any good post-2000 jazz albums ?

Question

any good post-2000 jazz albums ?

Answer 1

nice, diverse list by Teaim. if I may add the following few titles (a baker's dozen, as it always seems to turn out for me):



1. The Bad Plus, "Give."

2. Charlie Haden, "Not in Our Name."

3. Happy Apple, "Youth Oriented."

4. Dave Holland Quintet, "Extended Play: Live at Birdland."

5. Charles Lloyd/Billy Higgins, "Which Way Is East."

6. Jason Moran, "Black Stars."

7. Sam Rivers, "Celebration."

8. Sam Rivers/Adam Rudolph/Harris Eisenstadt, "Vista."

9. Matthew Shipp, "Matthew Shipp's New Orbit."

10. Steve Swallow, "Damaged in Transit."

11. Henry Threadgill & Make a Move, "Everybody's Mouth's a Book."

12. Henry Threadgill's Zooid, "Up Popped the Two Lips."

13. The David S. Ware Quartets, "Live in the World."



see allmusic.com for more info on any or all of the above titles. I've noted links for audio samples for the first ten titles below; you can do the rest, if you so wish...

Answer 2

Here are just a few of the new breed of jazz musicians. It's not new players doing the old thing. These guys are artists, and they are creating new ways to play music. It's modern and its jazz. It seems pretty obvious that these albums are motivated by a need to create innovative music, and that selling lots of copies was very much secondary. Don't take my word for it.



I can suggest these albums because I listen to these albums very often. Also, I have seen almost every musician on this list at least once. They are all post 2000. There are definitely NOT any smooth "jazz" albums on this list. If you are searching for smooth "jazz" don't even bother with my list, just skip it entirely.



On a personal note, I am a big fan of the 1960's jazz (Mingus, Dolphy, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis...) and I consider the albums listed below to be from the same adventerous spirit that the 1960's innovators tapped into. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Here's the list.



Drew Gress- Seven Black Butterflies



Scott Colley- Archetiect of the Silent Moment.



John Ellis- Roots Branches and Leaves



Kurt Rosenwinkel-Deep Song (any album)



Seamus Blake- Stranger Things Have Happened



Tim Berne and Science Friction- The Sublime and the...(live)



Ried Anderson- Dirty Showtunes



Ari Hoenig- Inversations



Dafnis Prieto- Absolute Quintet



Mat Maneri Quartet- Blue Decco



Roy Campbell- It's Krunch Time



Human Feel- Galore



Aaron Parks- Invisible Cinema



Bernie Maupin Quartet- Early Reflections



Mario Pavone- Toulon Days



Charles Lloyd Rabo De Nube



Chris Potter- Song For Anyone



William Parker- Painter's Spring



Jame Carter Present Tense



Steve Turre- The Spirits Up Above





Most of the musicians on this list are on the current New York City downtown jazz scene.



I was turned onto most of these musicians through listening to the great radio station WKCR. There is no other jazz station like WKCR. Check their schedule.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/

Answer 3

Ace of Clubs - Everything's Going To The Beat (The Story of Acid Jazz Album)



Abdullah Ibrahim - Cape Town Congo Square, Tsakwe-Royal Blue (Cape Town Revisited Album)



Al Jarreua - Agua de Beber, Mornin', Boogie Down (all from the Best of Al Jarreua)



Billy Childs - La Belle Dame Sans Regrets*, Ceinema Paradiso (both from When I Fall in Love Album)



Bob James - Raise The Roof*, Take Me There*, Swingset (Joy Ride album), Street Smart (this has more of a beat to it), Morning Noon & Night (both of these are off his Morning Noon & Night Album....most of his songs are instrumental jazz but he has a few songs that have singing in them)



Bobby Shew (Salsa Caliente Album) - Insight, Santo Domingo, Cubano Chant*



Branford Marsalis - Sidney in da Haus, Stretto From The Ghetto (I Heard You Twice the First Time Album), Cheek To Cheek, In The Crease (both on the Contemporary Jazz Album)



The Brecker Brothers - Song For Barry*, King of the Lobby, Big Idea, Spherical, Roppong! (all on the Return of the Brecker Brothers Album),



Candy Dulfer - 2 Funky*, Sax-A-Go-Go*, Mister Marvin, Man in the Desert, I Can't Make You Love Me, Pick Up The Pieces* (...... Cover), Compared to What (he's got a lot of groove to his jazz and saxophone)

(all on his Sax-A-Go Album)



Carla Vallet/Yoko Kanno - Fantaisie Sign (Ian Pooley Remix)* (Music For Freelance Album)



Charlie Hunter Quartet - Ashby Man (Ready Set Shangoo! Album) Of Things To Come (Return of the Candyman Album)



Chris Botti - When I Fall In Love, No Ordinary Love (Sade Cover), My Romance, How Love Should Be (singing), One for My Baby, Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) (Chris Botti's is more soft and mellow jazz) (all on When I Fall in Love Album)



Dave Koz - So Far From Home, Emily, Castle of Dreams, Endless Summer Nights (Richard Marx Cover), Love of My Life (singing), Perfect Stranger, If Love is All We Have (singing), Yesterday's Rain (all these are on Dave Koz's self titled album)



Dave Koz - Don't Look Back, I'm Ready, Let Me Count The Ways, Under The Spell of the Moon*, My Back Porch (all on his album, Off The Beaten Path)



Dave Koz - December Makes Me Feel This Way Album, all Christmas Jazz Songs



David Sanborn - Hobbies (off his Another Hand Album), Chicago Song*, Slam*, Neither One of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye, singing in it.... all off his Best of David Sanborn Album), Relativity and Listen Here are off his Songs From The Night Before Album



Diana Krall (Live in Paris Album) I"ve Got You Under My Skin (singing), Just The Way You Are, singing (Billy Joel Cover)



Dj Antoine - Calabria (drum and jazz)



Down to the Bone (groove, funk jazz) Savour The Flavour*, Yo Mama's So Phat* (From Manhatten to Staten Album), Keep On Keepin' On, Soul Brother No. 1 (Spread The Word Album III)



Fattburger - Sizzlin', Blue Sunset Ridge, The Lizard*, New World Order* (all on Sizzlin' Album)



Gerald Albright - Georgia On My Mind (Ray Charles Cover) the very best of Gerald Albright Album



Grover Washington, Jr. - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology, Marvin Gaye Cover), Ain't No Sunshine (Inner City Blues Album), Just The Two of Us (Bill Withers Cover; Winelight Album)



Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme Song (i thought i'd just throw this in there, you might want it)



Jane Monheit (she does a lot of singing in her jazz music) her albums are Never Never Land, Come Dream With Me



John Coltrane - Cousin Mary (Giant Steps Album), In A Sentimental Mood (The Very Best of John Coltrane Album)



Keiko Matsui - Bonfire in the Piano*, Spirit At The Corner, Steps in the Night*, Legend of the Trees, Full Moon & Shrine, Toward The Sunrise, Forever Forever (all on Full Moon & Shrine... he's more like Nature, the type that lives out in the nature forest with the wolves kind if you know what i mean... that's what i'm assuming)



Kim Waters - Sunny, Possession*, Water's Edge, Love's Melody, Two Hearts of Mine (Song for My Twins) (singing, soul/r&b), Let's Do This (all off of her Love's Melody Album)



Mindi Abair - I Just Happens That Way, Right On, Save Tonight (Eagle Eye Cherry Cover... singing), As Good As It Gets, Save The Last Dance, Play, Remember (all on It Just Happens That Way Album)



Paul Hardcastle (he has the hit song 19 back in the 80's) this is his more modern jazz, London in Springtime (singing), Lost In Space, Ventura Highway (singing), Nightcrawler, Don't Let It Get You Down (singing), Starchild, Dreams, Trippin' Rhythm* (he has more song on his album called Jazzmasters III)



Perfect Sense - Bumba (Stereo Sax Mix) (Buddha Bar Album... dance jazz, this album is not his own but mixed with other artists)



The Rippingtons - Let It Rip, A Private Getaway, 17 Mile Drive, Cast a Spell (all on Let It Ripp Album)



Ronny Jordan - At Last, Nite & Day (Al B. Sure Cover), Word of Mouth, Tease, Rondezvous, St. Tropez (Club Mix, dance jazz) all on his At Last Album



Russ Freeman - Native Sons of a Distand Land, I'll Be Around (s