| Jazz piano has been a part of jazz since its | | | | players in the early 1920s) where they showed of their |
| beginnings. Piano is one of the rare instruments in a | | | | skills. |
| jazz combo which can play chords, unlike saxophone | | | | It continued to develop specially during the 50s and 60s |
| or trumpet which can only play single notes. The early | | | | with pianists like Red Garland and McCoy Tyner. In |
| jazz piano was mainly stride. Stride is also known as | | | | that time one of the most widely spread types of jazz |
| New York ragtime is a pioneering jazz piano style. It | | | | called Free Jazz was becoming more and more |
| was developed in Harlem during the World war one. | | | | popular. Some great works of art still reminds us of |
| As you can see from the name (New York ragtime) it | | | | that time which surely was a gold age of jazz |
| was influenced by ragtime but it featured | | | | existence. The beginnings of free jazz can be set with |
| improvisations, blue notes and swing rhythms which | | | | recordings of Ornette Coleman for Contemporary and |
| were new in this type of music. | | | | with the Jazz Advance and Looking Ahead, two great |
| The great performers of that time were Earl Hines, | | | | albums by Cecil Taylor. |
| James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Willie "The Lion" | | | | Today jazz piano is still popular among many pianists |
| Smith , Art Tatum, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Mary Lou | | | | just to mention few Michael Weiss, Bill Charlap, |
| Williams, Teddy Wilson and many others who often | | | | Geoffrey Keezer, Brad Mehldau, Mulgrew Miller, Danilo |
| attended cutting contests (battles between stride piano | | | | Perez and many others. |