Misha Mengelberg

Misha Mengelberg

male, 74 years old
Gaudeamus International Composers Award, Free improvisation pianist, Avant-garde pianist, ModernCreativepianist, 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...
Matthew Shipp

Matthew Shipp

male, 48 years old
Free improvisation pianist, Free jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, ModernCreativepianist, 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...
McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

male, 70 years old
Modal jazz pianist, STACCATO, Pennsylvania musician, Mainstream jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist, Hard-bop pianist…ModernCreativepianist, Early Creative pianist, 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...
Alexander von Schlippenbach

Alexander von Schlippenbach

male, 71 years old
Free jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Early Creative pianist, ModernCreativepianist, 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...
Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill

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

Ran Blake

male, 74 years old
Third Stream pianist, Avant-garde pianist, ModernCreativepianist, 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...
Abdullah Ibrahim

Abdullah Ibrahim

male, 75 years old
A Morning in Paris, Duke Ellington presents The Dollar Brand Trio, Progressive jazz pianist, ModernCreativepianist, Post-bop pianist, Folk musician…pianist, jazz pianist
Abdullah Ibrahim (born 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa), formerly known as Adolph Johannes Brand, and as Dollar Brand, is a South African...
Joe Chambers

Joe Chambers

male, 67 years old
composer, Post-bop pianist, ModernCreativepianist, Post-bop drummer, Contemporary jazz pianist, Progressive jazz pianist…Modern Creative drummer, Mainstream jazz pianist, pianist, jazz pianist
Joe Chambers (born June 25, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist and composer most notable for his work with Wayne Shorter on the album...
Wolfgang Dauner

Wolfgang Dauner

male, 73 years old
German, Classic jazz pianist, ModernCreativepianist, Jazz fusion pianist, Stuttgart, Germany, keyboardist…jazz pianist, pianist
Wolfgang Dauner (born December 30, 1935) is a German jazz fusion pianist, composer and keyboardist born in Stuttgart, Germany, probably better...

Irène Schweizer

female, 68 years old
Free improvisation pianist, Free jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Early Creative pianist, ModernCreativepianist, 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...