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Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron?

I am a huge jazz fan and 90% of my listening time is listening to instrumental jazz artists from the classic jazz era of 1950's to 1970's. Excluding jazz singers and a few more recent jazz artist who play classic jazz style I can't stand modern jazz.

My question to jazz fans is if it is my limitation or is this a common thing amongst classic jazz fans? Or did you finally come around and learned to appreciate modern jazz? If so which artists?
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orpheus10
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Here's music that I have on my playlist and in the car; it never gets old, maybe that's because it's the "undisputed" high priest of modern jazz; Charles "Yardbird" Parker, his "Bird With Strings" never gets old.


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP7E0K4IMqo


         
roberjerman
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Check out singer Gregory Porter's release All Rise! In the same class as Nat King and Freddie Cole! A superb vocalist!
orpheus10
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Whoopycat, while I'm in the other camp, I've ordered the British Afro Jazz.


                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz9iPxElk0k


                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzZUJ8oxgxw
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rok2id
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‘we shall be overwhelmed with things that are tenth-rate’.

Prophecy of the great Classical Conductor Hebert von Karajan

I think we be there.

Cheers
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mahgister
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I think we be there.
*****BS*****-- Mahgister


P.S. my post is only about the conscious realization that a post consisting only in these 2 words "BS" is "non sense"...
Then i apologize to all for being non sensical in my answering post....



I apologize to ROK also, i just realized that with this stupid post consisting of this 2 letters only , he is right, and i am wrong, we are there, like he said...

:)

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« The disease must come from someone»-Chico Marx

«Nevermind if we all suffer» -Groucho Marx
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