The Jazz Pianists

Directory

Geri Allen

June 12, 1957 — June 27, 2017

Lillian “Lil” Hardin Armstrong

February 3, 1898 — August 27, 1971

Paul Bley

November 10, 1932 — January 3, 2016

Dave Brubeck

December 6, 1920 — December 5, 2012

Nat King Cole

March 17, 1919 — February 15, 1965

Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea

June 12, 1941 — February 9, 2021

Duke Ellington

April 29, 1899 — May 24, 1974

Bill Evans

August 16, 1929 — September 15, 1980

Erroll Garner

June 15, 1921 — January 2, 1977

Herbie Hancock

April 12, 1940 —

Earl “Fatha” Hines

December 28, 1903 — April 22, 1983

Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim

October 9, 1934 —

Ahmad Jamal

July 2, 1930 — April 16, 2023

Keith Jarrett

May 8, 1945 —

James P. Johnson

February 1, 1894 — November 17, 1955

Scott Joplin

November 24, 1868 — April 1, 1917

Brad Mehldau

August 23, 1970 —

Mulgrew Miller

August 13, 1955 — May 29, 2013

Thelonious Monk

October 10, 1917 — February 17, 1982

Jelly Roll Morton

September 20, 1890 — July 10, 1941

Oscar Peterson

August 15, 1925 — December 23, 2007

Earl “Bud” Powell

September 27, 1924 — July 31, 1966

George Shearing

August 13, 1919 — February 14, 2011

Horace Silver

September 2, 1928 — June 18, 2014

Art Tatum

October 13, 1909 — November 5, 1956

Cecil Taylor

March 25, 1929 — April 5, 2018

Lennie Tristano

March 19, 1919 — November 18, 1978

McCoy Tyner

December 11, 1938 — March 6, 2020

Thomas “Fats” Waller

May 21, 1904 — December 15, 1943

Mary Lou Williams

May 8, 1910 — May 28, 1981

Teddy Wilson

November 24, 1912 — July 31, 1986

Timeline

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Ragtime

New Orleans-Style

Stride Piano

Boogie-woogie

Swing

Bebop

Mainstream Jazz

Cool Jazz / Third Stream

Hard Bop

Avant-Garde

Fusion

Contemporary

Scott Joplin

Jelly Roll Morton

James P. Johnson

Lil Hardin Armstrong

Duke Ellington

Earl Hines

Fats Waller

Art Tatum

Mary Lou Williams

Teddy Wilson

Thelonious Monk

Nat King Cole

Lennie Tristano

George Shearing

Dave Brubeck

Erroll Garner

Bud Powell

Oscar Peterson

Horace Silver

Cecil Taylor

Bill Evans

Ahmad Jamal

Paul Bley

Abdullah Ibrahim

McCoy Tyner

Herbie Hancock

Chick Corea

Keith Jarrett

Mulgrew Miller

Geri Allen

Brad Mehldau