Bill Evans, a premier jazz pianist. Bill Evans Trio recorded by Riverside. Waltz for Debby is a good recording to start with.
Tommy Flanagan - A trio with Peter Washington & Lewis Nash on a release called "Lady Be Good" by Verve is a good place to start.
Gene Harris & the Gene Harris Quartet on the Concord Label
Ahmad Jamal - He has some late recordings on Telarc which are Trios and excellent listening.
Oscar Peterson, another premier pianist, with the Oscar Peterson Trio. I perfer his earlier recordings on Verve. "We Get Requests" is a good place to start. He did a bunch of stuff for Telarc as well.
Andre Previn has some great 'Dinner Jazz' recordings with Mundel Lowe on Guitar and Ray Brown on bass (NO drums!). I think Previn is a far better jazz musician (pianist) than folks might be aware from his later years prominence in conducting, performing, and writing classical music.
And for 'Spanish' guitar artists, I don't know, but for some classic jazz guitar don't over look Joe Pass.
Hope that helps a bit. All are very assessible.
Tommy Flanagan - A trio with Peter Washington & Lewis Nash on a release called "Lady Be Good" by Verve is a good place to start.
Gene Harris & the Gene Harris Quartet on the Concord Label
Ahmad Jamal - He has some late recordings on Telarc which are Trios and excellent listening.
Oscar Peterson, another premier pianist, with the Oscar Peterson Trio. I perfer his earlier recordings on Verve. "We Get Requests" is a good place to start. He did a bunch of stuff for Telarc as well.
Andre Previn has some great 'Dinner Jazz' recordings with Mundel Lowe on Guitar and Ray Brown on bass (NO drums!). I think Previn is a far better jazz musician (pianist) than folks might be aware from his later years prominence in conducting, performing, and writing classical music.
And for 'Spanish' guitar artists, I don't know, but for some classic jazz guitar don't over look Joe Pass.
Hope that helps a bit. All are very assessible.