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Well known jazz pianists include: ● We need editors Contents Top Graphs 1 Early Pioneers 2 Giants of the Modern Era ● Richest 3 Important Pianist-Composer/Arrangers 4 Major Figures ● Most Murderous 5 Other Well-known Figures ● Most Populous 6 Jazz Singer/Pianists 7 Jazz Musicians Who Double on Piano ● Most Militaristic 8 Celebrities Who Play Jazz Piano ● Most Taxed ● Poorest Early Pioneers ● Longest Living ● Albert Ammons, (1907-1949) ● Most Generous ● Count Basie, (1904-1984) ● Most Educated ● Nat "King" Cole, (1919-1965) ● Duke Ellington, (1899-1974) ● Most Athletic ● Earl Hines, (1903-1983) ● Largest ● James P. Johnson, (1894-1955) ● Marian McPartland, (1918- ) ● Most Corrupt ● Jelly Roll Morton, (1890-1941) ● Most Trigger Happy ● Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, (1904-1929) More Stats ● Willie "The Lion" Smith, (1897-1973) ● Fats Waller, (1904-1943) ● Mary Lou Williams, (1910-1981) ● Teddy Wilson, (1912-1986) Giants of the Modern Era ● Dave Brubeck, (1920- ) ● Ray Charles, (1930-2004) ● Chick Corea, (1941- ) ● Bill Evans, (1929-1980) ● Errol Garner, (1921-1977) ● Herbie Hancock, (1940- ) ● Ahmad Jamal, (1930- ) ● Keith Jarrett, (1945- ) ● Thelonious Monk, (1920-1982) ● Oscar Peterson, (1925- ) ● Michel Petrucciani, (1962-1999) ● Bud Powell, (1924-1966) ● Gonzalo Rubalcaba, (1963- ) ● Art Tatum, (1909-1956) ● McCoy Tyner, (1938- ) Important Pianist-Composer/Arrangers ● Hoagy Carmichael, (1899-1981) http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Jazz-pianists (1 of 6)4/20/2005 9:42:46 AM Encyclopedia: Jazz pianists ● Tadd Dameron, (1917-1965) ● Gil Evans, (1912-1988) ● George Gershwin, (1898-1937) ● Dave Grusin, (1934- ) ● Antonio Carlos Jobim, (1927-1994) ● Scott Joplin, (1868-1917) ● Michel Legrand, (1932- ) ● Ivan Lins, (1945- ) ● Hermeto Pascoal, (1936- ) ● Billy Strayhorn, (1915-1967) ● John Williams, (1932- ) Major Figures ● Kenny Barron, (1943- ) ● Jaki Byard, (1922-1999) ● David Benoit ● Ketil Bj?ad, (1952- ) ● Joanne Brackeen ● George Cables ● Michel Camilo ● Cyrus Chestnut ● Billy Childs ● Sonny Clark, (1931-1963) ● Marc Copland ● Bill Cunliffe ● Eliane Elias ● Manfredo Fest, (1936-1999) ● Tommy Flanagan, (1930-2001) ● Hal Galper ● Red Garland, (1923-1984) ● Benny Green ● Vince Guaraldi, (1928-1976) ● Gene Harris, (1933-2000) ● Fred Hersch ● Dick Hyman ● Hank Jones ● Wynton Kelly, (1931-1971) ● Kennny Kirkland, (1955-1998) ● Steve Kuhn ● Andy LaVerne ● John Lewis, (1920-2001) ● Ramsey Lewis ● Brad Mehldau ● Makoto Ozone ● Don Pullen, (1941-1995) ● Sun Ra, (1914-1993) ● Hilton Ruiz ● Joe Sample ● George Shearing ● Horace Silver ● Billy Taylor ● Cecil Taylor, (1929- ) ● Lennie Tristano, (1919-1978) ● Chucho Vald•/a> ● Cedar Walton ● Kenny Werner ● Jessica Williams ● Michael Wolff ● Joe Zawinul (1932- ) ● Junior Mance, (1928- ) Other Well-known Figures ● Muhal Richard Abrams ● Beegie Adair ● Toshiko Akiyoshi ● Monty Alexander ● Geri Allen ● Helio Alves http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Jazz-pianists (2 of 6)4/20/2005 9:42:46 AM Encyclopedia: Jazz pianists ● Chris Anderson ● Bill Anschell ● Lynne Arriale ● Takeshi Asai ● Franck Avitabile ● Richie Beirach ● Shelly Berg ● Warren Bernhardt ● Mark Birnbaum (1952- ) ● Walter Bishop, Jr. ● Miles Black ● Eubie Blake, (1883-1983) ● Ran Blake ● Carla Bley (1938- ) ● Paul Bley ● Stefano Bollani ● Alan Broadbent ● Vernell Brown, Jr. ● Ray Bryant ● Milt Buckner ● Alex Bugnon ● John Bunch ● Joe Bushkin, (1916-2004) ● Uri Caine ● Joey Calderazzo ● Randy Cannon ● Bill Charlap ● Herman Chittison ● Thomas Clausen ● George Colligan ● Tom Coster ● Stanley Cowell ● Dan Cray ● Connie Crothers ● Brian Culbertson ● Jamie Cullum ● Marilyn Crispell ● Carsten Dahl ● Bill Davies ● Jon Davis ● Xavier Davis ● Bill Dobbins ● Armen Donelian ● Kenny Drew, (1928-1993) ● Kenny Drew, Jr. ● George Duke ● Taylor Eigsti ● Timo Elliston ● Aydin Esen ● Frederic Favarel ● Agusti Fernandez ● Russell Ferrante ● Clare Fischer ● Bob Florence ● Russ Freeman ● Don Friedman ● Larry Fuller ● Laszlo Gardony ● Charles Gayle ● Aaron Goldberg ● Larry Goldings ● Gil Goldstein ● Darrell Grant ● Mike Greensill ● Al Haig (1924-1982) ● Randy Halberstadt ● Roland Hanna ● Barry Harris ● Hampton Hawes, (1928-1977) ● Kevin Hays ● David Hazeltine ● Marc Hemmeler ● Frank Hewitt ● Eddie Heywood ● John Hicks ● Eddie Higgins http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Jazz-pianists (3 of 6)4/20/2005 9:42:46 AM Encyclopedia: Jazz pianists ● Andrew Hill ● Hiromi, (Hiromi Uehara, 1979- ) ● Laurence Hobgood ● Mike Holober ● Claude Hopkins ● Abdullah Ibrahim ● Ethan Iverson ● Christian Jacob ● Bob James ● Dink Johnson, (1892-1954) ● Ron Johnston ● Pete Jolly ● Richard M. Jones, (1892-1945) ● Duke Jordan ● Dick Katz ● Geoff Keezer ● Roger Kellaway ● David Kikoski ● Frank Kimbrough ● Billy Kirsch ● Randy Klein ● Steve Lantner ● Ellis Larkins ● Mark Levine ● Lou Levy ● Meade "Lux" Lewis, (1905-1964) ● Steve Lewis, (1896-c 1941?) ● Mike Longo ● Jacques Loussier ● Reuel Lubag ● Tim Lyddon ● Bobby Lyle ● Harold Mabern ● Adam Makowicz ● Pete Malinverni ● Debra Mann ● Phil Markowitz ● Andre Marques ● Denman Maroney ● Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa ● Ellis Marsalis ● Eugene Maslov ● Ronnie Mathews ● Bill Mays ● Lyle Mays ● Page McConnell ● Dave McKenna ● Jim McNeely ● Jay McShann ● John Medeski ● John Mehegan ● Myra Melford ● Misha Mengelberg ● Nando Michelin ● Mulgrew Miller ● Tete Montoliu ● Jason Moran ● Dado Moroni ● Sal Mosca ● Bob Murphy ● Simon Nabatov ● Phineas Newborn ● Herbie Nichols ● Mike Nock ● Walter Norris, (1927- ) ● Hod O'Brien ● Bill O'Connell ● Junko Onishi ● Marty Paich ● Aaron Parks ● Horace Parlan ● Alan Pasqua ● Joao Paulo ● Duke Pearson, (1932-1980) http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Jazz-pianists (4 of 6)4/20/2005 9:42:46 AM Encyclopedia: Jazz pianists ● Dave Peck ● Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso ● Kim Pensyl ● Danilo Perez ● Carl Perkins ● Harry Pickens ● Enrico Pieranunzi ● Roberta Piket ● Jean-Michel Pilc ● Randy Porter ● Mel Powell ● Richie Powell ● Andrea Pozza ● Andr預revin ● Tim Ray ● Eric Reed ● Art Resnick ● Luckey Roberts ● Marcus Roberts ● Ted Rosenthal ● Renee Rosnes ● J. Russell Robinson, (1892-1963) ● Jimmy Rowles, (1918-1996) ● Patrice Rushen ● Marc Sabatella ● Jovino Santos-Neto ● Michael Sattler ● Marc Seales ● Stephen Scott ● Matthew Shipp ● Ben Sidran ● Marcos Silva ● Fred Simon ● Paul Smith ● Martial Solal ● Jess Stacy ● Ralph Sutton, (1922-2001) ● Craig Taborn ● Horace Tapscott ● Benjamin Taubkin ● John Taylor ● Jacky Terrasson ● Butch Thompson ● Sir Charles Thompson ● Daniel Thouin ● Bobby Timmons, (1935-1974) ● Terry Trotter ● Deems Tsutakawa ● Brad Turner ● Dick Twardzik ● Mark Valenti ● Bert Van der Brink ● Jack Van Poll ● Al Vega ● Gary Versace ● Mal Waldron ● Teddy Weatherford ● Jon Weber ● Joel Weiskopf ● Randy Weston ● Gerald Wiggins ● Clarence Williams, (1893-1965) ● James Williams, (1951-2004) ● Claude Williamson ● Gerald Wilson ● Mike Wofford ● Frank Wunsch ● Richard Wyands ● Yosuke Yamashita ● Rachel Z ● Marcelo Zarvos ● Denny Zeitlin Jazz Singer/Pianists http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Jazz-pianists (5 of 6)4/20/2005 9:42:46 AM Encyclopedia: Jazz pianists ● Mose Alison ● Patricia Barber ● Charles Brown, (1922-1999) ● Peter Cincotti ● Harry Connick, Jr. ● Blossom Dearie, (1926- ) ● Shirley Horn ● Norah Jones ● Diana Krall ● Diane Schuur ● Nat King Cole, (1917-1965) Jazz Musicians Who Double on Piano ● Bob Brookmeyer ● Bobby Hutcherson ● Charles Mingus, (1922-1979) ● Andy Narell ● Arturo Sandoval ● Ralph Towner ● Gerry Mulligan, (1927-1996) Celebrities Who Play Jazz Piano ● Steve Allen, (1921-2000) ● Clint Eastwood ● Jeff Goldblum ● Dustin Hoffman ● Dudley Moore, (1935-2002) Categories: Lists of musicians ● Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com). The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003. All Rights Reserved. Usage implies agreement with terms. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Jazz-pianists (6 of 6)4/20/2005 9:42:46 AM Encyclopedia: Albert Ammons Supporter Benefits Signup Login Sources Home Reviews About Questions Forums Contact Encyclopedia Correlations Countries Stats Flags Maps Plots Pies Added Mar 10 Encyclopedia: Albert Ammons ● Our next offering ● Latest newsletter Updated 74 days 16 hours 53 minutes ago. ● Student area ● Lesson plans Other descriptions of Albert Ammons ● Tsunami stats! ● We need editors Albert Ammons (1907-1949) was an American boogie-woogie pianist. Top Graphs Ammons formed his own band in 1934, and in 1938 performed in the Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall, which among other achievements launched the boogie-woogie craze. He and two other performers at the concert, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete ● Richest Johnson, became the leading boogie-woogie pianists of the day. The three worked together at Café Society and also toured and recorded as a trio. ● Most Murderous ● Most Populous He worked steadily till his death in 1949; he played at Harry S. Truman's inauguration that year. ● Most Militaristic ● Most Taxed He was the father of tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons. ● Poorest ● Longest Living ● Most Generous ● Most Educated Categories: 1907 births | 1949 deaths | Pianists | Jazz pianists | United States musicians ● Most Athletic ● Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com). ● Largest ● Most Corrupt ● Most Trigger Happy More Stats The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003. All Rights Reserved. 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