So Amazing. Dobbins nails so many of our loved piano players. Genius is not a word that one would normally apply to the field of piano pedagogy, but it certainly applies here.
I think K. Jarrett's imitation is the least similar (closer to Chopin than to KJ!). In the evolution of the jazz piano it is missing in this video Art Tatum which engendered O.Peterson and Mac coy Tynner which engendered Chick Corea.
The original video is well over an hour long. This is part 2. Art Tatum is in part 1. Also, this is specifically about *solo* pianists-you know, pianists playing by themselves. McCoy Tyner did influence Chick (even though they were contemporaries, almost the same age), but his contributions to the jazz piano lexicon were more concerned with harmonic approach and accompaniment style. He’s not really known for his solo piano recordings.
Quirky Stylists? What the hell does that mean? He's showing the solo approaches of a half dozen of the most influential pianists since 1940. (After Tatum) There is Peterson, Garner, Powell. Then Evans and Monk. That's it. Those are the 5 that defined solo jazz piano. There is no quirky pianists involved. Just ALL the major stylistic protagonists of piano Jazz. There are lot of other great pianists but these are the big ones, the defining ones. The ones that everybody emulated and learnt from. you're off in some alternate jazz universe. have a nice time exploring there. Who exactly would you offer as a "regular chord changer" (that's not a term i've ever heard a musician use). But, who? Lawrence Welk's Pianist? Captain of Captain and Tenille?
