Bill Evans is godly, listening to 'Quintessance' right now in the office actually, such nice relaxing 4pm music, getting ready to go home for the day.

Heard of but haven't heard any Teddy Wilson before, any recommendations dude?

He's early jazz mostly, although he went for a long time (like many).
He swinged on piano with Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Lester Young.

Teddy Wilson also plays on Billie Holiday's best, so chances are that you've heard him.

I've got this Jazz Piano Workshop Berlin '65 video that has Evans, Byard, Wilson, Earl Hines, John Lewis, Tristano and others. I think there's a part where he and Wilson improvise a duet. A very young NHOP is on bass in the rhythm section. The musicians take turns at the piano and then take turns doing duets together. Wilson is just so great on it. Evans stands out too. Lennie gets the most applause though. (The people there were probably to some extent acknowledging how rare an appearance it was.) He doesn't seem all that into it though (I don't think he liked big crowds like in this big theatre...being blind and having to be led onto the stage and everything as the players alternated); he plays some block chords, as only he does. There is a part after one of his lines when I got the sense he was attempting to take things over by branching somewhere; he probably cursed the rhythm section and everyone else afterwards; and for all of their talent, perhaps still rightly so.

Cool - that lineup sounds killer!

I reckon Evans always manages to elevate whatever group he's with to the next level -IMO I dont think Kind of Blue would be widely considered the best jazz album of all time without his amazing contribution. Ditto for Oliver Nelson's Blues and The Abstract Truth.

thats right, i meant jimmy garrison (right?)

John Coltrane -sax
Miles Davis -trumpet
Bud Powell - piano
Evan Parker - sax
Derek Bailey - guitar
Bill Wells - bass
Tony Oxley - drums
Alice Coltrane - harp/organ

shit, i forgot her

Arthur Doyle - sax
Don Cherry - trumpet
Chris Corsano - drums
Rudolph Grey - guitar
Brian Sullivan - guitar
Trevor Tremaine - drums

sort of strayed off into noise/improv territory a bit... this is like a blend of Death Unit and Blue Humans

The Free Space Jazz Quintet:

Tim Daisy - Drums
Chris Corsano - Drums
Art Blakey - Drums
Marshall Allen - Alto/Tenor Sax
Jaco Pastorius - Bass

HELL YES JACO!!!!!!!

John Coltrane - sax
McCoy Tyner - piano
Charles Mingus - double bass
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Eric Dolphy - flute
Elvin Jones - drums

john coltrane--sax
peter brotzmann--sax
don dietrich--sax
jim sauter--sax
sonny sharrock--guitar
nels cline--guitar
kim gordon--guitar
miles davis--trumpet
ron carter--bass
charlie mingus--bass
han bennink--drums
william hooker--drums

my 12-piece...i can't narrow it down anymore, haha.

yeah, i was thinking about the free-est most destructive jazz combo i could. i would so pay to see this.

"fred cracklin? no way!!"