Jazz has had the broadest perspective of all genre's in music since it's first note to the present day. It is for that reason that this list is presented in the same manner, with respect to all the myriad forms & interpretations of Jazz that exist today.
Criteria: - These Jazz pianists were chosen for their originality, versatility, compositional skill, impact and influence in addition to their technical and improvisational playing of the instrument.
1. Thelonius Monk 2. Art Tatum 3. Bill Evans 4. McCoy Tyner 5. Oscar Peterson 6. Herbie Hancock 7. Bud Powell 8. Keith Jarrett 9. Chick Corea 10. Jelly Roll Morton 11. Duke Ellington 12. Count Basie 13. Fats Waller 14. James P. Johnson 15. Earl Hines 16. Tommy Flanagan 17. Bob James 18. Joe Zawinul 19. Kenny Kirkland 20. Scott Joplin 21. Teddy Wilson 22. Red Garland 23. George Shearing 24. Horace Silver 25. Les McCann 26. Dave Brubeck 27. Billy Strayhorn 28. Erroll Garner 29. Ahmad Jamal 30. Ramsey Lewis 31. Sonny Clark 32. George Duke 33. Jan Hammer 34. Duke Pearson 35. Dave Grusin 36. Wynton Kelly 37. Lyle Mays 38. Sun Ra 39. Michael Pertucciani 40. Paul Bley 41. Cecil Taylor 42. John Lewis 43. Andrew Hill 44. Phineas Newborn 45. David Benoit 46. Alan Pasqua 47. Eubie Blake 48. Eddie Palmieri 49. Fletcher Henderson 50. Randy Waldman
51. Hank Jones 52. Bill Mays 53. Hampton Hawes 54. Billy Taylor 55. Vince Guaraldi 56. Mose Allison 57. Don Grolnick 58. Albert Ammons 59. Ellis Marsalis 60. Paul Nagel 61. Alan Broadbent 62. John Medeski 63. Jim Beard 64. Brad Mehldau 65. Mitch Forman 66. Joe Sample 67. Matt Denis 68. Lennie Tristano 69. Mary Lou Williams 70. Kenny Drew 71. Max Middleton 72. Jason Moran 73. Milt Buckner 74. Randy Weston 75. Nat King Cole 76. Andre Previn 77. Mal Waldron 78. Billy Kyle 79. Kirk Lightsey 80. Marian Macpartland 81. Barry Harris 82. Steve Kuhn 83. Danilo Perez 84. Jaki Byard 85. Mike Longo 86. Kenny Barron 87. Billy Tipton 88. Brian Culbertson 89. Gene Harris 90. Patrice Rushen 91. Cliff Korman 92. Joe Bonner 93. Perez Prado 94. Benny Green 95. Cedar Walton 96. Bobby 'The Wildman' Enriquez 97. Bobby Timmons 98. Abdullah Ibrahim 99. Hiromi Uehara 100. Tigran Hamasyan
1. Jimmy Smith
(Back At The Chicken Shack)
2. Larry Goldings
(Sweet Science)
3. Larry Young
(Unity)
4. Lonnie Liston Smith
(Expansions)
5. Joey Francesco
(Ballads & Blues)
6. Charles Earland
(Black Talk)
7. Mel Rhyne
(Boss Organ)
8. Jimmy McGriff
(Electric Funk)
9. Big John Patton
(Let Em' Roll)
10. Brother Jack McDuff
(Down Home Blues)
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stated criteria, and revised considering the competent suggestions of visitors to this website only.
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