Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. Your ideas should provide enough grist to keep me busy for several months. To Frap: great mention of Tete Montoliu, one of my personal favorites. Tete is certainly near the top in the 2nd tier of jazz pianists -- which means he is/was a stellar talent, but never got recognition he deserved (rather like Gene Harris, who chose to live in Boise, ID, not exactly a hot-spot for top jazz talent). I'd add a few other names to the list of fine but under-recognized jazz pianists (such as Dolo Coker): Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly known as Dollar Brand), a great South African talent; Michel Petrucciani (sadly gone too soon from us); John Hicks (happily alive and well, with some recordings on Mapleshade); and Art Hodes, a great blues and stride style player. I'll get working on some of your suggestions and post them as the reviews are done.
Requests for Music Reviews
I am about to start working on another jazz review, and would like suggestions regarding artists. I had tentatively decided to do a piece on tenor saxist David Murray, with commentary on 4-5 of his better albums. However, I'd like to know about other jazz artists that are of interest to the members. My LP and CD collection contains a pretty good sample of the work of most of the major and minor jazz artists, so please feel free to suggest anyone of interest.