My vote for "Best Young Lions" of jazz would be Joshua Redman, Eric Harland, and Brad Mehldau. Simply brilliant musicians all under 40.
My vote for jazz "Lions" would be Charles LLoyd, Dave Holland, Kieth Jarrett, Branford Marsalis. Simply brilliant musicians, all over 40.
My vote for "Best Young" jazz artists (under 40 but not quite as brilliant as those above) would be:
Aaron Goldberg
Rueben Rodgers
Esperanza Spalding
Avashi Cohen
Nicolas Payton
Eric Reed
Jason Moran
Chris Potter
Aaron Parks
Robert Glasper
Gretchen Parlato
My vote for jazz "Lions" would be Charles LLoyd, Dave Holland, Kieth Jarrett, Branford Marsalis. Simply brilliant musicians, all over 40.
My vote for "Best Young" jazz artists (under 40 but not quite as brilliant as those above) would be:
Aaron Goldberg
Rueben Rodgers
Esperanza Spalding
Avashi Cohen
Nicolas Payton
Eric Reed
Jason Moran
Chris Potter
Aaron Parks
Robert Glasper
Gretchen Parlato