This week In Jazz Legends (Special Pianists) 16/52

Earl Hines, Don Pullen, Count Basie, Roland Hanna, Keith Jarrett, Mccoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk, Terry Riley

They are the “Jazz Legends (Special Pianists)” performers selected among the 319 Posts we publish this week.

Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!

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Tracklist

1 . Earl Hines . Memories Of You

Lifted from : We remember Earl Hines. ‘Our Fatha Hines’

2 . Don Pullen . El Matador (w/ The African Brazilian Connection)

Lifted from : We remember Don Pullen. ‘Ode To Don’

3 . Count Basie . Who Me? . I Need To Be Bee’d With (w/ Count Basie Orchestra)

Lifted from : Roulette publish ‘The Chairman of the Board,’ an album by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959)

4 . Roland Hanna . The Groove Merchant (w/ Thad Jones & Mel Lewis)

Lifted from : On TV today . Thad Jones . Mel Lewis Orchestra on ‘Jazz Casual’ (1968) –

5 . Keith Jarrett . Trio 1988 in Tokyo

Lifted from : Keith Jarret, Gary Peackock . Jack DeJohnette are in Tokyo (1988)

6 . Mccoy Tyner . Blues On The Corner (w/ Gary Bartz)

Lifted from : McCoy Tynerr records ‘The Real McCoy’ with Joe Henderson, Ron Carter . Elvin Jones (1967)

7 . Chick Corea . Stella By Starlight (w/ Lee Konitz)

Lifted from : We Remember Lee Konitz. ‘Cool Lee’

8 . Oscar Peterson . Why Have You Betrayed Me (w/ Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen)

Lifted from : We remember Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen. ‘AKA NHØP’

9 . Wynton Kelly . So What (w/ Miles Davis & John Coltrane)

Lifted from : Columbia publish Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ recorded with, on some tracks . John Coltrane . Bill Evans (1959)

10 . Sun Ra . Space Is The Place (w/ Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkerstra)

Lifted from : Sun Ra records ‘The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One’ with his Solar Arkestra (1965)

11 . Thelonious Monk . ‘Round Midnight

Lifted from : Thelonious Monk finishes the recording of ‘Thelonious Himself’ for Riverside (1957)

12 . Terry Riley . Solo Piano Concert

Lifted from : Terry Riley plays in Moscow (2000)

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(*) According to our own statistics, updated on November 30, 2025