| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: 90s jazz | |
| grsbmd -- 01/02/2005, 16:14:48 -- #10061 | |
| All the jazz history books I've read only go up to fusion in the 80's, so I got wondering, when the nineties are long gone, what artists are we going to remember as the standout artists in the 90's? (The only one I ever hear about is Wynton Marsalis) and what were the breakthrought albums in the 90's? | |
| Jazz+ -- 01/02/2005, 17:07:11 -- #10063 | |
| Brad Maldau? | |
| LarryC -- 01/03/2005, 16:17:59 -- #10092 | |
| Kenny G.? :-) Actually, the only big selling jazz album of the nineties off the top of my head were Natalie Cole's "Unforgetable" and Harry Connick's "When Harry Met Sally" soundtrack. There was also the retro swing fad (Brian Setzer, Squirrel Nut Zippers) that came and went within a year. The first half of 2000 have been pretty much dominated by Diana Krall and Norah Jones as well as the explosion of smooth jazz radio and "Standards" albums by pop artists like Rod Stewart (nausiating), Boz Scaggs (excellent!), among others. Larry | |
| Peteboypete -- 01/04/2005, 03:00:08 -- #10098 | |
| Jeff "Tain" Watts, Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, and some others like these may be remembered. John Scofield and Joe Lovano are some older guys who did some cool stuff in the 90s. Medeski Martin & Wood were very innovative in groove/funk jazz stuff. | |
| sid -- 01/04/2005, 05:13:06 -- #10103 | |
| I'm glad someone else thinks Boz is excellent. There's plently of jazz lurking in Boz's work. Santa Claus brought me his album "Dig" - lovely horn stuff by Roy Hargrove on some of the tracks. In the UK during the 90s, people like Courtney Pine moved into new cross-over areas, and the whole World Music thing has had an effect on jazz, though I have my doubts whether it's been generally for the better. sid | |
| LarryC -- 01/04/2005, 10:38:49 -- #10108 | |
| Sid, check out Boz' new DVD (best recorded DVD I've ever heard). There is a bonus track of Harbor Lights from the '93 "But Beautiful" tour done in a jazz qartet setting. I had a new found respect for him after seeing him live during the "Dig" tour to go along with the stuff he did with Foster and the Toto boys back in the late 70's/early 80's. www.bozscaggs.com | |
| sid -- 01/04/2005, 12:10:25 -- #10109 | |
| Thanks for that, Larry. I'll certainly get the DVD. I really like the way he builds simple elements into sophisticated songs. And he's an exceptional lyricist. Using three Zen koans for the last three lines of "Thanks to you" is genius. Bet he was great live. sid | |
| mooondancer -- 01/04/2005, 19:45:51 -- #10116 | |
| This is only my opinion. I'd say all of rap and hip-hop was the jazz of the 90s. What else is the natural outgrowth and evolution of blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and ESPECIALLY funk? Is it difficult to accept that jazz has grown into something so different from its "roots" ? How could jazz/funk/black music ever die? Of course it didn't. It's right here and more popular than ever. | |
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