Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron?

All beautiful music. My kind of jazz. Ingrid Jensen is in the group Artemis which jjss49 recommended earlier. It’s a really good album (to my ear). I also recommend it.

ARTEMIS - The Sidewinder - YouTube

I would say that "modern jazz" began with "Bebop"; that was the most revolutionary departure from the jazz that had come before. While "Bebop" didn't last that long, the musicians who were instrumental in creating "Bebop" are still "in vogue" today.

Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie led the way in Bebop, which evolved into modern jazz as we know it today. I am of the opinion that you should let your ears do the talking, just as in a buffet, you would let your taste buds do the talking.

If you ventured over to my thread, "Jazz For Aficionados", which has gone on for years, you would discover the best jazz that's been created since the beginning of "modern jazz" Extremely astute aficionados have left their indelible marks on this thread. The albums they've recommended have enabled me to expand my collection to the point that I no longer actively spend time in an attempt to expand it. If I did, I wouldn't have time to listen to all the killers I have accumulated as a result of purchasing their recommendations.

I can not think of a more pleasurable way to spend a day than listening to the best music on the best equipment. (especially since I am of that age, that precludes more strenuous activities which I considered quite desirable in my youth)

You simply thumb through the pages of "Jazz For Aficionados" and let your ears do the talking, the same as you would in a buffet where you let your taste buds do the talking; you simply sample this, that, and the other thing to determine what you like best. When someone tells you how fantastic an artist is, you have to find a way to hear that artist, in order to determine for yourself, whether or not that artist is so fantastic according to your tastes.

On "Jazz For Aficionados", you only have to click on the link that has been provided and hear the artist that someone else thinks is so fantastic; maybe you'll agree, maybe you wont.


Enjoy the music.

Been loving the records on the RR Gems label from Estonia.
Muriel Grossman - Coltrane worship but still sounds new and exciting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wnXDribCY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=RRGEMSRecords) 
Soft Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2zM_rs2dXQ&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SoftPower-Topic
Brahja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMkEMaO3CFk&feature=emb_logo

I, too, lean very heavily to the "golden era" stuff.  But, I will heartily second (or third) some of the contemporary names already mentioned: Josh Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, (throw in Brian Blade for the entire original Redman quartet) . . . and now I've already forgotten who else has already been mentioned.

I think Gregory Porter is doing some interesting things, but his material is pretty uneven.  He's more in the "keep an eye on" category, for me.  There are a few female vocalists I think are doing very good to excellent work: Melody Gardot, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Madeline Peyroux, and, yes, Diana Krall.  Is anybody there pushing the envelope?  No.  Do I give a tinker's durn about envelope pushing?  I do not.

I know I'm forgetting some people.

Trentmemphis, I think we all listen to other artists in addition to what you called "The Golden Era", but I know I always return to "The Golden Era".


Enjoy the music.