Jazz Pianists You Should Modernists - 60's

Bill Evans
Know Roland Hanna
Randy Weston
Stride and Swing Stanley Cowell
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton Albert Dailey
James P. Johnson Kenny Barron
Willie "The Lion" Smith Jaki Byard
Thomas "Fats" Waller Tommy Flanagan
Earl "Fatha" Hines Joe Zawinul
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington Herbie Hancock
William "Count" Basie McCoy Tyner
Art Tatum Keith Jarrett
Jess Stacy Chick Corea
Nat "King" Cole Cedar Walton
Mary Lou Williams Cecil Taylor
Erroll Garner Paul Bley

Be-Bop- 40's 70s-80's

Thelonius Monk Kirk Lightsey
Earl "Bud" Powell Mulgrew Miller
Hank Jones John Hicks
Al Haig Kenny Kirkland
John Lewis Andy Laverne
George Shearing Eliane Elias
Elmo Hope Richie Beirach
Herbie Nichols Hal Galper
Billy Taylor James Williams
Barry Harris Jim McNeely
Oscar Peterson Joanne Brackeen
Donald Brown
Post-Bop- 50's
Horace Silver Contemporary
Dave Brubeck Kenny Werner
Red Garland Art Lande
Wynton Kelly Fred Hersch
Hampton Hawes Brad Meldhau
Ray Bryant Marcus Roberts
Bobby Timmons Jason Moran
Sonny Clark Michel Camilo
Phineas Newborn, Jr. Cyrus Chestnut
Ahmad Jamal Bill Cunliffe
Lennie Tristano David Hazeltine
Dave Kikowski
Danilo Perez

.With apologies to the many not

included on this list..