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Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time: Ranking Analysis & Photos

by Gene Rizzo

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Jazz piano, ranked and documented

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Jazz piano, ranked and documented

Gene Rizzo’s survey organizes a broad span of jazz piano history around a ranked selection of 50 players. Each entry pairs a concise biographical sketch with a photograph and landmark recordings, while the selection criteria include technique, originality, creativity, and influence. Supplementary lists extend the scope beyond the main ranking, naming twenty additional contenders, women players, and other musicians considered. The ranking gives the book a clear point of debate, while its profiles and recording references also make it a compact guide to notable figures in jazz piano.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Jazz listeners interested in piano history and musician profiles
  • Fans who enjoy comparing rankings and debating jazz selections
  • Readers seeking artist biographies alongside landmark recording references

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Jazz piano historyMusician biographiesRankings and influenceLandmark recordings

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Book overview

Handy resource for jazz listeners and hardcore fans. Spanning players from eighty years of history, this bold book steps forward and claims who are the greatest. Compiled from an extensive survey conducted with the best jazz minds in the education, publishing and entertainment worlds, noted jazz journalist Gene Rizzo summarized the chosen and presents a concise bio on the essence of these jazz giants. Choices were made on the basis of chops, originality, creativity, and degree of influence. This book will either confirm some readers' opinions or open debate with others, but ultimately the book provides an impressive summary of the greatest jazz piano players of all time. A photo accompanies each listing, and landmark recordings are also listed. Extra lists include the next twenty to be selected, the top women players and an alphabetical list of all the other players considered.
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