Jazz Piano

jaycam
jaycam Posts: 100
edited December 2011 in Music & Movies
I'm looking for recommendations for some good jazz piano. I recently picked up the Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and was wondering if any of you guys could point me towards some new artists. Instrumental, with vocals, male/female doesn't matter. I'm looking to broaden my horizons and this style has caught my ear.

Thanks!
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited December 2011
    Youtube came up with a few pages when you put Jazz Piano in the search could be a good place to start.
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  • DForeman
    DForeman Posts: 468
    edited December 2011
    Gene Harris is a personal favorite of mine, especially his live albums. Check out these:
    1) Alley Cats
    2) The Gene Harris Trio Plus One (also available in SACD)
    3) Gene Harris and the Three Sounds Live at the It Club Volume 2
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2011
    Old School or contemporary?

    If the former: Erroll Garner, Bill Evans (Trio), Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Thelonius Monk, McCoy Tyner...

    For the latter: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Roberts, Joe Sample...

    Groupings in no particular order and lists are just the tip of the iceberg...
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  • jaycam
    jaycam Posts: 100
    edited December 2011
    Dforman and Tour2ma, thanks for the suggestions! As for the old school vs. contemporary...we'll see. I'll have to listen to them to see what I like. I just very recently came to like this genre.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited December 2011
    Another vote for Bill Evans - wonderful jazz piano - try "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" or "Portrait in Jazz".

    For more modern type jazz - you may want to sample some Jeff Lorber, "Flipside" - bigger sound, more diverse jazz with more instruments but still enjoyable.

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited December 2011
    If you looking for a more modern Bill Evans, try Brad Mehldau, probably my favorite jazz trio old or new. The things that he can do with a very simple melody are astounding. He also grooves like no other jazz pianist I know of. And to top it off, he has great covers of Radiohead, Nick Drake, etc. If you like Vince Guaraldi then you probably like melodies that you can actually follow, and if that is the case he is a great one to start with.

    For something different, you might look into the bad plus. Kind of a rock jazz trio. Sometimes they get a little too experimental for me (or just too loud), but man a lot of there stuff is outstanding. They also include lots of cool covers.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited December 2011
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    Old School or contemporary?

    If the former: Erroll Garner, Bill Evans (Trio), Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Thelonius Monk, McCoy Tyner...

    For the latter: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Roberts, Joe Sample...

    Groupings in no particular order and lists are just the tip of the iceberg...

    There are some good suggestions there. I'll add Keith Jarrett.
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited December 2011
    Also, Bill Charlap, Marian McPartland, Tommy Flannagan, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Bobo Stenson, Steve Kuhn etc.

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2011
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    Another vote for Bill Evans - wonderful jazz piano - try "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" ...
    I was on Amazon last nite fleshing out my wish list for some folks who want to buy me things for some reason, when Amazon started suggesting stuff "I might like" as it is prone to do...

    Such as...

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    Hadn't realized Evans' complete Vanguard sessions were together and remastered in one package, or that Getz had recorded with the OP3...

    Once I Wish-Listed the Getz/ OP3, suggestions swung to sax men... fun evening.

    Could be a very good Christmas... but if not, it'll be a great New Year...
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