| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Muhal Richard Abrams |
Pianist |
19-Sep-1930 |
|
Levels and Degrees of Light |
| Burt Bacharach |
Pianist |
12-May-1929 |
|
Incomparable composer of lounge music |
| Count Basie |
Pianist |
21-Aug-1904 |
26-Apr-1984 |
Big band pianist |
| Ran Blake |
Pianist |
20-Apr-1935 |
|
Third Stream composer |
| Carla Bley |
Pianist |
11-May-1938 |
|
Pianist and composer |
| Victor Borge |
Pianist |
3-Jan-1909 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Comedic pianist |
| Ferruccio Busoni |
Pianist |
1-Apr-1866 |
27-Jul-1924 |
Fantasia Contrappuntistica |
| Van Cliburn |
Pianist |
12-Jul-1934 |
|
Piano prodigy |
| Johann Baptist Cramer |
Pianist |
24-Feb-1771 |
16-Apr-1858 |
Études |
| Carl Czerny |
Pianist |
20-Feb-1791 |
15-Jul-1857 |
Pianist, composer of piano exercises |
| Fats Domino |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Ain't That A Shame |
| Michael Feinstein |
Singer |
7-Sep-1956 |
|
Revives the Great American Songbook |
| John Field |
Composer |
26-Jul-1782 |
23-Jan-1837 |
Irish composer of Nocturnes |
| Ben Folds |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Sep-1966 |
|
Pianist, Ben Folds Five |
| Glenn Gould |
Pianist |
25-Sep-1932 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Canadian pianist, Bach soloist |
| Enrique Granados |
Composer |
27-Jul-1867 |
24-Mar-1916 |
Goyescas |
| Sir Charles Hallé |
Pianist |
11-Apr-1819 |
25-Oct-1895 |
Founder, Hallé Orchestra |
| Fletcher Henderson |
Jazz Musician |
18-Dec-1897 |
29-Dec-1952 |
Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader |
| Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
1-Oct-1903 |
5-Nov-1989 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| Dick Hyman |
Pianist |
8-Mar-1927 |
|
Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Elton John |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Mar-1947 |
|
Bennie and the Jets |
| James P. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
01-Feb-1894 |
17-Nov-1955 |
The father of stride piano |
| Oscar Levant |
Pianist |
27-Dec-1906 |
14-Aug-1972 |
Panelist, Information Please |
| Liberace |
Pianist |
16-May-1919 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Rhinestoned pianist |
| Franz Liszt |
Composer |
22-Oct-1811 |
31-Jul-1886 |
Hungarian composer |
| Evan Lurie |
Pianist |
28-Sep-1954 |
|
Avant-garde pianist and composer |
| Ignace Paderewski |
Pianist |
18-Nov-1860 |
29-Jun-1941 |
Polish pianist and composer |
| Charlemagne Palestine |
Pianist |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
Strumming Music |
| Oscar Peterson |
Pianist |
15-Aug-1925 |
24-Dec-2007 |
Maharajah of the keyboard |
| Bud Powell |
Pianist |
27-Sep-1924 |
31-Jul-1966 |
Seminal bop pianist and composer |
| André Previn |
Pianist |
6-Apr-1929 |
|
Concert pianist and orchestral conductor |
| Sun Ra |
Jazz Musician |
22-May-1914 |
30-May-1993 |
Jazz musician from Saturn |
| Sergei Rachmaninov |
Composer |
20-Mar-1873 |
28-Mar-1943 |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
| Anton Rubinstein |
Pianist |
16-Nov-1829 |
8-Nov-1894 |
The Tower of Babel |
| Artur Rubinstein |
Pianist |
28-Jan-1887 |
20-Dec-1982 |
Polish-American piano virtuoso |
| Alexander von Schlippenbach |
Pianist |
7-Apr-1938 |
|
Improv pianist and bandleader |
| Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
| Clara Schumann |
Pianist |
13-Sep-1819 |
20-May-1896 |
Romantic pianist and composer |
| Regina Spektor |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Feb-1980 |
|
Anti-folk singer |
| Sigismond Thalberg |
Pianist |
8-Jan-1812 |
27-Apr-1871 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| David Tudor |
Pianist |
20-Jan-1926 |
13-Aug-1996 |
Avant-garde concert pianist |
| Rick Wakeman |
Pianist |
18-May-1949 |
|
Keyboards, Yes |
