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- JAZZ PIANISTS BY FINAL AGE - Name Birthday / Birthplace Final Age* Quick Note by region Kenny Barron 6/9/1943 Philadelphia, PA Fred Hersch 10/21/1955 Cincinnati, OH John Beasley 10/10/1958 Shreveport, LA Herbie Hancock 4/12/1940 Chicago, IL Keith Jarrett 5/8/1945 Allentown, PA Brad Mehldau 8/23/1970 Jacksonville, FL Sonny Clark 7/21/1931 Herminie, PA 31 Michel Petrucciani 12/28/1962 Orange, Vaucluse, France 36 Bobby Timmons 12/19/1935 Philadelphia, PA 38 Fats Waller 5/21/1904 New York City, NY 39 Wynton Kelly 12/2/1931 New York City, NY 39 Bud Powell 9/27/1924 Harlem, New York City, NY 41 Kenny Kirkland 9/28/1955 Brooklyn, NY 43 Art Tatum 10/13/1909 Toledo, OH 47 Vince Guaraldi 7/17/1928 San Francisco, CA 47 Hampton Hawes 11/13/1928 Los Angeles, CA 48 Tadd Dameron 2/21/1917 Cleveland, OH 48 Scott Joplin 11/24/1868 Texarkana, TX or Linden, TX 48 Bill Evans 8/16/1929 Plainfield, NJ 51 Erroll Garner 6/15/1921 Pittsburgh, PA 55 Jelly Roll Morton 9/20/1885 New Orleans, LA 55 Phineas Newborn Jr. 12/14/1931 Whiteville, TN 57 Mulgrew Miller 8/13/1955 Greenwood, MS 57 Lennie Tristano 3/19/1919 Chicago, IL 59 Al Haig 7/19/1922 Newark, NJ 60 Red Garland 5/13/1923 Dallas, TX 60 James P. Johnson 2/1/1894 New Brunswick, NJ 61 Kenny Drew 8/28/1928 New York City, NY 64 Thelonious Monk 10/10/1917 Rocky Mount, NC 64 Walter Bishop, Jr. 10/4/1927 New York City, NY 70 Mary Lou Williams 5/8/1910 Atlanta, GA 71 Tommy Flanagan 3/16/1930 Detroit, MI 71 John Taylor 9/25/1942 Manchester, England 72 Teddy Wilson 11/24/1912 Austin, TX 73 Andrew Hill 6/30/1931 Chicago, IL 75 Joe Zawinul 7/7/1932 Vienna, Austria 75 Frank Vincent 4/10/1938 Falconer, Chautauqua County, NY 76 Count Basie 8/21/1904 Red Bank, NJ 79 Cedar Walton 1/17/1934 Dallas, TX 79 Chick Corea 6/12/1941 Chelsea, MA 79 Willie Smith 11/3/1893 Goshen, NY 79 Earl Hines 12/28/1903 Duquesne, PA 79 John Lewis 5/3/1920 La Grange, IL 80 McCoy Tyner 12/11/1938 Philadelphia, PA 81 Oscar Peterson 8/15/1925 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 82 Paul Bley 11/10/1932 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 83 Duke Jordan 4/1/1922 Brooklyn, NY 84 Horace Silver 9/2/1928 Norwalk, CT 85 Hal Galper 4/18/1938 Salem, MA 87 Billy Taylor 7/24/1921 Greenville, NC 89 Cecil Taylor 3/25/1929 Long Island City, NY 89 Hank Jones 7/31/1918 Vicksburg, MS 91 Barry Harris 12/15/1929 Detroit, MI 91 Dave Brubeck 12/6/1920 Concord, CA 91 Ahmad Jamal 7/2/1930 Pittsburgh, PA 92 Marian McPartland 3/20/1918 Slough, England 95                                   * to sort by Year of Death

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