Chick Corea

Chick Corea

male, 68 years old
Scientologist, Jazz fusion pianist, Jazz fusion, OTVIII, Post-bop pianist, EarlyCreativepianist…Contemporary jazz pianist, pianist, jazz pianist
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer. He is...
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, EarlyCreativepianist, 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...
McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

male, 70 years old
Modal jazz pianist, STACCATO, Pennsylvania musician, Mainstream jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist, Hard-bop pianist…Modern Creative pianist, EarlyCreativepianist, Afro-Cuban jazz pianist, Progressive jazz pianist, jazz pianist
Alfred McCoy Tyner (born December 11 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his work with the John Coltrane...
Jaki Byard

Jaki Byard

male, deceased (1999)
New England Conservatory of Music faculty, Progressive jazz pianist, Progressive big band musician, Third Stream pianist, EarlyCreativepianist, Bebop pianist…Post-bop pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist, stride pianist, jazz pianist
Jaki (John) Byard was a jazz piano player and composer who also played trumpet and saxophones, among several other instruments. He was noteworthy...
Alexander von Schlippenbach

Alexander von Schlippenbach

male, 71 years old
Free jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, EarlyCreativepianist, Modern Creative pianist, Experimental big band musician, Globe Unity Orchestra…jazz pianist, pianist
Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 1938 in Berlin) is a German jazz pianist and composer. Schlippenbach started to play piano from the age of 8 and...

Irène Schweizer

female, 68 years old
Free improvisation pianist, Free jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, EarlyCreativepianist, Modern Creative pianist, Maggie Nichols…jazz pianist, pianist
Irène Schweizer is a notable Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist. She was born in Schaffhausen, in 1941. She has performed and recorded n...