I explicitly said that i cannot approve or contradict these impressions from Richard Williams (not my impression then it is a quote) . I quote it to add to my own opinion about Montoliu ...
I put it to reveal that not all jazz afficionados takes Montoliu ,underestimated in America, as a secondary pianist but as one who can rival Peterson in the same way Chet Baker rival Miles Davis in his own individual way .
In music all great musicians are beside one another on the same podium for different reasons linked to their soul/body individual unique expression ...
i like Peterson as i like Bill Evans , Keith Jarrett , Brad Meldhau, Montoliu , or few japanese pianists unknown here or Bill Charlap etc ..
Montoliu and Bill Evans and Jarrett and Peterson are my favorite ...but the lists of the one i loved is too long to put here .....
jazz is no more an American genre for many decades after the war now ...
Jan Johansson from sweden is one of the great jazz pianist i love for example :
@mahgister
How can one say that anyone is better or worse than Peterson. They are both great pianists. I can and have listened to both for days on end.
