Who is the best blues piano player?

There is no "best", just many greats. Try....

Otis Spann http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSX9nlNMjVY&feature...

Little Brother Montgomery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_KYbizxhg8

Roosevelt Sykes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Irp8MOJ4g&feature...

Sunnyland Slim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xed6pyIVqLU

Henry Townsend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEryiVom2v4

Memphis Slim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD2_WmkLGxA

Some current players...

Gene Taylor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95o3QBq1oVk

Honey Piazza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QiTXNOEXgU

Marcia Ball & the legendary Pinetop Perkins together! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_rVOf9icxs

There are literally dozens of great blues, jump, boogie, and r & b players, but this should be a good start.

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Al Kooper? Hes more of an organist than a pianist. If you like him, get Live Adventures or Fillmore East. Live Adventures is the better of the two and even has a version of Green Onions. They both have Mike Bloomfield on guitar, which is why I like them so much. Al Kooper was also a founding member of Blood Sweat And Tears but was only on their first album. Actually their first album wasn't that good. There was only a few good songs. There was one great song though. Blues piano players, huh? Otis Spann was definitely the best. He played with Muddy Waters for one. Other greats are / were Pinetop Perkins, Lafayette Leake, Dick Heintze (Roy Buchanan).

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Who is the best blues piano player?

Preferably somebody I can listen to on youtube.

Good answers all. One of my personal favorites is Corky Siegel of The Siegel-Schwall Band. Unfortunately you won't find any of their old (and great) stuff on the internet: they're very protective of their music.

The album "953 West" includes some awesome piano by Corky.

the one and only Pinetop Perkins

still alive and well

played in the famous line up of Muddy Waters Band.

Otis Spann

Champion Jack Dupree

Little Willie Littlefield

Ray Charles

What my buddy Martin said.

Also, Frank "Sweet" Williams, Professor Longhair, Tuts Washington, Henry Gray, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson.

My first choice is Roosevelt Sykes followed very closely my Memphis Slim

-Papadon Washington

My buddy Martin summed it up perfectly, with a nice follow up by Melting Media. I would only add one of my favorites, Big Maceo.