List of jazz pianists
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This is an alphabetized list of notable pianists who play or played jazz music.
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[edit] A
- Muhal Richard Abrams (1930- )
- Beegie Adair
- Nat Adderley
- Jamey Aebersold (1939-)
- Kei Akagi (1953- )
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929- )
- Joe Albany (1924-1988)
- Tony Aless (1921- )
- Monty Alexander (1944- )
- Geri Allen (1957- )
- Mose Allison (1927- )
- Helio Alves
- Albert Ammons (1907-1949)
- Franck Amsallem (1961- )
- Chris Anderson
- Bill Anschell
- Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971)
- Lynne Arriale (1957- )
- Roy Assaf
- Fahir Atakoğlu
- Lovie Austin (1887-1972)
- Franck Avitabile
[edit] B
- Noah Baerman
- Jon Ballantyne
- Steve Barakatt
- Patricia Barber (1956- )
- Kenny Barron (1943- )
- Count Basie (1904-1984)
- Django Bates
- Jonathan Batiste (1986- )
- Stefano Battaglia (1965- )
- Gordon Beck (1935- )
- Jim Beard
- Richie Beirach (1947- )
- Marco Benevento
- David Benoit (1953- )
- Shelly Berg
- Borah Bergman (1933- )
- Mark Berman
- Warren Bernhardt (1938- )
- Mark Birnbaum (1952- )
- Walter Bishop, Jr. (1927-1998)
- Ketil Bjørnstad (1952- )
- Miles Black
- Eubie Blake (1883-1983)
- Ran Blake (1935- )
- Paul Bley (1932- )
- Carla Bley (1938- )
- Jimmy Blythe (1901-1931)
- Wilhelm Bobr (1927-2006)
- Stefano Bollani
- Claude Bolling (1930- )
- Joe Bonner (1948- )
- James Booker (1939–1983)
- Thomas Borino
- Ivan Božičević (1961- )
- Joanne Brackeen (1938- )
- David Braid (1975- )
- Alan Broadbent (1947- )
- Holly Brook
- Bob Brookmeyer (1929- )
- Charles Brown (1922-1999)
- Vernell Brown, Jr.
- Donald Brown (1954- )
- Dave Brubeck (1920- )
- Rainer Brüninghaus (1949-)
- Gary Brunotte (1948- )
- Ray Bryant (1931- )
- Milt Buckner (1915-1977)
- Alex Bugnon (1958- )
- John Bunch (1921- )
- Markus Burger (1966- )
- Ralph Burns (1922-2001)
- Dave Burrell (1944- )
- Joe Bushkin (1916-2004)
- Henry Butler
- Jaki Byard (1922-1999)
[edit] C
- George Cables (1944- )
- Michael Cain (1966- )
- Uri Caine (1956- )
- Joey Calderazzo (1965- )
- Michel Camilo (1954- )
- John Campbell (1955- )
- Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
- Roberto Carnevale (1966- )
- Barbara Carroll
- Marc Cary
- Dick Cary (1916-1994)
- Bill Charlap (1966- )
- Ray Charles (1930-2004)
- Cyrus Chestnut (1963- )
- Billy Childs (1957- )
- Herman Chittison (1908-1967)
- Peter Cincotti
- Sarah Jane Cion
- Alan Clare (1921-1993)
- Sonny Clark (1931-1963)
- Mathias Claus (1956- )
- Gerald Clayton (1984- )
- Michael Cochrane (1948- )
- John Cocuzzi (1964- )
- Dolo Coker (1927-1983)
- Nat "King" Cole (1917-1965)
- John Colianni
- George Colligan (1969- )
- Alice Coltrane (1948-2007)
- Graziella Concas (1970- )
- Harry Connick, Jr. (1967- )
- Marc Copland
- Chick Corea (1941- )
- Glenn Corneille (1970-2005)
- Tom Coster (1941- )
- Sylvie Courvoisier
- Stanley Cowell (1941- )
- Dan Cray
- Marilyn Crispell (1947- )
- Connie Crothers (1941- )
- Brian Culbertson (1973- )
- Jamie Cullum (1979- )
- Bill Cunliffe (1956- )
[edit] D
- Franco D'Andrea (1941- )
- Carsten Dahl (1967- )
- Albert Dailey (1939-1984)
- Tadd Dameron (1917-1965)
- Harold Danko (1947- )
- Jonathan Davis
- Mark Davis (1969-)
- Suzanne Davis (1953- )
- Walter Davis, Jr. (1932–1990)
- Xavier Davis (1971- )
- Blossom Dearie (1926- )
- Eumir Deodato (1942- )
- Lorraine Desmarais (1956-)
- Neville Dickie (1937- )
- Eldar Djangirov (1987- )
- Bill Dobbins (1947- )
- Steve Dobrogosz (1956- )
- Niels Lan Doky (1963- )
- Dorothy Donegan (1924-1998)
- Armen Donelian
- Kenny Drew, Jr. (1958- )
- Kenny Drew (1928-1993)
- George Duke (1946- )
[edit] E
- John Eaton (pianist) (ca. 1935- )
- Taylor Eigsti (1984- )
- Eliane Elias (1960- )
- Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
- Aydın Esen
- Bill Evans (1929-1980)
- Gil Evans (1912-1988)
- Jamie Evans (1941-)
- Orrin Evans (1975- )
- Don Ewell (1916-1983)
[edit] F
- Antonio Faraò
- Victor Feldman (1934-1987)
- Russell Ferrante
- Manfredo Fest (1936-1999)
- Bobby Few (1935- )
- Clare Fischer
- Tommy Flanagan (1930-2001)
- Bob Florence (1932- )
- Chuck Folds
- Joel Forrester
- Herman Foster (1928- )
- Ray Foxley
- Russ Freeman (1926-2002)
- Ming Freeman
- Don Friedman (1935- )
- David Frishberg (1933- )
[edit] G
- Hal Galper (1938- )
- Laszlo Gardony
- Red Garland (1923-1984)
- Erroll Garner (1921-1977)
- Michael Garrick (1933- )
- Giorgio Gaslini (1929- )
- Charles Gayle
- George Gershwin (1898-1937)
- Egberto Gismonti
- Robert Glasper
- Aaron Goldberg
- Larry Goldings (1968- )
- Gil Goldstein (1950- )
- Rubén González
- Gordon Goodwin
- Mike Gorman
- Benny Green (1963- )
- Jesse Green (1973- )
- Burton Greene (1937- )
- Stan Greig (1930- )
- Don Grolnick (1948-1996)
- George Gruntz (1932- )
- Dave Grusin (1934- )
- Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976)
- Johnny Guarnieri (1917-1985)
- Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000)
- Onaje Allan Gumbs
- Tord Gustavsen (1970- )
[edit] H
- Al Haig (1924-1982)
- Bengt Hallberg (1932- )
- Steve Hamilton
- Jan Hammer
- Herbie Hancock (1940- )
- Paul Hanmer (1961- )
- Roland Hanna (1932-2002)
- John Hansen
- Barry Harris (1929- )
- Gene Harris (1933-2000)
- Hampton Hawes (1928-1977)
- Edgar Hayes (1904-1979)
- Kevin Hays (1968- )
- David Hazeltine (1958- )
- Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952)
- Horace Henderson (1904-1988)
- William Henderson
- Oscar Hernandez
- Fred Hersch (1955- )
- Frank Hewitt
- Eddie Heywood (1915-1989)
- John Hicks (1941-2006)
- Barbara Higbie (1956- )
- Eddie Higgins (1932- )
- Andrew Hill (1937- )
- Gregory Hillman (1977- )
- Earl Hines (1903-1983)
- Jutta Hipp
- Hiromi ( Hiromi Uehara, 1979- )
- Art Hodes (1904-1993)
- Jools Holland
- Scott Holman (1954- )
- Mike Holober
- Adam Holzman (1958- )
- Elmo Hope (1923-1967)
- Stan Hope
- Glenn Horiuchi (1955-2000)
- Shirley Horn (1934-2005)
- Wayne Horvitz (1955- )
- Steve Hunt
- Dick Hyman (1927- )
[edit] I
- Adrián Iaies
- Abdullah Ibrahim (1934- )
- Keith Ingham (1942- )
- Weldon Irvine
- Robert Irving III
- Ethan Iverson
- Vijay Iyer (1973- )
[edit] J
- D.D. Jackson (1967- )
- Christian Jacob
- Pim Jacobs (1934-1996)
- Ahmad Jamal (1930- )
- Bob James
- Jon Jang (1954- )
- Lars Jansson (1951- )
- Keith Jarrett (1945- )
- Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)
- Jan Johansson (1931-1968)
- Budd Johnson (1910-1984)
- Dink Johnson (1892-1954)
- James P. Johnson (1894-1955)
- Marcus Johnson (1971- )
- Pete Johnson (1904-1967)
- Pete Jolly (1932-2004)
- Hank Jones (1918- )
- Norah Jones
- Oliver Jones (1934- )
- Richard M. Jones (1892-1945)
- Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
- Duke Jordan (1922-2006)
- Bradley Joseph (1965- )
[edit] K
- Eyran Katsenelenbogen (1965- )
- Dick Katz
- Bruce Katz (1952- )
- Yakov Kazyansky
- Geoff Keezer
- Roger Kellaway (1939- )
- Brian Kellock (1962- )
- Wynton Kelly (1931-1971)
- Rodney Kendrick
- Ray Kennedy (1957- )
- Stan Kenton (1911-1979)
- David Kikoski (1961- )
- Masabumi Kikuchi
- Frank Kimbrough
- Kenny Kirkland (1955-1998)
- Guillermo Klein
- Jacques Klein (1930-1982)
- Ron Kobayashi
- Dan Knight (1953- )
- Steve Koven
- Diana Krall (1964- )
- Mark Kramer (jazz) (1945- )
- Rob van Kreeveld (1941- )
- Steve Kuhn (1938- )
- Billy Kyle (1914-1966)
[edit] L
- Art Lande (1947- )
- Ellis Larkins
- Andy LaVerne
- John Law
- Hugh Lawson
- Mike LeDonne (1956- )
- Michel Legrand (1932- )
- Brian Lemon (1937- )
- Mark Levine (1938- )
- Lou Levy (1928–2001)
- John Lewis (1920-2001)
- Meade "Lux" Lewis (1905-1964)
- Ramsey Lewis (1935- )
- Steve Lewis (1896-c 1941?)
- Kirk Lightsey (1937- )
- Nils Lindberg (1953- )
- Ivan Lins (1945- )
- Mike Longo
- Jacques Loussier (1934- )
- Erik van der Luijt
- Jan Lundgren (1966- )
- Bobby Lyle
- Harold Lopez Nussa
[edit] M
- Harold Mabern (1936- )
- Adam Makowicz (1940- )
- Junior Mance (1928- )
- Frank Mantooth
- Tânia Maria
- César Camargo Mariano
- Phil Markowitz
- Jon Marks
- Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa (1925-2002)
- Denman Maroney
- Andre Marques
- Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (1934- )
- Peter Martin (musician)
- Ronnie Mathews (1935- )
- Keiko Matsui
- Bill Mays (1944- )
- Lyle Mays (1953- )
- Barney McAll (1966- )
- Les McCann (1935- )
- Page McConnell
- Dave McKenna (1930- )
- Carlos McKinney
- Jim McNeely (1949- )
- Marian McPartland (1918- )
- Jay McShann (1916-2006)
- John Medeski (1965- )
- John Mehegan (1920-1984)
- Brad Mehldau (1970- )
- Myra Melford (1957- )
- Mike Melvoin
- Misha Mengelberg (1935- )
- Max Miller (1911-1985)
- Mulgrew Miller (1955- )
- Andy Milne
- Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
- Giovanni Mirabassi
- Paul Moer (1916- )
- Moses Taiwa Molelekwa (1973-2001)
- Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
- Jeremy Monteiro
- Buddy Montgomery (1930- )
- Tete Montoliu (1933-1997)
- Dudley Moore (1935-2002)
- Jason Moran (1975)
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
- Sal Mosca (1927- )
- Bennie Moten (1894-1935)
- Leszek Możdżer (1971- )
- Carli Munoz
- Bob Murphy
- Romano Mussolini (1927-2006)
[edit] N
- Simon Nabatov (1959- )
- Armen Nalbandian (1978- )
- Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1931-1990)
- David Newton (1958- )
- Herbie Nichols (1919-1963)
- Mike Nock
- Victor Noriega
- Walter Norris (1927- )
[edit] O
- Hod O'Brien (1936- )
- Robert O'Brien
- Bill O'Connell
- Arturo O'Farrill (1961- )
- Johnny O'Neal
- Junko Onishi (1967)
- Makoto Ozone
[edit] P
- Marty Paich
- Eddie Palmieri (1936- )
- Dan Papirany (1967- )
- Tiny Parham (1900-1943)
- Aaron Parks (1983- )
- Horace Parlan (1931- )
- Hermeto Pascoal (1936- )
- Alan Pasqua
- João Paulo
- Raimonds Pauls
- Charlie Peacock (1956 -)
- Duke Pearson (1932-1980)
- Dave Peck
- César "Pupy" Pedroso
- Kim Pensyl
- Danilo Pérez (1966- )
- Carl Perkins (1928-1958)
- Oscar Peterson (1925-2007)
- Michel Petrucciani (1962-1999)
- Enrico Pieranunzi (1949- )
- Billie Pierce (1907-1974)
- Nat Pierce (1925-1992)
- Jean-Michel Pilc
- Mika Pohjola (1971-)
- Kerry Politzer
- Paul Posnak
- Bud Powell (1924-1966)
- Mel Powell
- Richie Powell
- Roy Powell
- André Previn (1929- )
- Sam Price (1908-1992)
- Clarence Profit
- John Proulx
- Don Pullen (1941-1995)
- Kym Purling (1972 - present)
- Alton Purnell
[edit] R
- Sun Ra (1914-1993)
- Johnny Raducanu
- Iiro Rantala
- Ray Reach (1948- )
- Jason Rebello
- Freddie Redd (1928- )
- Henri Renaud (1925-2002)
- Sam Rivers (1923- )
- Luckey Roberts (1887-1968)
- Marcus Roberts (1963- )
- J. Russell Robinson (1892-1963)
- Alfredo Rodriguez
- Bryce Rohde
- Matt Rollings
- Ted Rosenthal
- Renee Rosnes (1962- )
- Jimmy Rowles (1918-1996)
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1963- )
- Jordan Rudess (1956- )
- Hilton Ruiz (1952-2006)
- Patrice Rushen (1954)
- Luis Russell (1902-1963)
- George Russell (1923- )
[edit] S
- Philippe Saisse
- Joe Sample (1939- )
- Arturo Sandoval (1949- )
- Jovino Santos-Neto
- Bernardo Sassetti
- Matt Savage (1992- )
- Gaili Schoen
- Lalo Schifrin (1932- )
- Alexander von Schlippenbach (1938- )
- Diane Schuur (1953- )
- Irène Schweizer (1941- )
- Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
- Stephen Scott
- Marc Seales
- John Serry
- Ralph Sharon (1923- )
- George Shearing (1919- )
- Matthew Shipp (1960- )
- Travis Shook (1969- )
- Bobby Short (1924-2005)
- Ben Sidran
- Horace Silver (1928- )
- Norman Simmons
- Edward Simon (1969- )
- Nina Simone
- Clarence "Pinetop" Smith (1904-1929)
- Paul Smith
- Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897-1973)
- Martial Solal (1927- )
- Jess Stacy (1904-1994)
- Bobo Stenson (1944- )
- Tommy_Stewart_(trumpeter) (1939- )
- Geoff Stradling, (1955- )
- Charley Straight (1891-1940)
- Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)
- Frank Strazzeri (1930- )
- Joe Sullivan (1906-1971)
- Helen Sung
- Ralph Sutton (1922-2001)
- Esbjörn Svensson
[edit] T
- Craig Taborn
- Aki Takase (1948- )
- Horace Tapscott (1934-1999)
- Art Tatum (1909-1956)
- Billy Taylor (1921- )
- Cecil Taylor (1929- )
- John Taylor (1942)
- Richard Tee (1943-1993)
- Jacky Terrasson (1965- )
- Don Thompson
- Burnett Thompson
- Butch Thompson
- Sir Charles Thompson (1918)
- Claude Thornhill (1909-1965)
- Bobby Timmons (1935-1974)
- Keith Tippett (1947- )
- Paul Tobey (1962- )
- Tim Tobias (1952-2006)
- Allen Toussaint (1938- )
- Stan Tracey (1926- )
- Lennie Tristano (1919-1978)
- Joe Turner (1907-1990)
- Dick Twardzik
- McCoy Tyner (1938- )
[edit] U
[edit] V
[edit] W
- Mal Waldron (1926-2002)
- Nancy Walker
- Fats Waller (1904-1943)
- Per Henrik Wallin (1946-2005)
- George Wallington (1924-1993)
- Cedar Walton (1934- )
- Teddy Weatherford
- Jon Weber
- Gerry Weil
- Michael Weiss
- Dick Wellstood (1927-1987)
- Kenny Werner (1951- )
- Mike Westbrook
- Randy Weston (1926- )
- Larry White
- Gerald Wiggins (1922- )
- Rudi Wilfer
- Clarence Williams (1893-1965)
- Jessica Williams (1948- )
- James Williams (1951-2004)
- Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)
- Claude Williamson
- Larry Willis
- Gerald Wilson
- Teddy Wilson (1912-1986)
- Mike Wofford
- Michael Wolff
- John Wright
- Richard Wyands (1928- )
- Howard Wyeth (1944-1996)
- Trevor Watkis
[edit] Y
- Yosuke Yamashita (1942- )
- Alon Yavnai (1969- )
- Andile Yenana
- Yitzhak Yedid (1971- )
[edit] Z
- Rachel Z (1972- )
- Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (1969- )
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Josef Zawinul (1932-2007)
- Denny Zeitlin (1938- )
- Pablo Ziegler
- Bojan Zulfikarpašić (1968- )
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