Any fan of Cowboy Bebop knows its iconic theme song Tank, but you might not be aware of the pedigree behind it. In addition to creating bebop, Gillespie is considered one of the first musicians to infuse Afro-Cuban, Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms with jazz. Maybe swap with Monk Shes an awesome pianist. Bill, on the other hand, completed his archetypal journey be going full circle. While their main focus is chasing down fugitives on various planets to make woolong (the currency in the world of Cowboy Bebop), they also have to contend with their shady pasts. From 1937 to 1944, Gillespie performed with prominent swing bands, including those of Benny Carter and Charlie Barnet. Fats Waller Earl Hines Erroll Garner 17 ?????? Though hugely influential Oscar Peterson was one of his prime disciples Tatums life came to an end shortly after his 47th birthday. I miss Victor Feldman mostI understand that maybe he did not have the career he might have, mostly staying in the studios. One of the reasons people believe Bebop was a break with the past is due to an accident of history. Thank you for putting Barry Harris on the list. His playing was unlike anyone elses, and was, indeed, the beginning of BeBop. In addition to Japanese, she speaks a little English and some French, but claims that her English is "poor" and she needs translation help to converse in French. I am impressed that Art Tatum is number one ( no argument here ), and that Fats Waller and James P. Johnson made the lst, although they should both be much higher. My exact thought when reading this naive list. I thought my friend was a genius. How to compare Oscar Peterson and Thelonious Monk?! Though influenced by Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum, Hill forged his own distinctive and complex style, both as a pianist and composer. By the middle of that decade, there emerged a variant of bebop called hard bop, which was characterized by dominant blues and gospel elements, and may have rendered those still wondering what is bebop even more confused. And it quickly became quite competitive. And Brad Mehldau, of course. hard to imagine a list like that without brad mehldau, YOU ARE RIGHT.And HAMPTON HAWES, TEDDY WILSON- DUKE ELLINGTON- BJORN SVENSSON- WINTON KELLY -HORACE SILVER-MAL WALDRON-CEDAR WALTON ETC. Though no recordings of Joplin exist, his status as one of historys best jazz pianists is assured, thanks in part to piano rolls and sheet music from the time, illustrating his unique style, which went on to influence James P Johnson. I was having a drink one evening with Frank Strazerri and he said George Gershwin could cut me. Thanks for publishing this. Born in New York, he rose to fame in the 20s as an accompanist of blues singers. Where is Albert Daly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH0gLKvw0lI. In the late 1950s, Gillespie performed with Ellington, Paul Gonsalves and Johnny Hodges on EllingtonsJazz Party(1959). Tristano was also a noted jazz teacher and it is claimed that his influence affected Miles Davis (on Birth Of The Cool) as well as Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan. The resulting breachesfirst, between the older and younger schools of musicians and, second, between jazz musicians and their publicwere deep, and the second never completely healed. Oh, come on! A brilliant musician like Marian McPartland being left off is inexcusable. You forgot Kenny Drew and Cecil Tayler should have had a higher range. Art Tatum definitely #1. He also often attacks the piano with brute force, though he can also play with extreme delicacy, employing staccato right-hand runs. No Eddie Higgins? What makes a great pianist, in any style of music, is not how fast or how many notes he can play, but his ability to develop the richest variety of colors. Prior to the MJQ, he was a sideman for Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis. That is a strange number? Probably top ten. So would you. (Fulford Street Romp and Tippin Home From Sunday School). As one of the founders of the genre, Gillespie composed the hit songBebopin 1963. No Eliane Elias? I have listened to most on the list and they are all good.however Joe Augustine belongs in the top 5his chord structures, nuances and inventiveness are unparalleled! With his predilection for performing in an ornate style that comprised lush chords, liquid runs and complex syncopations, this Pennsylvanian from Pittsburgh was a child piano prodigy who first recorded in the 40s but blossomed spectacularly in the 50s. does anyone think Herbie should be moved lower for inflicting Watermelon Man on the worldand still playing it in public in the 20-teens? 2) THE WEST WING: The theme song at the END of an episode!! Hazel Scott Its their list, and if it were larger it might have included some that were omitted . Thanks to the hyper-realistic gun designs used in the show, fans have been able to figure out exactly what heat everyone is packing. But the sublime beauty and powerful emotion (often thunderous in his last period, 1978 to Sept. 15, 1980) was proportionate to his suffering. As a teenager, Jarrett was seduced by jazz and quickly became fluent in its idiom. And the musicians that jammed there included Jazz greats like Ben Webster, Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker. But jazz as a whole was losing its audience to rock and pop music. Together, their sonic explorations, which developed rapidly during the next three years, would sow the seeds for what became known as bebop. the astounding Bill Evans. I didnt even see Gene Harris on this list. Oscar Peterson number 2 after Art Tatum. Myriad pianists have fallen under Evans spell, including Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, and, more recently, Brad Mehldau. he was left handed and ambidextrous, he often fuses classical elements into his improvisation, this man really revolutionized jazz piano ,the no.10 Ahmad Jamal said Erroll Garner and Maurice Ravel were the supreme melodists of the 20th century, most of these top jazz pianists list will always be like art tatum- herbie hancock-bill evans so and so, I mean they are good, but people need to listen to more music. Co-workers are not friends, companies are not families: Worker mocks workplaces culture after being made to return to office for it, Those are words you never say to a bartender: Bartender puts customers who ask for surprise me drinks on blast, *First Published: Apr 18, 2018, 6:00 am CDT. Bobby Enriquez is my favorite! Hampton Hawes is another deserving pianist who both Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson admired so greatly. He played on Tranes totemic 1960 masterpiece, Giant Steps, and as a sideman also featured on significant LPs by Sonny Rollins (Saxophone Colossus) and guitarist Wes Montgomery (The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery). This New Jersey pianist helped bridge the transition from ragtime to jazz with his stride piano technique, which built on ragtimes locomotive, see-saw jauntiness but added more sophisticated harmonies and a stronger blues element. Cecil Taylor Cedar Walton and Mulgrew Miller should be at the top but are missing??? Hmmm, has anyone ever actually heard Scott Joplin play?? Hiromi Uehara! 6 Cecil Taylor A master of musical understatement. Patrice Rushin? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. From Brooklyn, New York, Kirkland had a fruitful association with the Marsalis brothers, Wynton and Branford, in the 80s and 90s, appearing as a sideman on many of their albums. These rankings are absurd. Hey Daniel, yours is one of only few comments I could subscribe. Cowboy Bebopmay have only run for 26 short episodes and a movie, but its influence and importance resonates to this day. Herbie Hancock I love Monk, but respectfully disagree about placing him at #2. From Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Earl Fatha Hines was a key figure in the evolution of jazz piano-playing. They all have their own style. Never! Dizzy Gillespie. Patrice Rushin? NO CHUCHO VALDES!!!!!!!!!!!! Over the course of its 26 episodes, Cowboy Bebops titles referenced The Stray Cats, Rolling Stones, Queen, Miles David, the heavy metal itself, Samba music, Herbie Hancock, and more. While with this band, she studied the composition and style of popular music. From Dallas, Texas, as a child this hard bop piano giant was raised on a diet of Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Bud Powell, and Thelonious Monk. Over the course of its 26 episodes. Sometimes I think Garner was not human. 4. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. An exponent of modal jazz with a passion for blues, Tyners main hallmark is using chords with prominent fourths. Nat King Cole was marvelous. Kenny Barron-Mal Waldron-Dick Hyman -Alan Broadbent-Jess StacyMarian McPartland . This is why Im against lists or tallys of who are the greatest this or that . The Sermonwas a game changer. Finally, while I absolutely love Monk, I cant see him at #2. Indeed, Watanabe, the creator of the original anime, is known to be a huge fan of jazz and it is why the musical genre features so heavily in the soundtrack. Pittsburgh-born Jamal possesses a delicate, nimble touch and intuitively knows how to use space to good effect. She was the lead member of the project band called Seatbelts, which regrouped in the year of 2004 to compose the soundtrack of the PlayStation 2 Cowboy Bebop video game, released in Japan in 2005. A Night In Tunisia 3 September, 2000. https://www.npr.org/2000/09/03/1081518/a-night-in-tunisia, Your contribution helps keep jazz strong on air and in the community. A former staff writer for TUAW, he's knowledgeable on all things Apple and Android. (By this time, bebops king, Charlie Parker, was dead, having passed away in 1955, aged 34). Herbie Hancock, several times during interviews, has given Clare credit for a significant part of his harmonic knowledge. Herbie and Bud too low. This article was most recently revised and updated by, bop, or bebop - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). This is a reply to a to someone above who stated that Lennie Tristano was not on the list and mentioned the name Dave Burrell. I had heard drums on the radio before, but it was like I had never really noticed them. No need to cite examples. He credited much of his style to his love of bebop and to his classical education, especially under the tutelage of Darius Milhaud, the famed composer. after Tatum Born Columbus Calvin Pearson in Atlanta, Georgia, Pearsons career took off when he moved to New York City in 1959. 29 Scott Joplin , And the list has 36 pianists because there are 36 black keys on the piano? Roger Kellaway-Ray Bryant etc etc etc Not for the faint-hearted, Taylors energetic style is often fiercely atonal, employing jarring cluster chords and a dense, polyrhythmic complexity. In fact, it wasnt even originally designed for adventure; it was made for fishing. Bebop developed in the early 1940s, with the first recordings of Bebop appearing in late 1944 and early 1945. In regards to making the Stand Alone Complex soundtrack she said: I had this image of a formal and rigid 'manly' world for the original comic. 2 Thelonious Monk To conclude their exploration, they take a look beyond Bebop and explore the various shoots that have sprouted from the original stem, in the hands of such musicians as John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Wynton Marsalis and finally Sonny Rollins, who brings us into the 21st century with his take on the Jerome Kern standard, 'Why Was I Born' - a live concert recording made in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. His own discography contains just one solo album, 1991s Kenny Kirkland, for GRP, though its likely that, had he not died prematurely, aged 43, from congestive heart failure, Kirkland would have recorded many more solo albums. Cannonball Adderley and Art Blakey led other hard bop combos. It had many of my favorites. Check out Brads second half solo in UNION DUES BLUES. As I said before, LENNIE TRISTANO IS #50!! Phineas Newborn is not here.This is total crap.This is posted by some Johnny come Lately. A jazz piano colossus. Let It Snow! We are comparing piano players,musicians and arrangers. I would even put him ahead of Bud Powell. Lennie Tristano Native New Yorker Thomas Fats Waller didnt live to see his 40th birthday (he succumbed to pneumonia at 39), but nevertheless proved to be an influential pianist, particularly for his contribution to the evolution of the highly rhythmic stride style, an important foundation stone in jazz piano. Have you ever heard Mack the knife by Nina Riche? Mister Waring fails to mention Lester Youngs tenor sax solos with the Count Basie band of the mid-to-late 1930s. The biggest selling Jazz LP in 56 was Andre Previn & Shelly Manns My Fair Lady. Let me know what you think once you have listened and then tell me he shouldnt be in this list, close to the top! Missing: Ellis Marsalis, Bill Charlap, Fred Hersch , Diana Krall, Barry Harris. It seems that they get forgotten as pianists Contributions to films started in the 1990s but only since 2002 has there been a trend towards the medium. Michel Camillo. They have him ranked a little too high. By the way nobody has mentioned George Zack, his contribution to Muggsies Someday Sweetheart and others really pleased me. Cheers. How is it possible to have this large a list without either Chucho Valdes or Bobby Enriquez? Thank you,Charles Waring, for providing an erudite springboard for discussion. Cant believe no one is mentioning Kenny Barron. NEW YORK (AP) Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of Walk on By, Do You Know the Way to San Jose and dozens of [7] In reference to this, she once stated: In my case, the creators talk to me and ask me to do a soundtrack a year or two before the animation is finished. Gillespie composed most of the albums recordings, including Serenade to Sweden, Sophisticated Ladyand Johnny Come Lately. What about Herbie Nichols and Kenny Drew, both of them brilliant pianists. By the 70s, though, James star was on the rise thanks to his being the in-house arranger at producer Creed Taylors influential CTI label. This is not the case with concert classical pianists. John Hicks could really burn the keys, and Brother Newborn, was on par with the great Oscar Peterson. It also broke up the metronomic regularity of the drummers rhythmic pulse and produced solos played in double time with several bars packed with 16th notes. Below is a quick comparison between Swing music and Bebop. Had people cheering and crying at the 2003 Monterey Jazz Festival. Did someone forget Marian McPartland? Anyone else own the album Mingus Plays Piano? Taken as a whole , however, I doub t there has ever been as spontaneously creative a pianist as Erroll Garner. 6. I might come up with a different list. Love him, Underrated: Wynton Kelly and Red Garlandand where is Cedar Walton? He may not have been the virtuoso that Tatum was (Monk wasnt either), but being the greatest jazz composer and orchestrator, he had developed what every classical pianist craves for and not always reaches: an endless pallette of pianistic colors. You can't help being swept up in the energy.". Phineas Newborn -John Lewis-Billy Strayhorn -should be in the top 10 15. He should at least be in the top-10. Claude Bolling I shall say it again Tristano is #50!! Cutting his first solo LP in 1953, Drew recorded regularly for a variety of different labels up until his death. And there are people like von Schlippenbach, Tippett, Mengelberg, Morab, Ivers, ridiculous list: Crusin, Kirkland, all these Jazzrock losers. Let It Snow!: Dean Martins Classic Christmas Song, Come As You Are: The Story Behind The Nirvana Song, Glen Campbell, Shaggy, And Lil Wayne: Currently Trending Songs, Weighty In The Eighties: When Prog Rock Went Pop. More important than the blues? Ahmad told me this personally many times. The three best in order: :And he used all that harmonic knowledge in his playing. No Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson? He played with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers in the mid-60s before joining the groups of Charles Lloyd and, later, Miles Davis. How about Monty Alexander, Nina Simone, Dr Billy Taylor, Les McCann, Denny Zeitlin & Organist, Jimmy Smith? Dave Grusiin and Bob James? 3.- Oscar Peterson. 1. Spike uses a customized IMI Jericho 941 R, chambered in 9x19mm, complete with a laser sight he never uses during the show. Cartoon Networks Adult Swim block is well known as a home for cutting-edge anime now, but that wasnt always the case. YOU MUST be CRAZY!!!! Seriously? I guess that is why everyone is wondering why LENNIE TRISTANO was left out. Bebop, we walk with our hats on tilt Created and delightful improvisations that remain engaged with the melody but are always resolved at conclusion [citation needed], She attended Otakon and Anime Expo in 1999, as well as Anime Expo New York in 2002. While the shows censorship in America made sense as a cautious response to 9/11, the series struggles in Japan were another matter. 10. His best-known compositions include "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," But bebop or rebop, as it was also known for a time wasnt to everyones taste. NCC is based on 20th-century aircraft registration. 1) The theme song from the JETSONS. wont change it just the way it is. When it emerged, bebop was unacceptable not only to the general public but also to many musicians. Each episode is named after a famous band or genre of music, from episode 1 Asteroid Blues to episode 5 Ballad of Fallen Angels, a tribute to the Aerosmith song of the same name. His Commodore recordings are one of the great pinnacles of jazz. I dont see him on the list, maybe hes 37 and there isnt any room for him.Some pianists here are GOOD but not great. He patented a technically advanced, uniquely florid style from an early age that melded elements from stride, swing and classical music. Anyway, the list is an interesting exercise because it makes one think. 'instead of being a workaholic salaried man working for his company. (Cowboy Bebop), "Yakusoku wa Iranai" (Escaflowne), "Gravity" (Wolf's Rain), "Inner Universe" (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. check it out on YT. Extraordinarily versatile, and a composer/arranger as well as a piano player. Its unlikely that the first thing you think of when Cowboy Bebop comes to mind is the violence, but its been a significant issue for the series. And a lot of mistakes.Brad Mehldau..hah.. For me NUMBER 1 is ERROLL GARNER, only NUMBER 2 ART TATUM, THELONIOUS MONKBUD POWELL, MCCOY TUNERHERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA etc. WebBebop developed in the early 1940s, with the first recordings of Bebop appearing in late 1944 and early 1945. Years later, in his autobiography, Gillespie wrote that hed always had that Latin feeling that even his early tunes sounded Latin. If you needed to make some room in the 36 for the glaring omissions, conisder removing Shearing, Mays, Grusin and James. I shall assume that he did not intentionally want to show off like he did with the piano. Basie also said that Hines was, The greatest piano player in the world. The musicians, collectively known as the Seatbelts, are "incredibly tight, dynamic players who are brilliant at improvising where asked," Pentreath said. Then I see drums performed live, and was able to experience a beat for the first time. She is a creative heart and soul jazz pianist. Pianists as any other professional musician are certainly competing with their art yet not for being ranked but for getting loved, respected, and paid well for their performances! Musicians generally work in the evenings. Lists such as these are never definitive but are made to be debated and argued; to think of them in any other way is pointless. (Start with his legendary trio recordings with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, like Sunday at the Village Vanguard or Waltz for Debby for evidence of both.) I think the list captured most of the major players, missed a few that I would have included McPartland and Newborn to name a couple and some of the rankings are idiosyncratic. Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Bley, Joel Futterman, Connie Crothers, Stanley Cowell, Sun Ra, Fred Van Hove, Mal Waldron, Misha Mengelberg, Don Pullen, Alice Coltrane and so many more. Dressed as the morning milk, plus, like the quilt Thats the real big challenge the piano presents. Lists are always subjective, I rate McPartland Peterson and Waller very highly. You have the same last name of another great pianist not mentioned on the list: DON THOMPSON. Are you crazy? First and foremost, Phineas Newborn Jr. The cryogenic chamber Faye finally escapes has the serial number NCC-1701-B. [citation needed] Due to her close involvement in the Cowboy Bebop anime, the game released by Bandai also features her work. Where is the absolutely fantastic master Mulgrew Miller? Michel Petrucciani for lyrical style; Thelonious Monk for innovation but theres more, of course, I am glad that you did NOT include Ramsey Lewis. Just because shes a woman? The list goes on ,doesnt it? You can also also find him regularly performing standup comedy in Los Angeles. The great Jessica Williams. Macleod and guest turn to the 88 keys of the piano, under the phenomenal fingers of Bebop's two most influential pianists: Bud Powell and Thelonius Monk. Hard bop remained a valid jazz currency right into the 60s, though by then another offshoot, called soul jazz, offered a more accessible and gospel-infused version of bebop, and was popular for a few years. Willie The Lion Smith is certainly a great oversight. Very good music! Gillespie's memoirs, entitled To BE or Not to BOP: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie (with Al Fraser), were published in 1979. The "Cowboy Bebop" limited edition, colored vinyl features Yoko Kanno's original score. I kept thinking doesnt anyone know Tete Montoliu? Watching Spikes exasperation over Miles obsession with baseball is a treat, but it isnt the only baseball content in the episode. While Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner certainly deserve to be there, they should not be in front of Bud Powell. His shoes were filled by Max Roach, a percussion virtuoso who absorbed and extended Clarke's innovations. Most of the latter were shown in international film festivals. Barry Harris, should be in the top twenty. He eked a living as a jobbing pianist for hire until emigrating to the US in 1947, where he quickly made a name for himself with his synthesis of swing, bebop, and elements drawn from classical music. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Unfortunately, there was a musicians strike which prevented all unionised musicians from recording albums between 1942 and 1944 in the US. [citation needed], Apart from anime and games, Kanno also composes for live-action films and television commercials. MARK EISENMAN?! A Night in Tunisiaplays a very, very important role in being one of the first compositions to have something thats very common today, which is a non-walking bass line, trumpeterJon Faddissays. My interest is in most classical piano but admire jazz pianists who possess a solid thorough technique AND play with something resembling a pleasant singing tone. I agree with the guy who thought Iturbi was a better jazz pianists than many on this list. Duke is like Monk, inimitableand of course, that partly comes from being a great composer first of all. Sorry. Two other people mentioned Clare Fischer. Teddy Wilson 21 WTF? Working as a bandleader, often with Parker on saxophone, Gillespie developed the musical genre known as "bebop"a reaction to swing, distinct for dissonant harmonies and polyrhythms.
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