Who else is glad that jazz has remained very intact and niche,

>>69081897

I never really thought about it like that but I guess it is cool.

The thing about jazz is that it's a massively diverse genre and has been a big influence on almost every genre of popular music that followed it, yet culturally it still kind of remains in its own world.

>>69081897
It would be nice at times to have more people eager to discuss jazz, but I think you have a point as well.

In the 50's and 60's jazz basically became art music and several record labels emerged that are willing to support the art and artists without much commercial consideration and without the need to pander to a popular audience I think a lot of great music has emerged.

Still, when I'm listening to some amazing album that came out in 2006 that I've never heard mentioned anywhere before I think it's a shame how few people must have heard that music.

>>69081897
Can anyone recc some good contemporary jazz? All the jazz I listen to is from the last century.

>>69081897
yes and no :D

there's still a world going on out there

>>69082221
How modern do you want?

>>69082209

I only got into jazz the last year and a half or so, and I'm still getting through a lot of 40s/50s/60s/70s albums, let alone anything from the 2000s.

>>69082250
Anything within the last 10 years, I'd say.

>>69082221
what do you like?

try Americans:
Michael Formanek & Ensemble Kolossus - The Distance
Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith - A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
Jack DeJohnette - In Movement
Andrew Cyrille - The Declaration of Musical Independence
Steve Lehman - Sélébéyone
Tyshawn Sorey - The Inner Spectrum of Variables

>>69082343
>Michael Formanek & Ensemble Kolossus - The Distance
>Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith - A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
>Jack DeJohnette - In Movement
>Andrew Cyrille - The Declaration of Musical Independence
>Steve Lehman - Sélébéyone
>Tyshawn Sorey - The Inner Spectrum of Variables
all garbage

Ediiton Records is doing good work in the EU:

http://editionrecords.com/releases/

Serious contenders for album of year IMHO;
Aki Rissanen Trio http://editionrecords.com/releases/amorandom/
Phronesis: Parallax http://editionrecords.com/releases/parallax/
Eyolf Dale - Wolf Valley: http://editionrecords.com/releases/wolf-valley/
Jasper Hoiby - Fellow Creatures : http://editionrecords.com/releases/fellow-creatures/
Dinosaur - Together as One : http://editionrecords.com/releases/together-as-one/
Oddarrang - Agartha : http://editionrecords.com/releases/agartha/

Check 'em out!

>>69082343
I'll check those out.

Some of my favorites:
Bud Shank (Braziliance)
Dexter Gordon (Blue Bossa
Jaco Pastorius (The Chicken)
Pat Metheny

etc

>>69082435
>>69082442
terrible

>>69082358
>>69082469

Great discussion, keep it up.

>>69082442

keep an open mind and things will work out fine :D

>>69082497
I think through the wide applications
of "GARBAGE"
our artform will move on

>>69082263
Dave Scott- Brooklyn Aura
Steve Lehman- Mise en Abime
Chris Potter- Imaginary Cities
David Virelles- Mboko
David Binney- Lifted Land
Craig Taborn- Chants
Conrad Herwig- A Voice Through the Door
Wayne Shorter Quartet- Without a Net
Rudresh Mahanthappa- Gamak
Alex Sipiagin- Destinations Unknown
Richard Andersson- Please Recycle

Just some I like

>>69082546
Bad

>>69082569
Will you be honest and tell me how many of them you've actually listened to all the way through?

>>69082586
All of them

>>69082614
wew

Eric Harland - Voyager Live By Night