Who is your favourite jazz pianist?

Who is your favourite jazz pianist?
Evans? Monk? Ellington? Hancock? Tatum?
Or someone else?

Jazzy wingwam magic fingers can play a mean solo.

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Bud Powell

sun ra

I concur

Bill Evans. Yeah, he's a white guy, so what?

Solo: Art Tatum
Ensemble: Oscar Peterson
Composer: Bill Evans

Peterson was such a good team player for someone of his brilliance.

mal waldron

Kaidi Tatham

this

McCoy Tyner

i grew up with monk records
him

i love peterson so much, maybe him

i could never pick one favorite but monk is something else man, i mean just on an incomprehensible level as a musician and composer. I know more monk tunes then songs written by any other composer. he was truly an american original that should get more recognition. Him and trane should have busts in the white house.

Sun Ra
Keith Jarrett
Hancock
Monk

Man, nobody hates on Bill Evans.

Hancock forever.

Cedar Walton

A tight call between Andrew Hill and Ahmad Jamal for me.

Cecil Taylor

I had the pleasure of seeing Ahmad Jamal in concert.

>Bill Evans. Yeah, he's a white guy, so what?
I've good news for you user. This is an imagined stigma that hasn't been a dominant viewpoint among jazz fans for decades. Congrats. You can listen to whoever you want regardless of race.

first time on Sup Forums?

Paul Bley

I wish.
Also, Sup Forums users don't make up a majority of jazz fans surprisingly enough and the jazz fans on Sup Forums aren't a typical Sup Forums or Sup Forums demographic,

Abrams

For the "classic" guys, it's either Chick Corea or Keith Jarrett.

For modern pianists I'd probably say Tigran Hamasyan.

Red garland

>Tigran Hamasyan
Good choice. Only heard his most recent two but they were fucking incredible.

An Ancient Observer and which other one? He's put out a few albums over the last two years. Either way his entire discog is solid with a lot influence from different styles.

Atmospheres. That sampling work on it was genius. Never heard anything like it.

taking compositions into account too
this
+ Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, John Lewis, Ryo Fukui (even if it's cool to hate him now), Cecil Taylor

who are some good modern pianists? i don't really listen to much post-80 jazz

Craig Taborn
David Virelles
Orinn Evans
Brad Mehldau
Gerald Clayton
Jason Moran
Robert Glasper

boom pow

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Bill Evans
Herbie Hancock
Tony Williams
Jack DeJohnette

but user, everybody digs bill evans :^^^)