Under Appreciated Jazz Piano Players

Marcus Roberts
Here's one you might not expect--one of my personal "under appreciated" which is Chick Corea. I never really appreciated his brilliance until he did the Mozart Sessions.

The late Art Edgerton. He played solo and with a trio.

Scott, I hate to nitpick. OK, I love to nitpick! :-) Do you think Erroll Garner is under appreciated? I think this a case where you would be gladly mistaken, no? If he is under appreciated it is a situation that deserves much publicity. I would have thought that Soliloquy, Gems, and Concert by the Sea, among others would already have a place on most jazz pianist lovers' shelves.

I post this question not so much to take issue with your taste or opinion of anything jazz, which is consistently impeccable and accurate, but rather to highlight to others that his are recordings that are among those in the "must have" category.

Richie Beirach
Kirk Lightsey
Walter Norris
Bill Charlap
Mulgrew Miller
Wynton Kelly
John Taylor
Larry Goldings
Clare Fischer
Hank Jones
Harold Mabern
David Hazeltine
John Hicks

Irmin Schmidt,
Sergei Kuriokhin(only appreciated after his death),

I don't believe that Carla Bley was ever under-appreciated.