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Your Favorite Living Jazz Pianists: Rankings

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This poll closes on November 23, 2022 | Voters: 193

3
Brad Mehldau
piano
4
Kenny Barron
piano
5
Bill Charlap
piano
6
Fred Hersch
piano
7
Ahmad Jamal
piano
8
Vijay Iyer
piano
9
Jason Moran
piano
10
Craig Taborn
piano
12
Hiromi
piano
13
Emmet Cohen
piano
14
15
16
17
Eliane Elias
piano and vocals
18
Renee Rosnes
piano
19
Kris Davis
piano
20
21
Benny Green
piano
22
Diana Krall
piano and vocals
23
Carla Bley
piano
24
Myra Melford
piano
25
27
29
30
Jon Batiste
piano
33
Bobo Stenson
piano
34
35
Aaron Parks
drums
36
Larry Goldings
organ, Hammond B3
37
Helen Sung
piano
38
Marc Copland
piano
39
40
Aki Takase
piano
42
Geoffrey Keezer
keyboards
43
Bob James
piano
46
47
49
Billy Childs
piano
50
John Medeski
organ, Hammond B3
51
Kenny Werner
piano
52
54
Dave Grusin
piano
56
58
Satoko Fujii
piano
59
Ran Blake
piano
60
61
Aaron Diehl
piano
62
Orrin Evans
piano
65
Eric Reed
piano
66
Makoto Ozone
piano
67
Yoko Miwa
piano
68
69
Christian Sands
band / ensemble / orchestra
71
Marc Cary
piano
72
74
75
James Francies
keyboards
76
77
Patrice Rushen
keyboards
79
Omar Sosa
piano
80
Shai Maestro
piano
81
82
Aruán Ortiz
piano
84
Gary Versace
piano
85
Ben Paterson
piano
86
87
George Colligan
multi-instrumentalist
90
Harold Danko
piano
91
92
93
Steve Kuhn
piano
94
David Benoit
piano
96
Jamie Saft
piano
97
Cooper-Moore
piano
98
Jeb Patton
piano
99
Ramsey Lewis
piano
100
Uri Caine
piano
101
Larry Fuller
piano
102
Andy Milne
piano
104
Luis Perdomo
piano
107
Bruce Barth
piano
108
Norah Jones
piano
109
Russell Ferrante
keyboards
110
Nik Bärtsch
piano
112
113
Edward Simon
piano
114
115
Lisa Hilton
piano
116
Jon Cowherd
piano
117
118
119
120
121
122
Kevin Hays
piano
123
Josh Nelson
piano
124
John Beasley
piano
125
Dave Burrell
piano
127
128
Joachim Kuhn
piano
129
Oliver Jones
piano
130
Connie Han
piano
131
Otmaro Ruiz
keyboards
134
Alan Pasqua
piano
135
136
Brian Culbertson
keyboards
137
138
Magda Mayas
piano
139
Brian Simpson
keyboards
140
Dan Nimmer
piano
141
Dan Tepfer
piano
142
Colin Vallon
piano
143
144
Joe Alterman
piano
145
146
147
Keith Brown
piano
148
Spike Wilner
piano
149
Eri Yamamoto
piano
151
153
154
Mike Holober
piano
155
Tim Brey
piano
156
157
Henry Hey
piano
158
Stevie Wonder
vocals
159
160
Tania Maria
piano
161
Hal Galper
piano
162
Bobby Lyle
piano
163
Tedd Firth
piano
164
Jeff Lorber
keyboards
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
Sam Harris
piano
176
Dick Hyman
piano
177
Champian Fulton
piano and vocals
178
Wayne Horvitz
keyboards
180
181
Peter Martin
piano
182
Robert Irving III
keyboards
183
184
Jan Hammer
keyboards
185
Eyolf Dale
piano
186
Kate Wyatt
piano
187
Eve Risser
piano
188
189
Kevin Bales
piano
190
191
Randy Porter
piano
193
194
Brian Marsella
keyboards
196
Jeff Colella
piano
197
Robert Redd
piano
198
199
Sean Fyfe
piano

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