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Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Red Garland
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
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Vernel Fournier
Vernel Fournier
American musician
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Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Ray Bryant
Ray Bryant
American pianist
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Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby
American musician
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Dodo Marmarosa
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
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Shirley Horn
Shirley Horn
American singer
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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John Heard
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Kris Davis
Kris Davis
Canadian jazz pianist and composer
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Paul Chambers
Paul Chambers
American musician
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Joe Albany
Joe Albany
American pianist
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
American musician
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Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Bud Powell
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Lewis Porter
Lewis Porter
American musician
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John Mehegan
John Mehegan
American musician
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Bob Dorough
Bob Dorough
American pianist and singer
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Jamil Nasser
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
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Junior Mance
Junior Mance
American musician
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Hiromi Uehara
Hiromi Uehara
Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Marco Benevento
Marco Benevento
pianist, organist and composer
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Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Joe Sample
Joe Sample
American pianist
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Bobby Timmons
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
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Mary Osborne
Mary Osborne
American musician
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Richard Davis
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
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Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch
American musician
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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani
French jazz pianist
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Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn
American musician
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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Freddie Redd
Freddie Redd
American pianist
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Hal Galper
Hal Galper
American pianist
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Bill Charlap
Bill Charlap
American jazz pianist
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Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Mario Pavone
Mario Pavone
American musician
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Cooper-Moore
Cooper-Moore
American musician
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Al Haig
Al Haig
American pianist
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist

Ahmad Jamal

Intro
American jazz pianist
Awards Received
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
News

Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz.