Best Jazz Pianists

Name your picks

Monk and Brubeck for me

Go for other instruments too

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How is this even a question?

Oscar Peterson. Monk is for tryhard faggots. Learn something about music.

Thelonious Monk
Bud Powell
Bill Evans
Herbie Hancock
McCoy Tyner
Paul Bley
Kenny Kirkland
Richie Beirach
David Kikoski
Brad Mehldau
Craig Taborn
John Escreet

>Monk
Agreed
Also, Monk's dream is best Monk
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How is it try hard? Oscar is good but he doesn't have any decent albums tho

All pianist sound the same.

New to jazz. Where does Hank Jones go on the list?

Hank Jones is nice but entry level

>John Escreet
>David Kikoski
good taste desu. never heard of kenny kirkland so I'll look him up

Add to this Mal Waldron, Keith Jarrett, Art Tatum, and Erroll Garner.
Wrong. Most entry jazz fans don't even know who Hank Jones is.

Sun Ra was the greatest pianist who ever lived

>Most entry jazz fans don't even know who Hank Jones is.
But I started with Hank Jones tho

Call me a pleb or whatever, but I don't think anyone would ever top Bill Evans for me.

Why would that be pleb? He's one of the greatest and most influential jazz pianists ever.

Because it's the most obvious answer, i guess.

Yes, all genius musicians. I'll add Ahmad Jamal, i rarely seen him mentioned here.

Horace Silver tho

well they all play piano

All of these. Especially McCoy although I’m not as familiar with his work, I just really love his contributions to Coltrane’s quartet.

>grunts in your path

Silver was an absolute genius. Though I've a soft spot for Red Garland.

Cool. That doesn't make him "entry-level" though.
Agreed. Live at the Pershing is amazing.

Who is the best bassist and why is it Paul Chambers?

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Because Doug Watkins and Scott LaFaro died young. That said, Ron Carter is better than Paul Chambers. And Charlie Haden is up there;

wheres my man Ryu :(

for me, it's Herbie Lewis
he didn't record a lot, but it's all top tier and he's got a pretty unique style
I'd also say Albert Stinson, but there's even less to listen to
for the more prolific bass players who haven't been cited already, I'd go with
Oscar Pettiford
Pierre Michelot
Ray Brown
NHOP
Dave Holland
Henry Grimes
Henri Texier
Gene Ramey
Pierre Boussaguet
Leroy Vinnegar

if we talk about solo bass records, I'd probably say Jean-François Jenny Clark

This is a thread for "best" jazz pianists. Maybe you could start a thread for excruciatingly average jazz pianists if you want some discussion of Ryo Fukui.

nigger

No one mentioned Chick Corea yet?

Really surprised that no one named art tatum

savage

barry harris and bill evans for real sure

One of my favorites is Jan Hammer most famous from Mahavishnu Orchestra. He plays a lot of electric keys, but his acoustic work is great too. Check out John Abercrombie's album Timeless some of Jan's best playing.

timeless is s tier

Joey Alexander

Art Tatum is by far the most talented jazz pianist of all time.
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McCoy Tyner
Tommy Flanagan
Bud Powell
Bill Evans

An argument could be made for any well known jazz pianist. I'll mention Oscar Peterson again.
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most of these guys are black wtf why are yall listening to them

nigger please

>Go for other instruments too

Ooft. This gon' get messy. I'll stick to six of each instrument in a trio.

>Piano:
Monk, Evans, Hancock, Mehldau, Shai Maestro, and Vijay Iyer.

>Bass:
Jasper Hoiby, Dave Holland, Mingus, LaFaro, Pedersen, and Paul Chambers.

>Drums:
Buddy Rich, Mark Guiliana, Elvin Jones, Brian Blade, Steve Smith, and Jack DeJohnette.