for Al Haig. He played with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers in the mid-60s before joining the groups of Charles Lloyd and, later, Miles Davis. Other than that, might as well throw darts. Take another look and let us know what you think! Sure some of the more obvious and elememtary things he did on piano could be imitated by lesser pianists. Duke is like Monk, inimitableand of course, that partly comes from being a great composer first of all. He was described by Leonard Feather in the 1950s as the greatest American born pianist of his day (after Art died). This isnt true. I wouldnt know who to place #1, but Id be choosing between Evans, Mehldau and Jarrett. His work in the Latin-jazz genre includes "Manteca," "A Night in Tunisia" and "Guachi Guaro," among other recordings. That is a strange number? When we rock at the club, no blood got spilt He joined the Frankie Fairfax Orchestra not long after, and then relocated to New York City, where he performed with Teddy Hill and Edgar Hayes in the late 1930s.
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