Who Are the Best Young Lions of Jazz Today?


The Wynton Marsalis thread got me to thinking. Some consider him the best jazz artist today. I actually don't know who the best jazz artist is today or who the best jazz artists are since I'm steeped in the past listening to Hard Bop like a mad man. The jazz I love, the musicians I love, the heroes and gods for me are guys like Miles, Monk, Sonny Rollins, Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Horace Silvers, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Fredie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Bill Evans, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley and others. My wife gets aggravated since I repeatedly play these giants.

I don't pay much attention to contemporary / modern jazz artists with the exception of John Scofield, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Pat Metheny, all who I've seen multiple times and love.

I've listened to Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride and have enjoyed their work. I've heard a little of Marsalis.

Who are the best of the Young Lions of Jazz? I know Marsalis is "in the conversation."
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Showing 1 response by dominion78

Tineke Postma
Avishai Cohen (bass)
Avishai Cohen (trumpet)
Anat Cohen
Orbert Davis
Dawyne Dolphin
Justin Young
Esperanza Spaulding
Darren Rahn
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Sean Jones
Brain Blade
Ron Blake
Sheryl Bailey

Just to name a few more. I'll be back with more. Let's not forget all those female young lionesses too.

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