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Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Pianists: Rankings

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This poll closes on June 28, 2024 | Voters: 151

1
Bill Evans
piano
4
McCoy Tyner
piano
5
Bud Powell
piano
7
Chick Corea
piano
8
Art Tatum
piano
9
Ahmad Jamal
piano
10
11
Dave Brubeck
piano
13
Count Basie
piano
14
Red Garland
piano
15
16
Wynton Kelly
piano
17
Hank Jones
piano
18
Fats Waller
piano
19
20
Cecil Taylor
piano
21
23
Sonny Clark
piano
24
Cedar Walton
piano
25
Earl Hines
piano
27
John Lewis
piano
28
Joe Sample
piano
29
31
32
Kenny Drew
piano
33
Teddy Wilson
piano
35
36
Mal Waldron
piano
37
Jaki Byard
piano
39
Gene Harris
piano
40
41
Ramsey Lewis
piano
42
Andrew Hill
piano
43
Geri Allen
piano
47
Carla Bley
piano
48
50
51
52
George Duke
piano
53
Don Pullen
piano
54
Paul Bley
piano
55
Les McCann
piano
56
Barry Harris
piano
57
Al Haig
piano
58
Shirley Horn
piano
59
Randy Weston
piano
60
Hazel Scott
piano
61
Sun Ra
piano
63
64
Duke Jordan
piano
66
Dr. John
piano
67
John Taylor
piano
68
Billy Taylor
piano
69
Junior Mance
piano
70
71
Jimmy Rowles
piano
72
Russ Freeman
piano
73
Duke Pearson
piano
74
Lou Levy
piano
76
John Hicks
piano
77
Elmo Hope
piano
79
Ray Bryant
piano
80
Jay McShann
piano
81
Roland Hanna
piano
85
86
87
Stan Tracey
piano
88
Pete Jolly
piano
89
90
Stan Kenton
piano
91
Blossom Dearie
piano and vocals
94
Larry Willis
piano
95
Freddy Cole
piano
96
98
99
Jutta Hipp
piano
100
101
Carl Perkins
piano
102
104
Nat King Cole
piano and vocals
105
Joe Zawinul
keyboards
106
James Booker
piano
107
Scott Joplin
piano
108
Lyle Mays
keyboards
109
110
Fats Domino
piano
111
Mike Longo
piano
112
113
Andre Previn
piano
114
Hilton Ruiz
piano
115
Don Friedman
piano
117
Bebo Valdes
piano
119
120
121
Dave McKenna
piano
122
125
126
127
Henry Butler
piano
128
Joe Albany
piano
129
130
Otis Spann
piano
132
Big Maceo
piano
133
135
Paul Smith
piano
137
Ronnie Ball
piano
138
139
140
Art Hodes
piano
141
Hod O'Brien
piano
142
144
John Bunch
piano
145
Mike Renzi
piano
146
Jack Wilson
piano
147
Cliff Smalls
piano
148
Donn Trenner
piano
149
Alan Clare
piano

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