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I especially appreciate pianists who seem to bridge this divide. Jon Schmidt of the Piano Guys seems to be able to fluidly combine classical style and jazz impr

• jrowley 9y ago
  Here's a nice example from jazz bassist Ray Brown & guitarist Laurindo Almeida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUzknDfC_eQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUzknDfC_eQ They created a beautiful medley of Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven and the jazz standard, Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk
• jacquesm 9y ago
  Check out Friedrich Gulda (he's both a classical and a jazz pianist as well as a composer). https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=friedrich+gulda https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=friedrich+gulda
• joebergeron 9y ago
  If anyone is interested in exploring this style of music in more depth, I recommend looking into "Third Stream" music. It's meant to be a sort of fluid combination of both jazz and classical styles, and is often pretty interesting. There's a whole lot of things that third stream music /isn't/ (and famously, a list that attempts to define the genre in terms of what it's /not/ supposed to be), and as such, many people who try to write third streammusic end up creating music that's a lot less subtle. It's not really my cup of tea (more of a jazz guy), probably because there isn't a huge repertoire of third stream music out there, but it's definitely worth checking out if you think you might be interested.