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    This document provides a list of influential jazz pianists organized into categories based on their era, including Stride and Swing pianists from the early 20th century like Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller, be-bop pianists from the 1940s like Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, post-bop pianists from the 1950s like Horace Silver and Dave Brubeck, modernists from the 1960s like Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock, pianists from the 1970s-1980s like Keith Jarrett and McCoy Tyner, and contemporary pianists like Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran and Danilo Perez. The document notes that this is not a comprehensive list of

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    This document provides a list of influential jazz pianists organized into categories based on their era, including Stride and Swing pianists from the early 20th century like Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller, be-bop pianists from the 1940s like Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, post-bop pianists from the 1950s like Horace Silver and Dave Brubeck, modernists from the 1960s like Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock, pianists from the 1970s-1980s like Keith Jarrett and McCoy Tyner, and contemporary pianists like Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran and Danilo Perez. The document notes that this is not a comprehensive list of

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    Pianists You Should Know

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    Julija Rušinskytė
    This document provides a list of influential jazz pianists organized into categories based on their era, including Stride and Swing pianists from the early 20th century like Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller, be-bop pianists from the 1940s like Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, post-bop pianists from the 1950s like Horace Silver and Dave Brubeck, modernists from the 1960s like Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock, pianists from the 1970s-1980s like Keith Jarrett and McCoy Tyner, and contemporary pianists like Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran and Danilo Perez. The document notes that this is not a comprehensive list of

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    Jazz Pianists You Should

    Know

    Stride and Swing
    Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
    James P. Johnson
    Willie "The Lion" Smith
    Thomas "Fats" Waller
    Earl "Fatha" Hines
    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
    William "Count" Basie
    Art Tatum
    Jess Stacy
    Nat "King" Cole
    Mary Lou Williams
    Erroll Garner

    Be-Bop- 40's
    Thelonius Monk
    Earl "Bud" Powell
    Hank Jones
    Al Haig
    John Lewis
    George Shearing
    Elmo Hope
    Herbie Nichols
    Billy Taylor
    Barry Harris
    Oscar Peterson

    Post-Bop- 50's
    Horace Silver
    Dave Brubeck
    Red Garland
    Wynton Kelly
    Hampton Hawes
    Ray Bryant
    Bobby Timmons
    Sonny Clark
    Phineas Newborn, Jr.
    Ahmad Jamal
    Lennie Tristano








    Modernists - 60's
    Bill Evans
    Roland Hanna
    Randy Weston
    Stanley Cowell
    Albert Dailey
    Kenny Barron
    Jaki Byard
    Tommy Flanagan
    Joe Zawinul
    Herbie Hancock
    McCoy Tyner
    Keith Jarrett
    Chick Corea
    Cedar Walton
    Cecil Taylor
    Paul Bley

    70s-80's
    Kirk Lightsey
    Mulgrew Miller
    John Hicks
    Kenny Kirkland
    Andy Laverne
    Eliane Elias
    Richie Beirach
    Hal Galper
    James Williams
    Jim McNeely
    Joanne Brackeen
    Donald Brown

    Contemporary
    Kenny Werner
    Art Lande
    Fred Hersch
    Brad Meldhau
    Marcus Roberts
    Jason Moran
    Michel Camilo
    Cyrus Chestnut
    Bill Cunliffe
    David Hazeltine
    Dave Kikowski
    Danilo Perez

    .With apologies to the many not
    included on this list..

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