Count Basie

Count Basie

male, deceased (1984)
One O'Clock Jump, American jazz bandleader, American jazz organist, Swing bandleader, Swing pianist, Vaudeville performer…Jazz bandleader, jazz pianist, Jazz organist, jazzpiano
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Commonly regarded as one...
McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

male, 70 years old
Modal jazz pianist, STACCATO, Pennsylvania musician, Mainstream jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist, Hard-bop pianist…Afro-Cuban jazz pianist, Progressive jazz pianist, American jazz bandleader, jazz musician, 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...
Bud Powell

Bud Powell

male, deceased (1966)
Bebop musician, Bebop pianist, Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell, American, jazzpiano, jazz…jazz 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...
Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck

male, 88 years old
cool jazz, Third Stream pianist, American jazz songwriter, Classical pianist, American military personnel of World War II, West Coast jazz pianist…Cool jazz pianist, jazz standard, jazz musician, Jazz composer, jazz pianist
David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California), better known as Dave Brubeck, is a U.S. jazz pianist. Often regarded as a...
Horace Silver

Horace Silver

male, 81 years old
jazz musician, cape verde, jazz pianist, Modal jazz pianist, tenor saxophone, Mainstream jazz pianist…piano, Jazz bandleader, Jazz composer, jazzpiano
Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928), born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
Fats Waller

Fats Waller

male, deceased (1943)
Jive singer, Ain't Misbehavin', death by pneumonia, Vaudeville performer, Swing pianist, Thomas Wright Waller…jazz musician, Jazz composer, jazz pianist, Jazz organist, jazzpiano
Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic...
Kenny Barron

Kenny Barron

male, 66 years old
At the Piano, Bossas & Ballads - The Lost Sessions, IMAGES, anniversary, serenity, Mainstream jazz pianist…Jazz fusion pianist, American Jazz Hall of Fame, jazz pianist, jazzpiano
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...
Claude Bolling

Claude Bolling

male, 79 years old
Borsalino, Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, Nice Conservatory, cannes, jazzpiano, california suite…jazz pianist
Claude Bolling (born April 10, 1930), is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. He was born in Cannes, studied...
Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson

male, deceased (1986)
Mainstream pianist, Tuskegee University alumni, Helen Ward, Swing pianist, Juilliard School faculty, American…jazzpiano, piano, jazz pianist, jazz musician
Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson (24 November 1912-31 July 1986) was a jazz pianist from the United States born in in Austin, Texas. His sophisticated...
Monty Alexander

Monty Alexander

male, 65 years old
Jamaican American, melodica, Melodica player, jazz musician, Othello Molineaux, Montgomery Bernard Alexander…Pacific Jazz, jazzpiano, jazz pianist
Monty Alexander (born Montgomery Bernard Alexander on June 6, 1944 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican pianist and melodica player. His playing has...