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Nov 4, 2023 · Modern Jazz & Contemporary Jazz Today. Nowadays, the word “modern” is often used interchangeably with “contemporary” to describe a jazz sound. It’s a rather vague term that covers a range of sub-genres, but generally refers to music that is more current than styles like swing, bebop and modal jazz.
- Charles Waring
- Shabaka Hutchings. Born in London and raised in Barbados, Hutchings is an award-winning multi-reed player who can alternate between saxophone and clarinet.
- Kamasi Washington. One of the reasons that contemporary jazz is reconnecting with young people is down to the appeal of this LA-born saxophonist’s transformative 2015 debut album, a sprawling triple-set called The Epic, on which he morphed from a journeyman-like saxophonist-for-hire into an inspirational apostle of spiritual jazz.
- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. From jazz’s birthplace, New Orleans, this contemporary jazz artist is a trumpeter with a clear, burnished tone who acknowledges the tradition of the music but sees the future of jazz in a fusion of alt.rock, African music, movie soundtracks, and hip-hop.
- Esperanza Spalding. Sounding like a young Joni Mitchell fronting Return To Forever on steroids, this Portland-born singer, composer, and bass virtuoso is extending the frontiers of jazz with boundary-breaking music that embraces rock, funk, Latin, jazz fusion, and the avant-garde.
- Ezra Collective. Formed of 5 of London’s premiere instrumentalists, Ezra collective are championing the new wave of UK Jazz music. The rich instrumentals played flawlessly throughout their songs, leave you appreciating their individual display of talent.
- Nubya Garcia. Nubya Nyasha Garcia is a British jazz artist, saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Her debut album, Source, is a modern Jazz masterpiece.
- Alfa Mist. Alfa Mist is a talented pianist and music producer from in Newham, East London. He weaves heavy beats into his music and released a solo piano project entitled On My Ones recently.
- Yussef Dayes. Yussef Dayes is a drummer and composer with deep roots in the South London jazz scene. He has grown his reputation through a broad network of collaborators in the scene, including Freddie Gibbs, Tom Misch, Masego, Alfa Mist and more.
- Cécile McLorin Salvant. Ghost Song. Nonesuch. 'The primary undercurrent is a sense of haunting, of restlessness and torment. It is all there in Salvant’s finely shaded voice down to every careful accent and emphasis on revelatory lyrics, which are potently consolidated by the advanced subtleties of an ensemble in which master guitarist Marvin Sewell is both a suitably corporeal and spectral presence, drawing on his consummate bluesiness with no concession to cliché.'
- Charles Lloyd. Trios: Chapel. Blue Note. 'The close relationship Frisell and Lloyd have fostered is built on a shared musical DNA of homespun, black-rooted popular Americana and a certain spiritual, some might say spaced-out, vibe.
- Immanuel Wilkins. The 7th Hand. Blue Note. 'Not unlike his biggest hero Kenny Garrett, Wilkins on The 7th Hand plays the alto with a deceivingly wispy yet soulful tone.
- Mary Halvorson. Amaryllis/Belladonna. Nonesuch. 'The release of either of these albums would be significant: but to have them released simultaneously is a major musical event.'
Nov 25, 2021 · The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2021. Thursday, November 25, 2021. The votes are in! Featuring outstanding releases from Charles Lloyd, Pat Metheny, Gretchen Parlato, Georgia Mancio, Songs of Kemet, Jaimie Branch and many more...
Listen to the best artists of today, who deliver fresh and original jazz tunes, with a wide and inventive range of styles. Explore the new directions and discoveries of the current jazz world, and marvel at the richness and variety of this progressive and imaginative music.
Best Jazz Songs of 2023 · Playlist · 75 songs · 24.5K likes.
