He influenced a generation;one notable was Dudley Moore who could imitate Errolls playing very well esp the left hand-but nobody has ever quite sounded the same though Errolls brother said there was a Tommy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLLHZmRvMj4&list=OLAK5uy_kYNmW4pdq99QhTC5Q7VajuN48GPfk4DfA&index=1. Thanks to you, Talking Stein, I went there .. and No Thank You! Wheres Marian McPartland, Bill Charlap, Joe Augustine? His own discography contains just one solo album, 1991s Kenny Kirkland, for GRP, though its likely that, had he not died prematurely, aged 43, from congestive heart failure, Kirkland would have recorded many more solo albums. He eked a living as a jobbing pianist for hire until emigrating to the US in 1947, where he quickly made a name for himself with his synthesis of swing, bebop, and elements drawn from classical music. Phineaso Newborn is a huge miss as others have pointed out Mulgrew and James Williams can be easily be added in front of a few on the list Billy Taylor as well and Hampton Hawes should be in the top 20 sorry but Dave Grusin and Bob James are great players but no where near the virtuosos listed above and for that thought Monty Alexander could blow most of these guys away and what about Dick Hyman I love Joe Zawinul and all of his music but the list is of Pianists and a huge amount of his recorded work is Keyboard based -so not in the top 30 finally Fred Hersch needs to be in the top 30 for his musical diversity alone owe and there is that Mehldau guy. FOR LYDIAN MODE FANS: Dr Billy Taylor, Geri Allen, Johnny Costa, Marian & Mary Lou, Claude Bolling. Macleod and guest turn to the 88 keys of the piano, under the phenomenal fingers of Bebop's two most influential pianists: Bud Powell and Thelonius Monk. No Fred Hersch? Dizzy Gillespie: a founding father of the bebop revolution No Kenny Barron but you have that crackpot Keith Jarrett on this list? Please, As with all harmonic instruments (and probably even melodic ones) there are so many elements in playing them). Diana Krall? Here's Who Wrote the Iconic Score for 'Cowboy Bebop' Me too. For me there is Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and then everybody else. Second to none. bebop, also called bop, the first kind of modern jazz, which split jazz into two opposing camps in the last half of the 1940s. Phineas Newborn Jr should, of course,. He swung like no other. A bunch of rock musicians ????? I thought my friend was a genius. As good as Duke was at composing, I believe that most people have not noted that he wrote the simplest tune (melody) in the history of music. Piano has so many fantastic players that for me I have a huge amount of favorites. The term is well-known, but many jazz newcomers often ask: what is bebop? BUD: I thought that for sure you would pick up on this since you and Lennie have the same LAST NAME! Newsletter: Secret China dinos conspiracy, I love how your voice is in all of our heads: How TikTok came to love and fear Everybodys so creative, NOTHING is better than REMOTE work! That list is voted on by average joes and jills. Gillespies father was an amateur bandleader who, although dead by the time Gillespie was ten, had given his son some of his earliest grounding in music. They surely must be up there with the best. Good list, but please get Bob James the hell off of it and put a great pianist on it. Teddy Wilson 21 WTF? comes to mind is the violence, but its been a significant issue for the series. Gonzalo Rubalcaba should be on list, somewhere near the top. DUKE JORDAN, AL HAIG, SIR WALTER BISHOP, RED GARLAND, JUST TO NAME A FEW MISSING ARTISTS. And Scott Joplin on the list? Bebop Bounty Big Band on Instagram: ONE WEEK AWAY: So he has to be right up there and is my favourite primarily because of his unique musicianship and his unmatched intros-beat that! University of Virginia. Allen Toussaint (Bright Mississippi). [4] She studied keyboard from a young age on both the piano in her home and the organ at her kindergarten. Any of these women in my opinion were superior to several names on this list: Marian McPartland, Mary Lou Williams, Joanne Brackeen, Renee Rosnes, Eliane Elias, Geri Allen, Jessica Williams, Hiromi, and a few others. Ketil Bjornstadt The late PAT LUDWIG from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Outside of his band, Lewis made many albums under his own name, the earliest in 1955. First of all, there is a severe under-representation of brilliant, young pianists: Hiromi, Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Brad Mehldau, Fabian Almazan, Bill Laurance, Cory Henry, James Francies, Tigran Hamasyan, perhaps even the Wunderkind Joey Alexander. But saying that Monk was lousy as a piano player come on. Claude Bolling And quite frankly I tire of patterns that a few of the persons above play over and over and over and over regardless of how technically difficult they are to execute. 5. While youre reading, listen to our Jazz Piano Classics playlist here. Before Bebop, if you wanted to improvise, you could get away with knowing little music theory and largely just feeling your way through the song using your ear to find what sounded good. wont change it just the way it is. A nine-time Grammy nominee, Barron has been recording since the late 60s and his many collaborators include fellow pianists Tommy Flanagan and Barry Harris. What???? Today, he is considered one of the most influential figures of jazz and bebop. Dianna Krall is a fine musician but is she really a great innovative pianist or just a good all around pianist and entertainer. In the United States, the shows initial run was censored due to content; however, several episodes were also cut due to the show premiering the week before the 9/11 attacks. Costa Is GREAT. The best unknown jazz piano player. A recording ban by the US musicians union between 1942 and 1944 (they were striking to get a better royalty rate from the recording companies) meant that the birth pangs of bebop were initially not well documented on record, but when the ban was lifted, the floodgates opened. Not mentioned by anyone in this thread), Marian Petrescu (unbelievable), Michel Camilo. While i appreciate most opinions, you dont belong anywhere on this planet. The house band at Miltons included drummer Kenny Clarke and pianist Thelonious Monk. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. (The lives of other Romantic composersSchubert, Schumann, etc.are equally dark.). This is even when the title has not be decided yet.[6]. Put simply, Cowboy Bebop "wouldn't be the same without its music.". Apart from that: Nobody misses Cedar Walton? As a teacher, this capable Philadelphia pianist can count Maynard Ferguson pianist Earl MacDonald, and recent Blue Note signing Aaron Parks, as his star pupils. Episode 2. In short, I suggest you might devise a poll based on categories such as as harmonic creativity, melodic creativity, originality, interpretation, composition and form building, playing technique, influence on other musicians etc etc. In addition to being a gifted pianist, Walton was also a noted composer, contributing Bolivia and Mode For Joe to the jazz standards repertoire. Here are my thoughts: BRAD MEHLDAU. In his heyday, in the early years of the 20th Century, Joplin was crowned King Of Ragtime, a jaunty, syncopated style of music that was an amalgam of African-American and Western European music. He recorded with Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker before embarking on a stellar solo career that blossomed in the 50s. Here is just a sampling of his work and there is much more on youtube. It turns out no one was really ready for Cowboy Bebop. Lets take the white keys on the piano too? I wouldnt know who to place #1, but Id be choosing between Evans, Mehldau and Jarrett. I played it myself! Agree..many left off.Marian especially.A d what a out Joanne Brackeen?Phenomenal. Ok, you gave us a Braxton and Threadgill set..MORE??? 5 Paul Bley Diana Krall? Click hereto find out more. composer Though their music infused Waltons own style, he found his own voice on the piano and, after a stint with Kenny Dorham, John Coltrane, and The Jazztet, he joined Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers in 1961, going on to cut nine albums with the group. Herbie Hancock Bebop is a heavily improvisational style of jazz, known for sudden and frequent key changes. Indeed, Watanabe, the creator of the original anime, is known to be a huge fan of jazz and it is why the musical genre features so heavily in the soundtrack. The Modern Jazz Quartet got me and countless others into modern jazz, as opposed to trad and Dixieland. Cowboy Bebops influences are worn broadly and proudly, but perhaps none as proudly as the tribute in episode 22, Cowboy Funk. During the commercial break, viewers are treated to the following image. If you dont know her, get out there, drop whatever youre doing and listen to her, and redo this list! [6] In regards to spirituality and religion, she said: I'm not religious at all. JOHN BALLYANTYNE!! Jet and Spike started working together, Fae was taken out of cryofreeze, and Ed wandered away from the orphanageand as a result, we have, The cryogenic chamber Faye finally escapes has the serial number NCC-1701-B. 2-Bill Evans Never forcing a things while maintaining the same body and hand position during loud or soft passages (Keith simply lacked this physical advantage, making things worse when he stood up while playing). An eclectic, versatile pianist who also played saxophone, Massachusetts-born Byards own music drew on everything from ragtime to free jazz and also covered all styles in between. (read some of the comments that perpetuate the old he cant play that well myth that Leonard Feather perpetuatedactually I dont believe any of the others could play as he does nor should they try). He would arguably earn his place among the best jazz pianists solely for giving the jazz world the perennially popular standard Misty, which he composed in 1954 and recorded many times thereafter. Myriad pianists have fallen under Evans spell, including Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, and, more recently, Brad Mehldau. s titles referenced The Stray Cats, Rolling Stones, Queen, Miles David, the heavy metal itself, Samba music, Herbie Hancock, and more. Parece que al o los autores de la lista no les gusta el jazz ms tradicional, es una fea y equivocada discriminacin. Aside from guitar, vocals, saxophone and harmonica, he plays a mean jazz piano! I might come up with a different list. H outros e bem melhores!!! The missing link between Art Tatum and bebop, his status as one of the best jazz pianists of all time is forever assured. No list is complete without Vince Guaraldi, Monty Alexander, John Beasley and Nat King Cole. I cannot believe that everyone is forgetting about one pianist that a lot of people think is just a notch lower than Oscar Peterson: He is amazing! 3 Ahmad Jamal whoever compiled this list has clearly never hear Gene Harris play. [citation needed] Later, she composed NHK's official support song on the occasion of the first anniversary of the earthquake entitled "Hana wa Saku" ("Flowers Will Bloom") featuring lyrics by Sendai film director Shunji Iwai. Check out his FLYING FINGERS CD. If you need confirmation of this, go see the wonderful 1 hr docu on Hines @ https://vimeo.com/58414566. The question is ridiculous, because it is impossible to answer. He was born in France but with a last name like that, his father probably is/was (?) Mister Waring fails to mention Lester Youngs tenor sax solos with the Count Basie band of the mid-to-late 1930s.