One could never pick a top 10, let alone 20. So many great ones! Others mention Bud Powell and McCoy Tyner, but I would add Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Nat Cole, Teddy Wilson, Dave Brubeck, and a few others too. Generations differ in style, but the feeling & technique shine through. So many more deserve mention! Maybe a top 50 could get most of them in.
Bud Powell - one of the genuine geniuses of the piano. Any list without him makes no sense. Ask any serious pianist and he'll be close to the top of every list. Most of the guys on this list idolized Bud.
@@MarimaruXD I'd like you to explain a little more clearly what you're actually saying. If you wish to minimise Bud's level of execution at his peak or suggesting his influence isn't as profound as it clearly is you need to get an education. If I've misinterpreted what you're saying I apologize. Could you be more specific please.
@@MarimaruXD ok, it's just that you say "very few would care about Bud" in response to me mentioning how much regard he is held in by many of the pianists included in the item commented on. If you're referung to the general population, I'm sure you have a point, but I know that most top tier jazz musicians have enormous regard for his immense contribution to improvised music. Glad you appreciate his talent and sorry I missed your point.
I think of the great Jimmy Rowles. What are you thinking to make such lists??? See the youtube where Oscar Peterson features Rowles on his TV show. Oscar revered Rowles. Rowles could take the most mundane tune and infuse some indepth chordal progressions to create a masterpiece.
Absolutely McCoy Tyner! Also Bud Powell, Randy Weston, Phineas Newborn, Hank Jones, Barry Harris.. more modern masters, the late Mulgrew Miller... too many greats for just a list of 10.. Nat King Cole! Would have been successful just as a piano player..
Love them all! I love how you didn't number them, but I would have to add Fats Waller, Bud Powell, and Phineas Newborn. My opinion, is that when greatness is achieved on this level, they're all peers. It's like rating Dorothy Dandridge over Lena Horne. All top shelf, just different. Thanks for posting!
Great list and some in the comments too. Got to see Peterson live when I was younger. He was with Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Brown and Joe Pass. Phenomenal show.
Tatum, Tyner and Evans are my top 3. There are so many fine players to consider after those 3. A few personal favorites (but probably not "top 10 greats) John Hicks, Don Pullen, Bud Powell (he is Top 10) Cedar Walton, Randy Weston, John Lewis. Thankfully there are so many fine recordings of all these great artists getting mentioned here that great music will always be a great refuge!!!!! Love Jazz Piano!
My suggestion: Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea & Keith Jarrett
1. Duke Ellington 2. Bud Powell 3. Wynton Kelly 4. John Lewis 5. Red Garland 6. Chick Corea 7. Thelonious Monk 8. Bill Evans 9. Keith Jarrett 10. Herbie Hancock 11. McCoy Tyner 12. Ahmad Jamal 13. Errol Garner 14. Oscar Peterson 15. Brad Mehldau 16. Dave Brubeck 17. Michael Petruciani
Definitely good... but (just my opinion!) far too fiddly twiddly and unnecessarily embellished to the extreme... someone (likewise just my opinion!) like Bill Evans far more straightforward, direct and accurately voiced..
@@desperatetimes5873 Made it completely clear just my opinion... as I'm a professional, qualified & trained pianist/kepyboardist, I'm entitled to my opinion.. as you are yours...
Yeah, this is definitely YOUR list, and we leave it at that. On a different note: I always find it amazing that Monk used that humongous ring as pretty much the sixth finger.
Basie once said of Tatum, "He didn't like spaces." Meaning Tatum went 100 mph at all times. He was a master, but to 'accompany' a pianist like Tatum was a fool's errand. Tatum was at his best as a soloist.
Tatum is so good it's hard for most people to even appreciate what he is actually doing, and what level of musical understanding he played at. The only one remotely close, was Oscar Peterson.
Erroll Garner has that rare ability to be technically innovative and yet appeal to a wide audience. Bud Powell, the guy who out Dizzed Dizzie Gillespie and out Birded Yardbird Parker when be-bop ruled. Petrucciani and Camilo both display virtuosity and that x factor that captivates a wide audience. Lists like this reveal the style of jazz preferred by the assessor.
Yes so true, he REALLY did have it all but especially touch and feel and also his percussive technique which seemed to come naturally to him but was incredibly sophisticated sometimes. Pure genius.
It's so arbitrary to decide which are the 10 best pianists. I share your point of view, they're all great pianists. The question is that your list leaves out dozens of others. Yes, it's a personal list, but all the same... I'd still have liked to hear Erroll Garner on the list. And that there were 11 of them, because it would have been a shame to have to replace him.
My personal list (very loose order): 1. Thelonious Monk 2. Cecil Taylor 3. Errol Garner 4. Sun Ra 5. Bud Powell 6. Herbie Hancock 7. Tommy Flanagan 8. Keith Jarrett 9. Oscar Peterson 10. Art Tatum
It's Jarrett, not Jarret. And where's McCoy Tyner for creating his own unique style and Bud Powell for making piano a soloing instrument on par with sax and trumpet? A personal favorite is the underrated virtuoso Denny Zeitlin. And Hiromi Uehara is there to keep the flame alive.
........ Chacun à sa propre liste, évidemment, il y a tellement d'excellents pianistes. Je regrette de ne pas voir Errol Gardner, qui n'a jamais appris le piano !!! ... ainsi que Nat King COLE a été oublié en tant que pianiste, et qui a été plus grand créateur de nouveaux phrasés jamais entendu nulle part, parfaitement inédits et toujours très beaux!
Erroll Garner for sure has to be in there-I would overall rate him the best ever;his originality touch and musicality,his amazing intros-and he hardly looked at the keyboard -and he was a picture to watch-unmatched even by Oscar who was the greatest technically and Erroll was a great composer also-no others matched this.But still a good bunch there-always hard to pick ten as been some great players earlier on not so much these days sadly.
For me bill Evans is no.1 because his playing is multi dimensional, full of beauty and full of genuine feeling. The clip of Peterson who is it seems trying desperately to outdo Tatum just doesn't compare to bill Evans.
Well, they're all great and I love'em all but how about seeing if you can get a list of the 10 best women jazz pianists? And maybe a "mixed" list of really good "up and comers". It might expand our jazz piano "palates". Thanks for your "efforts" !
Music is not like sports where you score points to be the best. Music is totally subjective... styles, technique , articulation, interpretation, expression...
When people understand that music is not about speed and technique, it´s not a horse race, they will value some other pianists like Bill Evans, Clare Fischer, Michel Petruccianni and Makoto Ozone. When I was a teenager I valued too much speed. Oscar Peterson, Liszt and many other were my idols. Not that they aren´t good, this is not the case, but beginners tend to appreciate only speed, technique and showmanship. When you´re growing old, you can really appreciate music the way it should. There´s a saying: "When the musician is beginning to be greater than the music he produces, there is a BIG problem".
Keith Jarrett is my all time favorite pianist. I don’t hear anyone even close to his brilliant playing. God was sure very kind to him to give him a genius mind.
I would have to say historically significant and personal favourites do overlap but are in the end two entirely different lists and each require more than 10 spots.
Bravo pour votre goût et votre choix. En tant que français, j'aurais voulu voir notre très grand Martial Solal. Merci . Jacques. Bravo for your taste and your choice. As a Frenchman, I would have liked to see our very great Martial Solal...Thank you. Jacques. youtube "une vie musicien"
How can anyone take such a list seriously if it omits Earl Hines? The man practically invented jazz piano, recorded with Louis Armstrong in his Hot Five/Hot Seven phase. There was no one as commanding, as assured. And you can see at least some video of him on UA-cam.
Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson (whose playing I don't even like), Herbie Hancock (due to his prolific 1960s solo work, time with Miles and his early proflic 1970s funk work, chart hits, etc), Barry Harris (because he has been and still is the only pure bebop pianist left on the planet), Patrice Rushen, McCoy Tyner for his work with Trane, Hazel Scott, Phineas Newborn, Jr., particularly when he was younger.
I would say that comparing is really not possible for each jazz pianist has his/her own style and listeners have preferences. That being said, a real comparison would be all playing the same piece (arrangements could be different, of course) and playing with ONLY the piano and no other instruments. The one I know who made a couple of albums alone was Bill Evans. His "Alone" album is a masterpiece. His single of "Never Leave Me" is 14 minutes plus of fabulous!
My favorites. 1. Thelonious 2. Oscar 3. Herbie 4. Ahmad Jamal 5. Keith Jarrett 6. Bill Evans 7. McCoy Tyner 8. Wynton Kelly 9. Errol Garner 10. Joe Sample And for the record, George Duke is my absolute musical hero in terms of what I try to embody, but definitely more of a keyboard player, which is what I consider myself too.
Dke Ellington is a genius, period. What does Keith Jarrett suffer from? Hemorrhoids? Ahmad Jamal is terrific! Monk is a law unto himself, I love the way he plays. I find George Duke a bit of a show-off. Chick Corea is very good. Bill Evans is a true genius. Art Tatum is a force of Nature. Herbie Hancock exudes talent. What can we say about Oscar Peterson? Absolutely amazing!
This is crazy man !!! Giants like Erroll Garner, Fats Waller and Bud Powell are not even in the list and you talk about italian pianists no one has heard of...!!
@@robertopesenti1173 I don't juge, I just see it's you who are presumptuous to assert that these pianists are better in history of jazz piano than the geniuses I quoted !! It's just stupid, nothing else...
Hiromi is technically perfect, very creative, and I ❤️ her energy and cuteness. But has she coined an entire new style of piano playing and influenced thousands of pianists over half a century like McCoy and Chick?
Les McCann, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Calvin Jackson, McCoy Tyner, George Shearing, Oscar Petersen, the French Bach guy, Johnny Gibson.
People, let's chill out. It's impossible to choose only 10 jazz pianists to represent the best in the history. There's an insane amount of absolute monsters in this instrument. This list is just his personal favourites. I would say you can pick the top 10 most influential list, but that would be a different list. Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Art Tatum, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, they all come to mind when I think of influence. But to say only 10 that are THE best is impossible. Too much greatness.
Since no one did, I'll mention Cecil Taylor. A better example of Ellington's piano playing would be, the album, Money Jungle with Charles Mingus and Max Roach. He never played that way before or after. One of the nice things about this list is that, if you read about these pianists, they will lead you to other pianists.
Hampton Hawes, Errol Garner, John Hicks, Kenny Barron, George Cables, Wynton Kelly and Cedar Walton all dwarf some of these names. Bud Powell the master and father of modern jazz piano missing from this list makes it a complete joke.
@@markhiggins8315, that was a wonderful band! I saw them at Yoshi's in Oakland, three days before drummer Danny Richmond died! Definitely one of my finest live music experiences! Hard to believe that was over 30 years ago! I loved George Adams' sound! Both he and Pullen were rather distinct.
@@jmichaelshort4160 Although I've managed to catch a lot of the greats, I never got to hear that great band live. You're a lucky man. They must have been something else. Fantastic energy, for me that's what great music has to be about.
Beautiful, beautiful! I love all of this. Although... & I think we can all agree... The drummer in that first bit is feeling like "wtf am I doing w my life?"
If you haven't watched the entire clip of Caravan by Peterson (which this video shows the start of), you should. NHOP's bass solo is out of this world.
Kenny Barron -Mariam McPartland - are missing but to not have Bud Powell and Teddy Wilson invalidates your list! One modern guy needs a mention Brad Mehldau
Great list, but I would have put Mary Lou Williams in the mix before Duke Ellington. She was the creator of Jazz piano and the way it was played by a lot of/all the men listed.
James Booker was a technical marvel. More of a blues artist, but played jazz a lot. Wynton Kelly - very underrated. Was on half the Kind of Blue tracks. Red Garland. McCoy Tyner. Bud Powell.
This is a terrific video and an excellent list; just expand it to include Michel Camilo, Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Marian McPartland, and McCoy Tyner.
Hard to pick a top ten. All these musicians are awesome in their own right. Have to mention some of my favorites among those that are featured here. Joe Sample, Lyle Mays, Michael Petrucciani and last but not least the phenomenal Eliane Elias.
Bill Charlap would be one the fine living jazz pianists. Marcus Roberts also is a great artist with a deep understanding of the history behind the music.
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1. Bill Evans
My man! If it was a competition Bill wasn't even playing the same sport as the rest of 'em
@@Zach_Routhier monk played piano ?
My vote’s for Oscar.
My vote for Keith, his reharmonization is the best ever.
Love that 😂
Bud Powell? Erroll Garner? Cedar Walton? Tommy Flanagan? Red Garland? Kenny Barron? McCoy Tyner? Lyle Mays?
Michel Petrucciani?
Dave McKenna perhaps too
Brad Mehldau !!
Duke Jordan
Lyle Mays?...mmmmm
One could never pick a top 10, let alone 20. So many great ones! Others mention Bud Powell and McCoy Tyner, but I would add Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Nat Cole, Teddy Wilson, Dave Brubeck, and a few others too. Generations differ in style, but the feeling & technique shine through. So many more deserve mention! Maybe a top 50 could get most of them in.
Yes -- nicely put! This list did include 10 of my favorites. Each made unique and brilliant contributions to the art!
Bud Powell, McCoy Tyner, Wynton Kelly, Mulgrew Miller have deserved their places in this list !!!
No, only Bud Powell! Wynton Kelly, no way, very overrated!!!
So great, the master is Art Tatum best for ever.👍👍👍
Bud Powell - one of the genuine geniuses of the piano. Any list without him makes no sense. Ask any serious pianist and he'll be close to the top of every list. Most of the guys on this list idolized Bud.
Very few would care about Bud even though his lines and chordal melodies were better which is unfortunate.....
@@MarimaruXD I'd like you to explain a little more clearly what you're actually saying. If you wish to minimise Bud's level of execution at his peak or suggesting his influence isn't as profound as it clearly is you need to get an education. If I've misinterpreted what you're saying I apologize. Could you be more specific please.
@@markhiggins8315 I'm pretty sure I'm praising Bud Powell in my comment.
@@MarimaruXD ok, it's just that you say "very few would care about Bud" in response to me mentioning how much regard he is held in by many of the pianists included in the item commented on. If you're referung to the general population, I'm sure you have a point, but I know that most top tier jazz musicians have enormous regard for his immense contribution to improvised music. Glad you appreciate his talent and sorry I missed your point.
I think of the great Jimmy Rowles. What are you thinking to make such lists??? See the youtube where Oscar Peterson features Rowles on his TV show. Oscar revered Rowles. Rowles could take the most mundane tune and infuse some indepth chordal progressions to create a masterpiece.
Oscar peterson is my favorite but i would have included McCoy Tyner on this list
My Favorite is keizh jarret he is in my opinion better than oscar and play beatifuler
Than oscar and art tatum
The guy ist amazing..
@@lalanini4486 Keith Jarrett is a phony artist! Oscar Peterson is a virtuoso with no style, like Jarrett
Amen to that.
Absolutely McCoy Tyner! Also Bud Powell, Randy Weston, Phineas Newborn, Hank Jones, Barry Harris.. more modern masters, the late Mulgrew Miller... too many greats for just a list of 10.. Nat King Cole! Would have been successful just as a piano player..
@@lalanini4486 Who the fuck is keizh jarret?
Love them all! I love how you didn't number them, but I would have to add Fats Waller, Bud Powell, and Phineas Newborn. My opinion, is that when greatness is achieved on this level, they're all peers. It's like rating Dorothy Dandridge over Lena Horne. All top shelf, just different.
Thanks for posting!
Is Phineas a newborn?
Perhaps the title should read "My Favorite top 10 Jazz Pianists".
But then it wouldn’t be as controversial and controversial titles get clicks and comments...
He said that these were his opinion and yours may be different.
A does mention at the outset the list is his favorites - he did make some major omissions - Errol Garner being one of the most obvious.
everything all right at home?
He did give a disclaimer at the beginning of the video saying it's his opinion sooooooooo
Good list, but in all honesty there's just too many great pianists to narrow down to a top ten.
Great talents! Art Tatum should be number 1. Greatest piano player of the 20th century. I love how in tune the pianos are too.
No oscar peterson should be number 1
@@이름-l8m3d Oscar Peterson is in awe of Art Tatum. (ua-cam.com/video/BFNsywQOW1I/v-deo.html)
oscar peterson told a lot of people that he def wasnt on art tatums level@@이름-l8m3d
Great list and some in the comments too. Got to see Peterson live when I was younger. He was with Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Brown and Joe Pass. Phenomenal show.
All are great pianists!
Your choice is Very agreeable. Theyre all mood charmers, groove teasers and well versed players. I love them all
Tatum, Tyner and Evans are my top 3. There are so many fine players to consider after those 3. A few personal favorites (but probably not "top 10 greats) John Hicks, Don Pullen, Bud Powell (he is Top 10) Cedar Walton, Randy Weston, John Lewis. Thankfully there are so many fine recordings of all these great artists getting mentioned here that great music will always be a great refuge!!!!! Love Jazz Piano!
Man you left out Erroll Garner he could swing on everything he played.
Erroll Garner un gigante for me!
An egregious omission to leave out Erroll Garner who is so original and personifies a certain aspect of jazz piano.
Ditto
I think he just couldn't bare to bring Erroll down to the other's level because he belongs in a league of one... pure genius.
where is Petrucciani?
Not on the list, bro
I would definitely put him on the list
Right! And ehat about McCoy Tyner?
They seem put there random
i spotted him under the piano.... ;)
Nice list, but I can't imagine as top 10 without Bud Powell.
Absolutely. Bud was a genius. At his best his level of performance was unsurpassed.
Do you mean Baden Powell?
@@robertopesenti1173 No
Sorry...Baden Powell was playing guitar...
@@markhiggins8315 Thanks. But meanwhile I already amended my first comment.
My suggestion: Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea & Keith Jarrett
Thanks for mentioning Mehldau!
The song played by Bill Evans is one of my favorite songs of any genre.
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Michel Petrucchiani, Dave Brubeck; Ahmad Jamal, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Red Garland, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett
Thelonius Monk,
George Shearing, Gene Harris, Kenny Barron
1. Duke Ellington
2. Bud Powell
3. Wynton Kelly
4. John Lewis
5. Red Garland
6. Chick Corea
7. Thelonious Monk
8. Bill Evans
9. Keith Jarrett
10. Herbie Hancock
11. McCoy Tyner
12. Ahmad Jamal
13. Errol Garner
14. Oscar Peterson
15. Brad Mehldau
16. Dave Brubeck
17. Michael Petruciani
Two more additions to all these names + the ones people are throwing here: Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Antonio Carlos Jobim
🎹 Without Erroll Garner, the most original of Jazz pianists, this list is incomplete!!!! 🎹
Love them all , I would add McCoy Tyner , And Horace Silver ,
I don't know which jazz piano players are the best, but what is certain is that you have a good taste in music if you choose these pieces
My two favourites are McCoy Tyner and Dave Brubeck. Innovative and amazing players
How anybody can miss McCoy Tyner on a list like this is beyond me...
Errol garner forever the best !!!
Definitely good... but (just my opinion!) far too fiddly twiddly and unnecessarily embellished to the extreme... someone (likewise just my opinion!) like Bill Evans far more straightforward, direct and accurately voiced..
Absolutely - incomparable: unique humor in his music
@@SimonNoina You have no clue and should add sucker to your last name. Just sayin ...
@@desperatetimes5873 Made it completely clear just my opinion... as I'm a professional, qualified & trained pianist/kepyboardist, I'm entitled to my opinion.. as you are yours...
Oscar Peterson said about Bernard Peiffer, “Let’s face it...he was greater than all of us”. True story.
Yeah, this is definitely YOUR list, and we leave it at that.
On a different note: I always find it amazing that Monk used that humongous ring as pretty much the sixth finger.
Good selection. My favorite Bill Evans.
E. Garner, O. Peterson and Art Tatum are my favourites. Tatum is the Best!
Good list, but Art Tatum is best ua-cam.com/video/CaPeks0H3_s/v-deo.html
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Why is the best? Some videos ples
@@kerencanelo8580 you can easily find Art tatum videos by searching
Art Tatum.....and then you can take any order of the rest that you want.
Amen to that Art was a God. Way superior than anybody on earth aheqd of evrybody....
Basie once said of Tatum, "He didn't like spaces." Meaning Tatum went 100 mph at all times. He was a master, but to 'accompany' a pianist like Tatum was a fool's errand. Tatum was at his best as a soloist.
Tatum is so good it's hard for most people to even appreciate what he is actually doing, and what level of musical understanding he played at.
The only one remotely close, was Oscar Peterson.
Errol Garner, Ray Charles, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Marianne Williams, Count Basie
COUnt Basie and Oscar were more bluezy than accurate jazz pianists
Mary Lou Williams not Marianne ???
@@Laurenzatto54 right you are
Chick Corea.
Erroll Garner has that rare ability to be technically innovative and yet appeal to a wide audience. Bud Powell, the guy who out Dizzed Dizzie Gillespie and out Birded Yardbird Parker when be-bop ruled. Petrucciani and Camilo both display virtuosity and that x factor that captivates a wide audience. Lists like this reveal the style of jazz preferred by the assessor.
Yes so true, he REALLY did have it all but especially touch and feel and also his percussive technique which seemed to come naturally to him but was incredibly sophisticated sometimes. Pure genius.
It's so arbitrary to decide which are the 10 best pianists. I share your point of view, they're all great pianists. The question is that your list leaves out dozens of others. Yes, it's a personal list, but all the same... I'd still have liked to hear Erroll Garner on the list. And that there were 11 of them, because it would have been a shame to have to replace him.
Excellents choix. De plus, il y a dans cette sélection de grands compositeurs...
My personal list (very loose order):
1. Thelonious Monk
2. Cecil Taylor
3. Errol Garner
4. Sun Ra
5. Bud Powell
6. Herbie Hancock
7. Tommy Flanagan
8. Keith Jarrett
9. Oscar Peterson
10. Art Tatum
Michel Petrucciani and Michel Camilo
Michel hands down
Video should read "My Favourite players"
It's Jarrett, not Jarret. And where's McCoy Tyner for creating his own unique style and Bud Powell for making piano a soloing instrument on par with sax and trumpet? A personal favorite is the underrated virtuoso Denny Zeitlin. And Hiromi Uehara is there to keep the flame alive.
........ Chacun à sa propre liste, évidemment, il y a tellement d'excellents pianistes. Je regrette de ne pas voir Errol Gardner, qui n'a jamais appris le piano !!! ... ainsi que Nat King COLE a été oublié en tant que pianiste, et qui a été plus grand créateur de nouveaux phrasés jamais entendu nulle part, parfaitement inédits et toujours très beaux!
This is a good compilation of jazz pianists! I would suggest, however, that Eddie Palmieri and Cedar Walton could be considered.
Erroll Garner for sure has to be in there-I would overall rate him the best ever;his originality touch and musicality,his amazing intros-and he hardly looked at the keyboard -and he was a picture to watch-unmatched even by Oscar who was the greatest technically and Erroll was a great composer also-no others matched this.But still a good bunch there-always hard to pick ten as been some great players earlier on not so much these days sadly.
You said it buddy! it was like an angel had come down and sat at the piano when Erroll played. In a class all of his own.
For me bill Evans is no.1 because his playing is multi dimensional, full of beauty and full of genuine feeling. The clip of Peterson who is it seems trying desperately to outdo Tatum just doesn't compare to bill Evans.
Well, they're all great and I love'em all but how about seeing if you can get a list of the 10 best women jazz pianists? And maybe a "mixed" list of really good "up and comers". It might expand our jazz piano "palates". Thanks for your "efforts" !
Petrucciani please don’t forget Petrucciani!!!!
Music is not like sports where you score points to be the best. Music is totally subjective... styles, technique , articulation, interpretation, expression...
Nice list...just to many all time greats
The best and intelligent forever is Bill Evans. Ever ever
Saw Bill in 1967 3 weekends in a row at the Village Gate NYC,from then on he became my favorite pianist and musician.
yes
Bill Evans is the greatest of them all and a true piano genius. He is in a class by himself.
#1,#1,#1, then add the others to your list
yea ..Evans is the best.
When people understand that music is not about speed and technique, it´s not a horse race, they will value some other pianists like Bill Evans, Clare Fischer, Michel Petruccianni and Makoto Ozone. When I was a teenager I valued too much speed. Oscar Peterson, Liszt and many other were my idols. Not that they aren´t good, this is not the case, but beginners tend to appreciate only speed, technique and showmanship. When you´re growing old, you can really appreciate music the way it should. There´s a saying: "When the musician is beginning to be greater than the music he produces, there is a BIG problem".
Don't forget Phineus Newborn Junior and Shirley Scott.
Hazel Scott...my bad
Too bad the best musicians are also the fastest
@@Adrenalean767 Like Oscar Peterson who's fast but also smooth and precise in his execution.
Bud Powell is the godfather
This is a good list. A couple of yours I haven’t heard of. One I would’ve added was Eroll Garner and maybe Ramsey Lewis.
Keith Jarrett is my all time favorite pianist. I don’t hear anyone even close to his brilliant playing. God was sure very kind to him to give him a genius mind.
I see your point, but in recent times I'd say Bill Charlap comes close.
I would have to say historically significant and personal favourites do overlap but are in the end two entirely different lists and each require more than 10 spots.
Bravo pour votre goût et votre choix. En tant que français, j'aurais voulu voir notre très grand
Martial Solal. Merci . Jacques. Bravo for your taste and your choice. As a Frenchman, I would have liked to see our very great Martial Solal...Thank you. Jacques. youtube "une vie musicien"
How can anyone take such a list seriously if it omits Earl Hines? The man practically invented jazz piano, recorded with Louis Armstrong in his Hot Five/Hot Seven phase. There was no one as commanding, as assured. And you can see at least some video of him on UA-cam.
..and was a major influence on Art Tatum, too.
Number 1 pianist to me is Keith Jarrett, he has elements of several types of music in his playing. He’s just a monster
Absolutely Art Tatum
Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson (whose playing I don't even like), Herbie Hancock (due to his prolific 1960s solo work, time with Miles and his early proflic 1970s funk work, chart hits, etc), Barry Harris (because he has been and still is the only pure bebop pianist left on the planet), Patrice Rushen, McCoy Tyner for his work with Trane, Hazel Scott, Phineas Newborn, Jr., particularly when he was younger.
I would say that comparing is really not possible for each jazz pianist has his/her own style and listeners have preferences. That being said, a real comparison would be all playing the same piece (arrangements could be different, of course) and playing with ONLY the piano and no other instruments. The one I know who made a couple of albums alone was Bill Evans. His "Alone" album is a masterpiece. His single of "Never Leave Me" is 14 minutes plus of fabulous!
My favorites.
1. Thelonious
2. Oscar
3. Herbie
4. Ahmad Jamal
5. Keith Jarrett
6. Bill Evans
7. McCoy Tyner
8. Wynton Kelly
9. Errol Garner
10. Joe Sample
And for the record, George Duke is my absolute musical hero in terms of what I try to embody, but definitely more of a keyboard player, which is what I consider myself too.
Where is Michel petrucciani?
Dke Ellington is a genius, period. What does Keith Jarrett suffer from? Hemorrhoids? Ahmad Jamal is terrific! Monk is a law unto himself, I love the way he plays. I find George Duke a bit of a show-off. Chick Corea is very good. Bill Evans is a true genius. Art Tatum is a force of Nature. Herbie Hancock exudes talent. What can we say about Oscar Peterson? Absolutely amazing!
Nat Cole was one of the great singers but a jazz pianist by trade and a great one at that.
As much as i love George Duke ,He didnt start as a jazz musician. i cant see him in this category, McCoy Tyner
Actually he did and in fact he was more straight ahead he didn't like being too bebop so he went fusion route
I agree. George Duke is not jazz. I don't care what he grew into, you have to have the deep roots in jazz. Hank Jones!
Phineas Newbaum
PERFECT!!!!! only Michel Petrucciani is missing, for me in first place... and two italians.... Enrico Pieranunzi and Stefano Bollani
Appunto. 😎
Aggiungerei Enrico Simonetti e Lelio Luttazzi
This is crazy man !!! Giants like Erroll Garner, Fats Waller and Bud Powell are not even in the list and you talk about italian pianists no one has heard of...!!
@@Laurenzatto54 If you don't know them, how can you judge whether they are good or not? Aren't you a little presumptuous?
@@robertopesenti1173 I don't juge, I just see it's you who are presumptuous to assert that these pianists are better in history of jazz piano than the geniuses I quoted !! It's just stupid, nothing else...
I live in the 21st century, so i add Brad Mehldau.
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1:26 lovely
Dyo know the song?
Bayu Tri Autumn Leaves
Good list. I have grown to appreciate Dave Brubeck more. His improvisational style was unique. Erroll was great also.
Clunky
it's impossible to name ten - good choices however - I'm wondering what my list would look like - IMPOSSIBLE!
*1. McCoy Tyner*
2. Chick Corea
3. Hiromi Uehara
4. Lyle Mays
5. Herbie Hancock
6. Keith Jarrett
7. George Duke
8. Mulgrew Miller
9. Bobo Stensson
10. Cedar Walton
Hiromi is technically perfect, very creative, and I ❤️ her energy and cuteness.
But has she coined an entire new style of piano playing and influenced thousands of pianists over half a century like McCoy and Chick?
@@alainverrier6125 Therefore she’s no. 3 in my list, higher than ‘giants’ like Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. :)
I can't believe Michel Petrucciani is not there...
Denne samlingen er en liten gave for jazz piano elskere.Jeg takker av hele mitt hjerte!
Brynjar Hoff
Oboeplayer
Great choices, thanks for sharing. For myself, I'd include Dave Brubeck in there somewhere. Maybe stretch the list to 11? :-)
Very well-informed list,but let us not forget Hiromi , Gerri Allen and Renee Rosnes...xxx
Without Bud Powell, this list is incomplete.
Yes
4 more...Lyle Mays....Art Tatum...Bill Evans....Michael Petruciani. I would listen to any of these 10 Legends all day....any day!!
Les McCann, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Calvin Jackson, McCoy Tyner, George Shearing, Oscar Petersen, the French Bach guy, Johnny Gibson.
People, let's chill out. It's impossible to choose only 10 jazz pianists to represent the best in the history. There's an insane amount of absolute monsters in this instrument. This list is just his personal favourites. I would say you can pick the top 10 most influential list, but that would be a different list. Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Art Tatum, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, they all come to mind when I think of influence. But to say only 10 that are THE best is impossible. Too much greatness.
Since no one did, I'll mention Cecil Taylor. A better example of Ellington's piano playing would be, the album, Money Jungle with Charles Mingus and Max Roach. He never played that way before or after. One of the nice things about this list is that, if you read about these pianists, they will lead you to other pianists.
It is very good list ,that would agree with ,I would have added Dave Brubeck
Hampton Hawes, Errol Garner, John Hicks, Kenny Barron, George Cables, Wynton Kelly and Cedar Walton all dwarf some of these names. Bud Powell the master and father of modern jazz piano missing from this list makes it a complete joke.
I do like your taste!! I might add Don Pullen to those you list. Certainly several of my personal favorites!! Hicks!! Kelly and Walton.
@@jmichaelshort4160 Yes Don Pullen, fabulous player. I'm a tenor player and I loved Don's playing with George Adams. That was such an exiting band!
@@markhiggins8315, that was a wonderful band! I saw them at Yoshi's in Oakland, three days before drummer Danny Richmond died! Definitely one of my finest live music experiences! Hard to believe that was over 30 years ago! I loved George Adams' sound! Both he and Pullen were rather distinct.
@@jmichaelshort4160 Although I've managed to catch a lot of the greats, I never got to hear that great band live. You're a lucky man. They must have been something else. Fantastic energy, for me that's what great music has to be about.
Beautiful, beautiful! I love all of this. Although... & I think we can all agree... The drummer in that first bit is feeling like "wtf am I doing w my life?"
Evans is best for me
If you haven't watched the entire clip of Caravan by Peterson (which this video shows the start of), you should. NHOP's bass solo is out of this world.
Kenny Barron -Mariam McPartland - are missing but to not have Bud Powell and Teddy Wilson invalidates your list!
One modern guy needs a mention
Brad Mehldau
Interesting that when attending college, Herbie Hancock was intent on being an engineer. Well, he did incorporate some of that in the recording area.
Very good selection :)
No one more fun to listen to than Fats Waller
How about Hiromi Euhara? She's a jazz pianist beast!
Great list, but I would have put Mary Lou Williams in the mix before Duke Ellington. She was the creator of Jazz piano and the way it was played by a lot of/all the men listed.
James Booker was a technical marvel. More of a blues artist, but played jazz a lot. Wynton Kelly - very underrated. Was on half the Kind of Blue tracks. Red Garland. McCoy Tyner. Bud Powell.
Top video!
You need two lists. The first one has only one name - Art Tatum. The second list has everybody else. Another monster stride player was Fats Waller.
So was James P. Johnson, don't forget Nat King Cole, and Bud Powell.
@@Magmen67 Nat King Cole was such an underrated pianist...I think he flew under the radar due to being a smooth vocalist
My top 10 in no order:
Thelonious Monk
Bill Evans
Wynton Kelly
Oscar Peterson
Barry Harris
McCoy Tyner
Chick Corea
Bud Powell
Herbie Hancock
Art Tatum
This is a terrific video and an excellent list; just expand it to include Michel Camilo, Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Marian McPartland, and McCoy Tyner.
And Erroll Garner and Bud Powell.
Michel Petrucianni, McCoy Tyner, Nat King Cole, Dave Brubeck, Bobby Timmons, Errol Garner, Nina Simone
Hard to pick a top ten. All these musicians are awesome in their own right. Have to mention some of my favorites among those that are featured here. Joe Sample, Lyle Mays, Michael Petrucciani and last but not least the phenomenal Eliane Elias.
@Henry Wimberly
Yes, especially his early works, The Rainbow Seeker and Carmel albums were uniquely and brilliantly inspired. Two masterpieces!
Love them all. And, I would add Peter Nero.
Good. I would put too Bud Powell, McCoy Tyner, Bob Timmons
The name is Bobby Timmons!
Bill Charlap would be one the fine living jazz pianists. Marcus Roberts also is a great artist with a deep understanding of the history behind the music.