Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron?

Since I'm short timing, and don't have forever, I'll go along with my friend Rok; he's been discovering so much new "old" jazz, that we wont have to re-discover what's called "new-jazz". Thank you very much, but we don't need none.

1) we should do and listen to what makes us happy, we all have limited time and attention span

2) najee/david sanborn etc has been out there for 30+ years - imo modern jazz should be defined as currently produced in or near the present day, by artists that are emerging in the present day -- to billie holliday and charlie christian, miles davis in the 60’s was modern jazz... but not today in 2020

3) for best of modern jazz, i would recommend a few names as starters -- ibrahim maaloof (40 melodies), anjelique kidjo (celia), artemis (self titled first album), christian mcbride (quartet and big band releases new one dedicated to wes montgomery), joey alexander (any), cecile mclorin salvant (any)

4) here are some recent albums by wonderful, established artists - eliane elias (dance of time), eddie henderson (be cool), chris potter (dreamer is the dream), bill frisell (valentine), eric reed (such a time as this)

happy listening

If you’re a fan of Jazz piano trios check out this rather lengthy thread:

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/18046-are-we-living-in-the-golden-age-of-the-jazz-piano-trio/?tab=comments#comment-277594

It was started about 7 years ago by a guy who’s taste and knowledge is exemplary (he also writes a Jazz/Classical blog). I’ve discovered a lot of great contemporary artists reading this thread.

tablejockey -- thanks for intoning Chuck Niles' name.  I listened to his show obsessively.  I lapse into a Chuck Niles imitation whenever the word "jazz" comes into my head.