Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson

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

McCoy Tyner

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

Keith Jarrett

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

Marian McPartland

female, 91 years old
Slough, England, Women in jazz, violinist, Mainstreamjazzpianist, Cool jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist…Swing pianist, Bebop pianist, Piano Jazz, pianist, jazz pianist
Marian McPartland (b. March 20, 1918), born Margaret Marian Turner, is a jazz pianist, violinist and host of Mary McPartland's Piano Jazz on...
Kenny Barron

Kenny Barron

male, 66 years old
At the Piano, Bossas & Ballads - The Lost Sessions, IMAGES, anniversary, serenity, Mainstreamjazzpianist…Post-bop pianist, Jazz fusion pianist, Hard-bop pianist, American Jazz Hall of Fame, jazz pianist
Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943 in Philadelphia), is a United States jazz pianist. He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, and...
Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams

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

Horace Silver

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

Mulgrew Miller

male, 54 years old
Neo-bop pianist, Modal jazz pianist, Hard-bop pianist, Post-bop pianist, Mainstreamjazzpianist, Max Jazz Records…jazz, jazz pianist, jazz musician
Mulgrew Miller is an American jazz pianist born in 1955 in Greenwood, Mississippi who performs in a number of jazz mediums. In a childhood filled...
Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor

male, 88 years old
Duke Ellington Orchestra member, Soul-jazz pianist, Derek Trucks, Bebop pianist, Hard-bop pianist, Mainstreamjazzpianist…The Subject Is Jazz, jazz musician, Jazz composer, jazz pianist, jazz
Billy Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina on July 24, 1921. Dr. Taylor, one of jazz's most influential African-American pianists,...