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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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jjss49
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@jaulbrich 

agree

chris potter and dave holland are true masters, still at the top of their craft

awesome skills and musicality
frogman
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Jaulbrich, 

***so many young guys have come out NEC and Berkley where they learned to meld classical music with jazz. Yuck! Combining the two is an art form, but it is not jazz or classical. ***

What do base this on?  Meld classical with jazz?  Would love to hear an example of this.  Not that not it doesn’t happen, but “so many?” .  
sokogear
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I think “modern jazz” is meaningless. Fusion, hard bop, funk, classic jazz, smooth are more appropriate. If you want to say when records were released, fine. I tend to like hard bop or classic- Miles, Trane, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson, Lee Morgan, Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith. I also like some smoother artists like Pat Metheny Earl Klugh, and George Benson, and some Bob James, although he is a little too prolific. I used to listen to Spyro Gyra but grew out of it.
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