Top 100 (28) Pianists
As with all the "Top 100" lists I've compiled or am compiling, this is just my personal favorites, it's not intended as an 'absolutely objective' list of pianists who're 'unquestionably GREAT'. Obviously, I'm not familiar with all the work of all pianists & what I like &/or love is based on personal criteria as well as during what period of my life I was exposed to the work that will differ from the criteria & exposure period of other people interested in the subject. Probably most important is just what the pianist chosen's repertoire is.
[November 17, 2020, note: In the long run, I'm finding it even more impossible than usual to choose pianists to list here: there are very few great pianists in relation to everyone who's ever played piano (such as myself) but a mind-boggling amount of great pianists considering how hard it is to play the most complex music that's out there for the instrument.]
[January 26, 2021, note: Usually I don't include friends of mine on these lists. That way I can avoid all sorts of ego problems. However, I've broken that rule here by including 2 pianists that I've had the great pleasure to play w/: John Henry Nyenhuis & Michael Snow. They're both so phenomenal that I simply can't exclude them.]
- July 26, 2018 note from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
001. Ali, Hasaan Ibn
(based on hearing "The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan" - 1965)
002. Bunger, Richard
003. Burge, David
004. Byard, Jaki
005. Fox, Donal
(based on hearing "Videmus: Works by Anderson, Baker, Fox, Wilson" - 1992)
006. Goldberg, Loretta
(based on hearing "SOUNDBRIDGE: Midi-Grand Piano, Piano, Quartertone Piano" - 1990)
007. Hamelin, Marc-André
008. Helps, Robert
009. Henck, Herbert
010. Hinderas, Natalie
011. Holtzman, David
012. James, Bob
(based on hearing "Bob James Trio - Explosions" - recorded 1965.05.10)
013. Kirstein, Jeanne
014. Kontarsky, Alfons
015. Kontarsky, Aloys
016. Laredo, Ruth
017. Madge, Geoffrey Douglas
018. Masselos, William
019. Miller, Robert
020. Nyenhuis, John Henry
021. Oppens, Ursula
022. Serkin, Peter
023. Shields, Roger
024. Snow, Michael
025. Takahashi, Aki
026. Tatum, Art
027. Taylor, Cecil
028. Tudor, David
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