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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True, the moniker Modern Jazz doesn't truly apply to a style that is over 60 years old, but the term is still okay by me.  Just think of it like a category.  Like Swing, Traditional, Ragtime, Hard Bop, Fusion...
tablejockey -- thanks for intoning Chuck Niles' name.  I listened to his show obsessively.  I lapse into a Chuck Niles imitation whenever the word "jazz" comes into my head.