nsp, I agree with your descriptions of Bley/Jarrett and their respective styles. Thanks for the recommendations; will check them out.
Roy Clark was indeed a great guitar player. Another fantastic “Country” player was Glen Campbell who was a very in-demand session player, notably as member of the great “The Wrecking Crew” backing band before achieving solo and TV fame; not to mention prolific songwriter.
With all the mention of Japanese piano players, surprised no mention of Makoto Ozone. Absolutely brilliant player:
https://youtu.be/HIO75qZM7z4He had a long working relationship with the great Gary Burton:
https://youtu.be/1lAlV6hMCS4Schubert mentioned Paquito:
https://youtu.be/vOOmNvvQtJcI generally don’t like naming “best” this or that; particularly in Jazz. However, here is Makoto with, if forced to choose and stylistic preferences aside, probably the greatest saxophone virtuoso to ever live. His “complete control” of the instrument was simply incredible:
https://youtu.be/GRFMG5C2PPA