Here are some biographies of the piano players and musicians who influenced me. I consider them to be my sort of "mentors" because I always listen to their recordings and try to copy jazz phrases, licks and ideas from them. Whenever I listen to them I become more inspired to be a better musician. Build your own music library by collecting some of their recordings.
I categorized these piano players and musicians to the specific type of music or genre they are involved with.
BILL EVANS GONZALO RUBALCABA MICHEL CAMILO CHICK COREA KEITH JARRETT ANDY LAVERNE DAVE GRUSIN DAVID BENOIT HANK JONES JOE SAMPLE FRED HERSCH MCCOY TYNER GEORGE SHEARING ANDRE PREVIN DAVE BRUBECK BOB JAMES RUSSEL FERRANTE JOANN BRACKEEN ART TATUM HARRY CONNICK JR. GEORGE DUKE RICHARD TEE JAMEY AEBERSOLD MILES BLACK JOHN NOVELLO PETER DENEFF DANILO PEREZ BENNY GREEN DIANA KRALL ELIANE ELIAS DIZZY GILLESPI STAN GETZ JOE HENDERSON MILES DAVIS CHARLIE PARKER LEE RITENOUR
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