Jazz Piano

Ragtime
  • Scott Joplin (1868 - 1917)
  • Joe Lamb (1887 - 1960)

Frühe Jazz Pianisten
  • Eubie Blake (1883 - 1983)
  • Jelly Roll Morton (1890 - 1941)
  • Earl Hines (1903 - 1983)
  • Lucky Roberts (1887 - 1968)
  • Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897 - 1973)
  • James P. Johnson (1894 - 1955)
  • Fats Waller (1904 - 1943)

Wichtiger Einfluß
  • Art Tatum (1909 - 1956)

Boogie-Woogie
  • Jimmy Yancey (1898 - 1951)
  • Pinetop Smith (1904 - 1929)
  • Pete Johnson (1904 - 1967)
  • Meade Lux Lewis (1905 - 1964)
  • Little Brother Mongomery (1906 - 1985)
  • Albert Ammons (1907 - 1949)
  • Memphis Slim (1915)
  • Art Hodes (1904 - 1993)

Swing Piano
  • Count Basie (1904 - 1986)
  • Jess Stacy (1904 - 1995)
  • Teddy Wilson (1912 - 1986)
  • Erroll Garner (1921 - 1977)
  • Ralph Sutton (1922)

Übergang zum Bop
  • Thelonious Monk (1917 - 1982)

Bop Piano

  • Mary Lou Williams (1910 - 1981)
  • Lennie Tristano (1919 - 1978)
  • Bud Powell (1924 - 1966)
  • Al Haig (1924 - 1982)
  • Oscar Peterson (1925)
  • Barry Harris (1929)
  • Hank Jones (1918)
  • Tommy Flanagan (1930)
  • Duke Jordan (1922)
  • Walter Bishop Jr. (1927 - 1998)
  • Elmo Hope (1923 - 1967)
  • Kenny Drew (1928 - 1993)
  • Dodo Marmarosa (1925)

Cool Piano
  • Lennie Tristano (1919 - 1978)
  • John Lewis (1920)
  • Bill Evans (1929 - 1980)
  • Dave Brubeck (1920)

Post Bop
  • Herbie Nichols (1919 - 1963)
  • Red Garland (1923 - 1984)
  • Randy Weston (1926)
  • Horace Silver (1928)
  • Phineas Newborn Jr. (1931 - 1989)
  • Wynton Kelly (1931 - 1971)
  • Bobby Timmons (1935 - 1974)
  • McCoy Tyner (1938)
  • Hal Galper (1938)
  • George Cables (1944)
  • Horace Parlan (1931)
  • Hugh Lawson (1935 - 1997)
  • Joanne Brackeen (1938)
  • Sunny Clark (1931 - 1963)

Free Style
  • Sun Ra (1915 - 1993)
  • Cecil Taylor (1929)
  • Alex von Schilippenbach (1938)
  • Yosuke Yamashita (1942)
  • Marilyn Crispell (1947)
  • Don Pullen (1941 - 1995)
  • Horace Tapscott (1934)
  • Muhal Richard Abrams (1930)
  • Dave Burrell (1940)

Experimentelle Pianospieler
  • Mal Waldron (1926)
  • Andrew Hill (1937)

Weitere wichtige Pianisten

  • Keith Jarrett (1945)
  • Michel Petrucciani (1962 - 2001)
  • Hilton Ruiz (1952)
  • Tete Montoliu (1933 - 1997)

Electric Piano
  • Joe Zawinul (1932)
  • Herbie Hancock (1940)
  • Chick Corea (1941)
  • Lonnie Liston Smith (1940)

Soul und R&B Piano
  • Ramsey Lewis (1935)
  • Junior Mance (1928)
  • Gene Harris (1933)
  • Joe Sample (1939)
  • Les McCann (1935 1996)

Neue Pianisten

  • Mulgrew Miller (1955)
  • Renee Rosnes
  • Gari Allen (1957)
  • Marcus Roberts (1963)
  • Michelle Rosewoman (1953)
  • Stephen Scott
  • Kenny Kirkland (1957)
  • James Williams
  • Donald Brown
  • Kenny Drew Jr.
  • Geoff Keezer
  • Benny Green (1963)