Rather the genius opted to define his own style that fitted his original compositions and his improvisations. Lists are a good way of focusing the mind, by making us consider who else could be there. I would move Ahmad Jamal higher on the list and include the great be-bop pianist Al Haig. I will enjoy the ride of just listening and enjoying. Can we move beyond the Count Basie, Benny Goodman, The 1940s-50s and at least start looking at free jazz in a meaningful way? WebBebop developed in the early 1940s, with the first recordings of Bebop appearing in late 1944 and early 1945. NO ALBUM BUT you can get THE CHRIS NOWAK PROJECT on YOUTUBE!!! A list like this is never going to please anyone. The Bebop is a converted interplanetary fishing trawler, originally designed to catch and transport fish from the melted oceans of Jupiters Ganymede moon. Herbie Nichols Are people not paying attention, or is this list changing? 7 Every other jazz pianist, @anyone that hasnt heard Mal Waldron First Encounter yet, Id love to hear your thoughts. The main complaints were the shows sexuality and violence. From Allentown, Pennsylvania, Jarrett started playing piano at the age of two and rapidly blossomed into a precociously gifted child prodigy steeped in classical music. check it out on YT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgckQmjUtcU. Bebop took the harmonies of the old jazz and superimposed on them additional substituted chords. Have never really understood the Art Tatum worship. Episode 2. Anyone who studies this music from that era cannot help but marvel at the way he played, always swinging, always melodic, always new. Jazz was everybodys music, right from the start. Musicians would test each others abilities by intentionally making the songs difficult to play. At the pinnacle of our list of the 50 best jazz pianists of all time is the man regarded as a keyboard deity. At least a dozen people complainig that the mediocre Diana Krall didnt make it in the list yet no one mentions Horace Tapscott. This list was clearly made up of people far from jazz. get with the bloody programme. Notice is starts on an off-beat, a semitone away from a chord tone, the arpeggiates up the chord (Dm7) from the 3rd to the 11th before returning back down via a scale with passing notes. This is not the case with concert classical pianists. Nice list, but far from perfect! She has listen very good to Gene Harris, but nevertheless, Live in Paris proves she is a very good piano player. Erroll said playing is like life -either you feel it or you dont -so true. 10. Miles Davis, at 22, was already bored by bop and wanted to try his hand at something else. And Bill Charlap, in the top 36. From Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Earl Fatha Hines was a key figure in the evolution of jazz piano-playing. 5. Lamont Jhonson,Rubalcaba,Phineas Newborn Jr.. Great artists- but I miss Erroll Garner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Miles Davis said she was the only white woman with soul. Her piano playing also influenced Bill Evans use of fourths in chord voicings and he also named her as one of his models of piano playing. When we meet our heroes, theyre in the process of getting their lives in order after a period of chaos. Herbie and Bud too low. He was one of the few remaining, one of the last, groups in jazz that continued to carry the flame. In 2010, she made a surprise appearance at Anime Expo. Shes an awesome pianist. Arguably the most compelling album he made was 1955s classic Concert By The Sea, which captures Garner in all his glory. To put Erroll Garner at 17 is ludicrous-if you listen extensively he is really unparallelled musically-also had a great technique and he was certainly the greatest composer among all the jazz giants.I happened to meet Erroll on tour in 1972 and he was the most self effacing lovely man you could meet.Junior Mance told me in 2015 that everyone was blown away by Erroll in the early days in NY and they all wanted to play like him, Paul Desmond - alto saxophone. Their last studio outing, was in June 1950. And note Erroll looked and sounded like he was having the time of his life-tragically died too young from lung cacer at 55yrs. 7 Bud Powell I cant believe no one mentioned PHINEAS NEWBORN JR.! and Monk was a great composer but a rather lousy pianist. Tigran Hamasyan is by far one of the best piano players in the world. Performers largely followed the melody of the song, with each member of the band getting a chance to shine and put their spin on the composition, just like crew during their adventures. To clean our neighborhoods and I play somethin right. Kenny Barron. Go clean your ears and learn some lineage!! It turns out no one was really ready for Cowboy Bebop. Jacques Loussier, John Lewis, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Petersen with their groups. But the big name often overlooked is Sonny Clark unmatched feel. Jelly Roll Morton I have been transcribing and analysing piano music for a lifetime,as a professional player.Compliment for the list is really reasonable .It s impossible to agree on names.Any musician does certain slyles or particulars better.Harmonisations,complex funky grooves, stride pop jazz ballads ,new ideas,tango jazz, gospel rock and so on. Our site uses cookies to tailor your experience, measure site performance and present relevant donation incentives and advertisements. Sheesh!! You left off the link. From Dallas, Texas, as a child this hard bop piano giant was raised on a diet of Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Bud Powell, and Thelonious Monk. Mehldaus long-running piano trio has also continually broken new ground with its near-telepathic collective improvisation and eclectic repertoire. You should see the list I put together with the additional pianist mentioned in the comments here. Its unlikely that the first thing you think of when Cowboy Bebop comes to mind is the violence, but its been a significant issue for the series. And it quickly became quite competitive. Ill say I enjoyed this list overall. (The lives of other Romantic composersSchubert, Schumann, etc.are equally dark.). 3.- Oscar Peterson. That marks nearly 18 years of Cowboy Bebop on Adult Swim. what about Hiromi ? Hazel Scott Now that i think of it, theres another japanese piano player, but you just have to HAVE her on this list! Unfortunately, there was a musicians strike which prevented all unionised musicians from recording albums between 1942 and 1944 in the US. What is bebop? Ill miss Eddie Haywood, and as pianoplayer Nat King Cole, and last Slim Gaillard, not for his skills but for make me happy, with his swing drive. John-Michael Bond is a tech reporter and culture writer for Daily Dot. In the event, Clarke was shipped off to Europe as part of the US contribution to the war effort, and he missed Bebop's explosion onto the scene in 1945. Cedar Walton and Mulgrew Miller should be at the top but are missing??? In addition to creating bebop, Gillespie is considered one of the first musicians to infuse Afro-Cuban, Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms with jazz. 5 Paul Bley In the late 1950s, Gillespie performed with Ellington, Paul Gonsalves and Johnny Hodges on EllingtonsJazz Party(1959). 'instead of being a workaholic salaried man working for his company. As to rhythmn, as they say in NY, Forget about it. Some jazz musicians also married bebop with classical music, among them The Modern Jazz Quartet, whose elegant, chamber jazz style was dubbed Third Stream Music. Hazel Scott Agree with most of the picks, but Gene Harris and Beegie Adair should have been included. Two of their log in sites told me the site was not secure. My AUTUMN IN MUSKOKA should really be called AUTUMN IN HEAVEN!! On the other hand, it was good to see Sonny Clark do well. These jam sessions are where Bebop was developed and perfected. No, is the answer. I agree especially Hines at no. Many people speak of bebop as a revolution in Jazz. 3. 2) THE WEST WING: The theme song at the END of an episode!! Spike uses a customized IMI Jericho 941 R, chambered in 9x19mm, complete with a laser sight he never uses during the show. ! She joined Earl Hines and his Grand Terrace Orchestra in 1943 and left in 1944 to How about the five best who are not on the list: Lennie Tristan Diana Krall? He joined the Frankie Fairfax Orchestra not long after, and then relocated to New York City, where he performed with Teddy Hill and Edgar Hayes in the late 1930s. What about Milt Buckner? 21 Teddy Wilson He is also a graduate of the same program that I graduated from (YORK UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS-MUSIC MAJOR). He had a flashy technique with all those runs and arpeggios, but Ive never heard him swing. Kenny Drew ", Of the theme tune itself, Pentreath added: "As well as being incredibly sharp, impactful jazz writing (take a listen to the big band-style opening title track, "Tank!" This logo is a tribute to the 80s Flash Gordon movie logo, which you can see below. Indeed, whittling it down was not an easy task, but weve persevered and come up with a list of names that we believe represent the most important ivory-ticklers of the genre. He was possibly the greatest of all the Bop pianists. Just as the boundaries of jazz were pushed by the bebop revolution, Gillespies lyrics to the song are equally as provocative. Not mentioned by anyone in this thread), Marian Petrescu (unbelievable), Michel Camilo. Its worth noting that tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins anticipated the improv aspect of bebop when he recorded the song Body & Soul in 1939, in which he Kirkland also played with jazz greats, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and drummer Elvin Jones, in the 80s, and appeared on five albums by ex-Police frontman, Sting. Though he gleaned much from the left-hand stride-style of Art Tatum, alto saxophonist and bebop architect Charlie Parker was Powells main inspiration. Spike and crew are charged with hunting down the pirates George, Harman, and Ruth. You missed Dave Zoller. Any top 50 list will be flawed, but BY FAR the greatest oversight was to not include Hampton Hawes! (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). It represented the sentiment of 'why don't we take it easy and be more like a human being? Or Dave McKenna. No Eddie Higgins? He recorded some singles across 1949 and 50 that eventually became an album called The Birth Of The Cool. In a stroke of fate, the universe made sure things started coming together for them exactly three years ago. Myra Melford is missing, and yes Diana Krall belongs there. As a teenager, Jarrett was seduced by jazz and quickly became fluent in its idiom. 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. There are a few solo piano entries in the jazz aristocrats extensive discography (most notably, perhaps, 1953s The Duke Plays Ellington) that reveal the full extent of Ellingtons skills. If you need confirmation of this, go see the wonderful 1 hr docu on Hines @ https://vimeo.com/58414566. Lester was most masterful with ballads, also, especially in recordings made with combos that were backing Billie Holliday. However. Also some pianists from outside the U.S. have to be given serious consideration: Gonzalo Rubalcaba (unbelievable chops and ideas), Eldar Djangirov (I heard and hung out with him when he was still in his teensmade me want to quit playing), Tete Montoliu, Bobby Enriquez (amazing Filipino pianist not mentioned once in this thread), Adam Makowicz (from PolandI also saw him live and hung out with him. Each episode is named after a famous band or genre of music, from episode 1 Asteroid Blues to episode 5 Ballad of Fallen Angels, a tribute to the Aerosmith song of the same name. He is a genius and should be the first among the greatest. As already pointed out by other folks here, there a few important omissions: Mal Waldron, Brad Mehldau, Don Friedman, Barry Harris, Lenny Tristano, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McParland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLLHZmRvMj4&list=OLAK5uy_kYNmW4pdq99QhTC5Q7VajuN48GPfk4DfA&index=1. I do have some issues with some on list but the top 5 ( in a different order ) is very good but is debateable in some people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa99q-vq4bI&list=OLAK5uy_k7M-0PcT5vtPSusxNDlUYOkkVOJEwZ5vM&index=10. He didnt travel extensively, but he was good enough to replace Oscar in Ray Browns band. I might add to that list, Hazel Scott, Horace Tapscott and Bobby Scott (puns? Earl Hines From Brooklyn, New York, Kirkland had a fruitful association with the Marsalis brothers, Wynton and Branford, in the 80s and 90s, appearing as a sideman on many of their albums. Required fields are marked *. Thank you for putting Barry Harris on the list. She once said that this is a way she likes to work, for she does not have to deal with rules during composing. A bunch of rock musicians ????? For the opening theme song called 'inner universe,' I had an image of digital bits and composed a score consisting of recurrent quick beats.[5]. For the record Charles Thompson is the very first person to comment on this list. Even simpler than MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB: Imposible que no figure uno de los creadores y geniales pianistas del principio: JELLY ROLL MORTON y luego el inmortal Fats Waller, el maravilloso Earl Hines, el grande Teddy Wilson. Oscar Peterson there is a more influence on jazz innovation than bill evans . And Brad Mehldau, of course. Sonny is a musicians musician he would rank higher if this were polled from a sample only consisting of jazz pianists. I dont understand Herbie Hancock at #4ahead of Oscar Peterson, Fats Walleryoure kidding me! , And the list has 36 pianists because there are 36 black keys on the piano? If there is one piano player who, in my opinion, comes out tops in all categories it has to be While the movie series never took off, at least it will live forever as a cult favorite and anime Easter egg. A jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie played with Charlie Parker and developed the music known as "bebop." Extraordinarily versatile, and a composer/arranger as well as a piano player. He also recorded a slew of solo albums, all of which highlighted his glistening, horn-like right-hand melodies and penchant for block chordal accompaniment. 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). The Seatbelts have put out five collections of Cowboy Bebop soundtracks, along with providing studio recordings for Jin-Roh, Ask DNA,and Future Blues. A master of musical understatement. During this time, Kannowhose parents had only allowed her to listen to classical musicwas introduced to rhythm by a friend who played drums in a school band. One of an elite handful of jazz artists to score a big crossover pop hit in the 60s (Take Five), California-born Brubeck, who grew up on a ranch, studied to be a vet but switched to music during college. Miles Davis - trumpet. and Oscar Peterson has had his moments (Blues for the Prairies, Hogtown Blues etc) his rubato is pretty good too. Charlies Reply: AL HAIG!, The very underestimated Dave MacKenna could be mentionned here. Finally, if we took into account virtuosism (true virtuosism, which involves making it sound clear and perfect) Id add Hancock, Tatum, Peterson and Corea; Hancock being the one pianist who can get the best SOUND out of a grand piano hes absolute perfection playing chords. Bebop: History of Jazz MUS1212 Course Assignment Outline, chapter ten. Clare Fischer??? While the shows censorship in America made sense as a cautious response to 9/11, the series struggles in Japan were another matter. Wild Horses also contains a hidden Babe Ruth Easter egg in the form of its villains. The list goes on ,doesnt it? Too many great ones left off, as mentioned in the comments. He played with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson in the late 50s, but his career really took off when he moved to New York City in the 60s. Lincoln was right; facts are stubborn things. [citation needed], (Artists ordered by year of first collaboration), Companies that have commissioned Kanno for commercial music.[24]. 8.Pinetop Smith Lennie Tristano is $50. He also began working with musical greats such as Fitzgerald, Earl Hines, Jimmy Dorsey and Parker around this time. John Cho as Spike Spiegel in Netflix's live-action remake of "Cowboy Bebop." While their main focus is chasing down fugitives on various planets to make woolong (the currency in the world of Cowboy Bebop), they also have to contend with their shady pasts. Phineas Newborn -John Lewis-Billy Strayhorn -should be in the top 10 15. Totally agree about Mary Lou Williams and Marian McPartland. The term is well-known, but many jazz newcomers often ask: what is bebop? Thanks to the hyper-realistic gun designs used in the show, fans have been able to figure out exactly what heat everyone is packing. It was performed for him and Empress Masako at the enthronement celebration on November 9, 2019. Born and raised in Detroit, Harris, whose mother played piano in church, was an early starter, taking up his chosen instrument at the age of four. Another vote for Al Haig. 17 Vince Guaraldi I have seen live Count Basie, Duke Ellington with their Bands, Earl Fatha Hines (Solo). 23 George Shearing 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. They surely must be up there with the best. Corrections? As well as being famed for her work on Cowboy Bebop, the Japanese composer has written scores for many popular anime series, including Wolf's Rain and Where is Joe Sample? The Official Website of American Composer Augusta Read Thomas. This isnt true. Thanks to the hyper-realistic gun designs used in the show, fans have been able to figure out exactly what heat everyone is packing. To blowin horns, to walking with the bass up right Bud Powell If the list would be longer, I definitely would add Jimmy Rowles, Bill Charlap and Georgy Szabados. 25 Kenny Kirkland There are so many great Jazz Pianists!!!! I was having a drink one evening with Frank Strazerri and he said George Gershwin could cut me. I dont warm to Art Tatum thoughmostly flash more than substance and pretty much feel that way about Oscar Peterson too. Garners ear for music was legendary. If you needed to make some room in the 36 for the glaring omissions, conisder removing Shearing, Mays, Grusin and James. I cannot believe that everyone is forgetting about one pianist that a lot of people think is just a notch lower than Oscar Peterson: She is much admired by jazz pianists and the few jazz radio stations that still exist (e. g., KCSM). Some scientists claim if you put a monkey at a typewriter and gave him 100,000 years or so, he would eventually write MacBeth or Romeo and Juliet. No Paul Bley??? I agree Diana Krall does not belong anywhere near this list. Gene Harris should be in the top 3 easily! He recorded with Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker before embarking on a stellar solo career that blossomed in the 50s. In a stroke of fate, the universe made sure things started coming together for them exactly three years ago. Probably top ten. are odd choices. Editors note: This article is regularly updated for relevance. Though hugely influential Oscar Peterson was one of his prime disciples Tatums life came to an end shortly after his 47th birthday. Hey Daniel, yours is one of only few comments I could subscribe. 16 Herbie Hancock Hes Mozart of Jazz Piano! Hampton Hawes is another deserving pianist who both Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson admired so greatly. His earliest influence wasRoy Eldridge, whom he later replaced in Teddy Hills band. Though hes almost 80, Hancock still has the musical inquisitiveness of a teenager. Barry Harris? Missing Mulgrew Miller, Barry Harris, Kenny Barron, Fred Hersh and Don Grolnick from the older generation, Gerald Clayton, Christian Sands, Bill Charlap and Robert Glasper from the younger ones. Agree with many comments,especially Marion MacPartland. Unbelievable!!!! No armenian piano player either. Shorter was one of the most influential jazz people of his time (starting in the 60;s #Bebop . Though hes flirted with funk, dabbled with disco, and even dallied with electro and hip-hop (exemplified by his 1983 global hit, Rockit), at heart this Chicago-born musical chameleon is a committed jazz pianist. I shall say it again Tristano is #50!! Hank Jones much, much higherand Im the biggest Basie fan you can imagine, but dont believe as a PLAYER he rates with players who were or are featured in trios and quartetsas some have said, Mary Lou Williams should be in here. so you include Duke Ellington and keep out BILLY STRAYHORN an RED GARLAND??? I wouldnt know who to place #1, but Id be choosing between Evans, Mehldau and Jarrett. Good list, but please get Bob James the hell off of it and put a great pianist on it. Old hands playing very sweet music.. OFF TOPIC BUT STILL INTERESTING!! (Fulford Street Romp and Tippin Home From Sunday School). HOUSE is played by the great actor and multi-instrumentalist HUGH LAURIE. Influenced by Bud Powell and noted for his horn-like right-hand melodies, Clark was a sideman for Dinah Washington, Sonny Rollins, and Charles Mingus, and also enjoyed a fecund five-year spell at Blue Note Records, where he served up nine albums, including the classic hard bop manifesto Cool Struttin. He later created his own band and developed his own signature style, known as "bebop," and worked with musical greats like Cab Calloway, .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:.25rem;color:#a00000;-webkit-transition:all .3s ease-in-out;transition:all .3s ease-in-out}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover}Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Hines, Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. In jazz, the horns the saxophones and trumpets have traditionally been the musics glamour instruments and its main focus. etc. 28 Ramsey Lewis Co-workers are not friends, companies are not families: Worker mocks workplaces culture after being made to return to office for it, Those are words you never say to a bartender: Bartender puts customers who ask for surprise me drinks on blast, *First Published: Apr 18, 2018, 6:00 am CDT. Ok, I take it back. He doesnt deserve a top 36 spot!? Enjoy. Mary Lou Williams Episode 19, Wild Horses, was also briefly banned in 2003 for a few years due to its similarity to the Columbia shuttle disaster. The late RANDY WESTON?! One of the reasons people believe Bebop was a break with the past is due to an accident of history. Grusin and James (nice people!) Disappointing to see that no one has mentioned Satoko Fujii so far. There is an alternative top 100 list over at Ranker.com. By: AP New York | Updated: February 9, 2023 21:42 IST The Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning Burt Bacharach died Wednesday. 15 Jelly Roll Morton The music of Charlie Parker and me laid a foundation for all the music that is being played now, Gillespie said years later.
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