Favorite Pianists


I've recently become obsessed with great piano music. Not necessarily classical, just great. Like the thread I started regarding acoustic guitar, this follows the same lines. Who is your favorite? It doesn't have to be based on the ability to play fast or on the technical ability side of it. It just needs to be moving. Needs to be able to pull you in and tell a story of your past. I guess the best term to describe this is simply beautiful music.

As of right now, Ludovico Einaudi is my absolute favorite. I've listened to quite a bit of this genre lately and George Winston, Peter Kater and Kevin Kern all get high marks from me. But none of them move me like Ludovico Einaudi.

If you have an absolute favorite, just one that hits you like no other, post it. If you have several, list them.

Thanks!
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Duke Ellington, followed by a long line of other great Jazz players who I'll leave to other 'Goners to name.

Toussaint is a nice get for (pop/rock and) blues as would be Professor Longhair, to whom all of the N'awlins piano guys own a debt. That Barrelhouse to Blues to Rock lineage really fascinates me and Prof is a (probably the) main man in that process. A lesser known player worth seeking out in this style is James Booker. Another obscure name from early on is Cow Cow Davenport. Jelly Roll Morton is also worth checking out and Fats Domino is fun at the back end of the process. Dr. John is.....well, there are so, so many more, I'm sure you'll love the search.

Good Luck.

Marty