There are lots of different kinds of great... can't pick one favorite right now ... been liking Monk and Mal Waldron a lot lately tho'. Here's a few who have real big talent and brilliance, (but maybe not real big notoriety):
Paul Plimley
Simon Nabatov
Sylvie Courvoisier
Jean Michel Pilc
Achim Kaufmann
Myra Melford
Misha Mengleberg
Francois Bourassa
Michael Borstlap
Joachim Kuhn
Vijay Iyer
Sakoto Fuji
Horace Tapscott
