Sun Ra

Sun Ra

male, deceased (1993)
Progressive big band pianist, Experimental big band pianist, poet, Experimental big band bandleader, swing music, Free improvisation pianist…Progressive jazz pianist, Free jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Early Creative pianist, Hard-bop pianist
Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sony'r Ra; born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was...
Matthew Shipp

Matthew Shipp

male, 48 years old
Free improvisation pianist, Free jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Modern Creative pianist, Post-bop pianist, El-P…jazz pianist, pianist
Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American free jazz pianist. Shipp has been very active in the 1990s, appearing on dozens of albums as a...
Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill

male, deceased (2007)
Portland State University faculty, Modal jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Modern Creative pianist, music educator, Lung cancer death…jazz pianist, pianist
Andrew Hill (June 30, 1931 - April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Misha Mengelberg

Misha Mengelberg

male, 74 years old
Gaudeamus International Composers Award, Free improvisation pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Modern Creative pianist, Post-bop pianist, Absurdist…pianist, jazz pianist
Misha Mengelberg (born June 5, 1935) is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961. Mengelberg...
Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett

male, 64 years old
Progressive jazz pianist, American jazz organist, Contemporary jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Hard-bop pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist…pianist, Classical pianist, jazz pianist
Keith Jarrett (born May 8 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American pianist and composer. He is ethnically Hungarian and Irish. His career...
Ran Blake

Ran Blake

male, 74 years old
Third Stream pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Modern Creative pianist, Post-bop pianist, Third Stream, Bard College alumni…jazz pianist, pianist
Ran Blake (born April 20, 1935) is an American pianist composer. He is a faculty member at the New England Conservatory of Music. He was an...
Mal Waldron

Mal Waldron

male, deceased (2002)
Modal jazz pianist, Progressive jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Hard-bop pianist, Post-bop pianist, rhythm and blues…jazz pianist, avant-garde, pianist
Malcolm Earl Waldron was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer. Born in New York City, his jazz work was chiefly in the hard bop,...
Satoko Fujii

Satoko Fujii

female
jazz musician, Avant-garde pianist, Modern Creative pianist, avant-garde jazz, Japanese, new england conservatory of music…jazz pianist, Free jazz pianist
is a Japanese avant-garde jazz pianist and composer. Fujii started playing the piano at age 4, receiving classical training until she was 20, when...
John Medeski

John Medeski

male, 44 years old
Avant-garde organist, Hammond B3 organist, American jazz organist, Avant-garde pianist, hammond b3, mellotron…jazz pianist
Anthony John Medeski (b. 28 June 1965) is an American jazz keyboards player and composer. He plays the acoustic piano and an eclectic array of...
Karl Berger

Karl Berger

male, 74 years old
Post-bop composer, Gamelan, Post-bop pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Avant-garde vibraphonist, Post-bop vibraphonist…Avant-garde composer, jazz pianist
Karl Hanns Berger (born March 30, 1935 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a musicologist with a PhD in Music Sociology, jazz composer, jazz vibraphone and...