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Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron?

I am a huge jazz fan and 90% of my listening time is listening to instrumental jazz artists from the classic jazz era of 1950's to 1970's. Excluding jazz singers and a few more recent jazz artist who play classic jazz style I can't stand modern jazz.

My question to jazz fans is if it is my limitation or is this a common thing amongst classic jazz fans? Or did you finally come around and learned to appreciate modern jazz? If so which artists?
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@rok2id 
Yes, you're right. I should say today's jazz. And as much as I appreciate Miles Davis he lost me at Bitches Brew. I've never been a big fan of Fusion Jazz either. I do like Weather Report though.
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3_E_P, All those artist you list I also like. I was trying to make a point and may have been to strict  limiting myself to the 70's because there are a number of latter artist I like but they do all play that early style of improvisational jazz. Ray Brown Trio; Gene Harris Trio; and the ones you listed. Some more modern jazz singers are timeless if they are good so I don't limit them to a period like Carmen McRae, Karrin Allyson and Kurt Elling. 

But todays (post 80's) jazz instrumentalists sound to me to be all about precision and accuracy with a few exceptions, not about improvisation and emotion. Today's jazz musicians sound like classical music players who switched to jazz.


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