Laurence Hobgood (born 1959) is a contemporary jazz piano virtuoso, composer, arranger, producer, lyricist and educator. Perhaps best known for his twenty-year collaboration with vocalist Kurt Elling, Hobgood has had a varied and dynamic career. In addition to his prowess at the piano he's identified by many as a key player in the imaginative updating of the "American Songbook", particularly in his arranging for vocalists; his stylized re-imagining of both classic songbook repertoire and more recent artists' work (Carole King; Earth, Wind & Fire; Paul Simon; Burt Bacharach; Sting; U2, etc.) has had a far-ranging influence within the jazz world and beyond.
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Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
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Paul Wertico
American drummer
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Brian Torff
American musician
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Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Fred Hersch
American musician
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George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
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Steve Rodby
American jazz musician
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Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Bill Cunliffe
American musician
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Ernie Freeman
American musician
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Phil Wilson
American jazz musician
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Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Claus Ogerman
German composer
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
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Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
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Larry Gray
American musician
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Christian Jacob
French jazz pianist
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Roberto Magris
Italian pianist
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Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Carlos Franzetti
Argentine composer (born 1948)
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Richie Powell
American pianist
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Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
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Lew Soloff
American musician
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Cesar Camargo Mariano
Brazilian pianist, arranger, composer and music producer
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Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Aaron Parks
American musician
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Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Jim McNeely
American musician
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Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
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Don Grusin
American musician
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Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Art Tatum
American jazz pianist
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Jaki Byard
American musician
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Vadim Neselovskyi