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Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader renowned for his sophisticated arrangements and distinc...

Composer Classic Piano Swing

9.9 Brilliant

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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was an influential American jazz musician renowned for his distinctive piano style and groun...

Composer Modern Classic Piano

9.7 Brilliant

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Bill Evans

Bill Evans was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative approach to piano playing....

Classic Lyrical Piano Modal

9.7 Brilliant

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Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson was a highly acclaimed Canadian jazz pianist renowned for his exceptional technical skill and rhythmic pr...

Virtuoso Classic Piano Swing

9.5 Brilliant

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Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole was an American jazz pianist and singer who led the King Cole Trio from 1937 and hosted a national televis...

Classic Piano Swing Vocals

9.2 Excellent

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Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal was an American jazz pianist whose spacious trio style influenced Miles Davis; At the Pershing: But Not for...

Classic Space Piano Cool

9.2 Excellent

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Horace Silver

Horace Silver was an American pianist and composer, a hard bop founder who co-led the Jazz Messengers and wrote Song for...

Composer Classic Piano Hard Bop

9.1 Excellent

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Carla Bley

Carla Bley was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader noted for the 1971 jazz opera Escalator over the Hill.

Composer Classic Avant Garde Piano

8.8 Great

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Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill was an American pianist and composer whose 1964 Blue Note album Point of Departure is a landmark of advanced...

Composer Classic Piano Post Bop

8.8 Great

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Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams was a U.S. pianist, arranger, and composer who wrote for Andy Kirk in the 1930s and later mentored beb...

Composer Classic Piano Swing

8.5 Great

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Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese pianist and composer who formed a noted big band with Lew Tabackin in Los Angeles in 1973...

Composer Classic Piano Big Band

8.3 Great

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Cedar Walton

Cedar Walton was an American pianist and composer who played with Art Blakey in the 1960s and wrote standards such as Bo...

Composer Classic Piano Hard Bop

8.2 Great

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Jason Moran

Jason Moran is an American pianist and composer who received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010 and became a leading 21st-ce...

Composer Modern Conceptual Piano

8.2 Great

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Hampton Hawes

Hampton Hawes was an American pianist from Los Angeles, noted for hard-bop trios and the 1956 Contemporary album All Nig...

Classic Piano West Coast Bebop

8.1 Great

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Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch is an American jazz pianist and composer known for lyrical improvisation and for receiving a 2003 Guggenheim...

Composer Modern Solo Lyrical

8.1 Great

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Geri Allen

Geri Allen was an American pianist and composer whose 1990s work bridged post-bop and avant-garde, including the album M...

Composer Modern Piano Post Bop

8.0 Great

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Tigran Hamasyan

Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer noted for mixing improvisation with Armenian folk music and win...

Composer Modern Armenian Jazz Piano

7.7 Good

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Kris Davis

Kris Davis is a Canadian-born jazz pianist and composer, noted for avant-garde ensembles and the 2019 album Diatom Ribbo...

Composer Modern Avant Garde Piano

7.6 Good

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Matthew Shipp

Matthew Shipp is an American jazz pianist and composer associated with free jazz and improvised music, with a major reco...

Composer Modern Avant Garde Free Jazz

7.6 Good

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Joey Alexander

Joey Alexander is an Indonesian jazz pianist who gained international attention as a child prodigy and released his debu...

Modern Piano Post Bop Trio

6.8 Fair