Bud Powell

Bud Powell

male, deceased (1966)
Bebop musician, Beboppianist, Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell, American, jazz piano, jazz…jazz pianist, bebop, pianist
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 271924 - July 311966 in New York City) was one of the most influential pianists in the history of jazz. Along...
Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

male, deceased (1982) (Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States)
Beboppianist, death by stroke, Hard-bop pianist, buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, improvisation, pianist…bebop, jazz pianist, American jazz pianist
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made...
Barry Harris

Barry Harris

male, 79 years old
Beboppianist, Hard-bop pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist, Berklee school, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, American…jazz pianist, Bebop musician, bebop
Barry Harris (born December 15, 1929) is an American bebop jazz pianist and educator. Born in Detroit, Michigan, on December 15, 1929, Barry Harris...
Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson

male, 84 years old
Beboppianist, Swing pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist, From Mississauga, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Freemason…pianist, jazz pianist
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. (b. August 15, 1925, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Oscar Peterson is...
Hank Jones

Hank Jones

male, 91 years old
Beboppianist, Swing pianist, Onyx Club, Henry "Hank" Jones, John Kirby, Hot Lips Page…jazz pianist, Bebop musician, bebop
Henry "Hank" Jones (born July 31, 1918) was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age...
Duke Jordan

Duke Jordan

male, deceased (2006)
Beboppianist, Hard-bop pianist, Irving Sidney Jordan, Steeplechase Records, steeplechase, Jordu…jazz pianist
Irving Sidney Jordan was an American Jazz pianist. Best known as a regular member of Charlie Parker's quintet during 1947-48, he had a long solo...
Horace Silver

Horace Silver

male, 81 years old
jazz musician, cape verde, jazz pianist, Modal jazz pianist, tenor saxophone, Mainstream jazz pianist…Post-bop pianist, Hard-bop pianist, Beboppianist, Soul-jazz pianist
Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928), born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
Tommy Flanagan

Tommy Flanagan

male, deceased (2001)
Beboppianist, Hard-bop pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist, arterial aneurysm, Thomas Lee Flanagan, The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery…jazz pianist, Bebop musician, pianist
Thomas Lee Flanagan 16 March, 1930-16 November, 2001) was an American jazz pianist born in Detroit, Michigan, particularly remembered as an...
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko Akiyoshi

female, 80 years old
Beboppianist, Hard-bop pianist, Japanese, American jazz bandleader, Women in jazz, Grammy…jazz pianist
is a jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. She is among the first successful female instrumentalists in jazz. She is recognized as a...
Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams

female, deceased (1981)
Harold Shorty Baker, Third Stream pianist, Beboppianist, Swing pianist, Post-bop pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist…stride pianist, jazz pianist, bebop, pianist
Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz stride pianist, composer, and arranger. She was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up...