I'm actually asking for someone else who is becoming interested in solo jazz recordings. He stumbled upon this and liked it a lot:



Can you suggest any artists, recordings, etc that are similar?

Thanks!
Aimee

Check out

Bill Evans
Red Garland
Bud Powell
Wynton Kelly
Herbie Hancock
Chick Corea
McCoy Tyner
Duke Ellington
Thelonius Monk
Tommy Flanagan
Kenny Barraon
George Shearing
Horace Silver

There,s only one oscar Peterson!!

Check out Monty Alexander, montreux 76
Gene Harris - black and blue
Keith Jarrett, standards volume 1
Oscar Peterson, Nigerian marketplace and anything else he ever recorded
Michel petruciani, solo au theatre des champs elysees
Ahmad jamal, live at the pershing

I think there might be some likelihood that an Oscar Peterson fan would also dig Phineas Newborn, Jr. I really like Phineas, myself.




For something a little flashier, reach all the way back to Art Tatum.



And a lot of hard-core jazz piano fans might choose Bud Powell over either of the above two.



For my part, if all I could listen to was Bill Evans I would not pine away for lack of music. But that Tatum, Powell, Peterson (and I'd throw Newborn in there) stuff is very mainstream, quality piano playing no doubt.

I notice now you're asking solo

Keith jarett, la scala and Carnegie hall
Monty Alexander at maybeck hall
Gene Harris at maybeck hall
Dave mckenna at maybeck
Petrucciani, theatre des champs elysees
Art Tatum - any best of will do

I knew I came to the right place. Thanks so much, everybody.

Aimee

you might also want to check out Michel Camilo
http://www.michelcamilo.com/

He has some incredible stuff both solo and with big band arrangements