I was recently asked at a camp I taught at to list off a bunch of contemporary jazz artists for some great, eager students who didn’t have much knowledge of modern jazz musicians. PREFACE: There are so many incredible modern jazz artists right now that I can’t possibly list them all. SO, this is my preface in giving this *short* list of folks that I think you NEED to check out if you don’t have much knowledge of modern jazz artists.
(Specifically, Shell Lake Trumpet Camp folk – this is for you!)
Here goes:
TRUMPET PLAYERS (Ambrose Akinmusire, Avishai Cohen, Ingrid Jensen, Alex Sipiagin, Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Sean Jones)
TENOR SAX (Walter Smith III, Chris Potter, Donny McCaslin, Mark Turner, Joshua Redman)
ALTO (Dave Binney, Miguel Zenon, Greg Osby, Tim Green, Jaleel Shaw)
PIANO (Brad Mehldau, Gerald Clayton, Robert Glasper, Aaron Parks, Jason Moran)
BASS (Christian McBride, John Patitucci, Esperanza Spalding, Linda Oh, Ben Williams)
DRUMS (Eric Harland, Brian Blade, Bill Stewart, Kendrick Scott, Lewis Nash)
GROUPS (Brian Blade Fellowship Band, Vijay Iyer Trio, Joe Lovano “Us Five”, Kneebody, Kurt Rosenwinkel Group)
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