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Mar 4, 2018 · Enjoy this Jazz Music mix with the Best songs selected in 2018. Subscribe to AwaverMusic for the best modern Jazz mixes out there. Feel free to check out the artist's shops and channels...
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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.
50 Modern Jazz Classics. Album • Art Pepper • 2013. 50 songs • 3 hours, 54 minutes. Play. Save to library. 1. Groovin' High. 137K plays. 3:24.
- Esperanza Spalding
- Brad Mehdlau
- Vijay Iyer
- Kurt Rosenwinkel
- Jason Moran
- Ambrose Akinmusire
- Marius Neset
- Kamasi Washington
Esperanza Spalding has exploded onto the scene in the last decade or so, as her unique mixture of double bass-playing and singing(often at the same time) has captivated audiences. She was born in 1986 in Portland, Oregon, before studying (like so many contemporary jazz musicians) at Boston’s famous Berklee College of Music. She was hired as a doubl...
Brad Mehldau started making waves on the New York jazz scene in the early 1990s, having studied at the New School with classmates including guitarist Peter Bernstein and pianist (and now jazz club owner) Spike Wilner. As a pianist, Mehdlau’s jazz pedigree is indisputable – his early work in particular displays deep study of straight ahead keyboard ...
Vijay Iyer is a true polymath: to refer to him merely as a jazz pianist really doesn’t do him justice. In addition to recording a number of albums with his piano trio, which features Stephan Crump and Marcus Gilmore on bass and drums respectively, the American has also composed orchestral concert music, published various writings and collaborated w...
Kurt Rosenwinkel has gone from being a ‘musicians musician’, who was largely lauded by jazz students and aficionados, to something of a bonafide guitarhero, who has collaborated with Eric Clapton. He made early appearances in the bands of jazz elder statesman – Gary Burton, Joe Henderson and Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band – before forming a popu...
As an indication of Moran’s impact upon modern jazz, the 2010 Jazz Critics’ Poll for the best albums of the year featured four albums on which he had played. His own record Ten topped the poll, while albums by Bunky Green and Rudresh Mhanthappa, Charles Lloyed and Paul Motian, on all of which he had appeared as a sidemen, also appeared in the top t...
Like Vijay Iyer and a number of other modern jazz luminaries, Akinmusire was mentored by Steve Coleman, playing with the saxophonist’s Five Elements band on a European tour after Coleman heard the young trumpeter playing with the Berkley High School Jazz Ensemble. Akinmusire, who has often collaborated with saxophonist and fellow California native ...
While the modern jazz landscape can often feel rather New York-dominated, there are strong contemporary jazz scenes in major cities across the world, and around Europe in particular. There is a long history of northern European musicians fusing traditional jazz techniques with a more pastoral aesthetic – the distinctive music produced by German lab...
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington’s The Epic was the surprise breakout hit in 2015, attracting the attention of mainstream music journalists and listeners and thrusting him into the limelight. His intense brand of contemporary spiritual jazzcarries shades of Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders and seems to work particularly well in big festivals and ven...
- 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.
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...
Apr 29, 2024 · Jazz has always been fueled by modern, contemporary artists, young jazz musicians seeking new modes of expression.
