Ragtime

Scott Joplin
Tony Jackson
Eubie Blake
New Orleans Jazz Innovator

Jelly Roll Morton

Stride Piano

James P. JohnsonFats WallerLuckey Roberts
Donald LambertCliff JacksonHerman Chittison

Stride Pianists Who Later Became Modern

Duke Ellington - Mary Lou Williams


Boogie Woogie

Jimmy YanceyAlbert Ammons
Pete JohnsonMeade Lux Lewis

Unclassifiable Innovators

Earl Hines - Art Tatum


Swing

Teddy WilsonJoe SullivanJess Stacy
Bob ZurkeCount BasieBilly Kyle
Nat King ColeMel PowellEddie Heywood
Jay McShannJohnny Guarnieri

Founder Of Bop Piano

Bud Powell

Bop

George WallingtonAl HaigDuke Jordan
Dodo MarmarosaHampton HawesJoe Albany

Very Individual Pianists Beyond Bop

Thelonious MonkErroll Garner
Lennie TristanoOscar Peterson

1950s

Dave BrubeckJohn Lewis
George ShearingHank Jones
Barry HarrisTommy Flanagan
Roland HannaBilly Taylor
Lou LevyRuss Freeman
Claude WilliamsonPete Jolly
Jimmy RowlesMarian McPartland
Ellis LarkinsElmo Hope
Walter Bishop jr.Walter Davis
Kenny DrewRed Garland
Wynton KellySonny Clark
Phineas NewbornGerald Wiggins
Ray BryantMal Waldron
Randy WestonMartial Solal
Ahmad Jamal

Funky Hard Bop

Horace SilverBobby Timmons
Les McCannRamsey Lewis
Junior ManceGene Harris
Joe Zawinul

Revival

Art HodesWally Rose
Ralph SuttonDick Wellstood
Dick HymanJohnny Varro
Dave McKennaDave Frisberg
James DapognyJudy Carmichael
Reginald Robinson

Main Influences on Today's Acoustic Pianists

Bill Evans - McCoy Tyner


Avantgarde

Cecil TaylorHerbei Nichols
Paul BleySun Ra
Andew HillRan Blake
Horace TapscottMuhal Richard Abrams
Dave BurrellDon Pullen
Misha MengelbergAnthony Davis
Amina Claudine MyersVyacheslav Ganelin
Giorgio GasliniIrene Schweizer
Yosuke YamashitaMarilyn Crispell
Myra MelfordAlexander von Schlippenbach

Post Bop

Herbie HancockChick Corea
Keith JarrettCedar Walton
Kenny BarronJaki Byard
Monty AlexanderWalter Norris
Toshiko AkiyoshiSteve Kuhn
Roger KellawayHorace Parlan
Clare FisherMike Garson
Abdullah IbrahimKirk Lightsey
Tete MontoliuAlan Broadbent
Joanne BrackeenRichie Beirach
Adam MakowiczHal Galper
George CablesJames Williams
Donald BrownLarry Willis
Harold MabernStanley Cowell
John HicksMichel Petrucciani
Mulgrew MillerHilton Ruiz
Danilo PerezGeri Allen
Michele RosewomanBilly Childs
Bill CunliffeFred Hersch
Kenny KirklandBenny Green
Geoff KeezerMarcus Roberts
Jim McNeelyRenee Rosnes
Cyrus ChestnutStehen Scott
Jacky TerrassonKenny Drew jr.
Gonzalo RubalcabaJason Moran