What are your favorite jazz artists RIGHT NOW?

I was about to post this in the thread that is about your all-time favorite artists, but realized a new thread should be started about recent favorites.

Based on my recent listening habits

Soulive
Hiromi
Miles Davis
Victor Wooten
Alain Caron
Elephant9
James Brown
Lettuce
Soft Machine
Dave Holland

I like what Ive heard of Common, like his earlier albums

Doing evals for the site I get to hear several great new artists everyday. A couple that have stood out recently include the electro jazz-rock of NHX and the hard bop of Chris Colangelo. Probably the artist that has grown on me the most over the last couple months though is Charlie Parker. 

Edited by js - 14 Nov 2011 at 11:15pm

I'm very partial to UK jazz artistes right now!!

I re-listen a lot of John Coltrane (mostly AG-period but some hard bop as well) with big pleasure now. And Alice Coltrane's music as well 

Granted I understand this correctly, then I introduced of late just one artist in my hall of fame, him being Bill Dixon. Amazing free-jazz musician, four or five outstanding works at least and none of those being the appointedly classic Intents and Purposes (or maybe it's the original '67 tape that irks me; gotta check out the remaster).

Of new artists I checked comprehensively, there's McCoy Tyner, but I don't like him much (thanks for nothing, Hugues ) and I'm going through Art Ensemble Of Chicago (where Message to Our Folks might have floored me, against the popular People in Sorrow; meanwhile, I still can't crack A Jackson In Your House).

Particular albums I saved: Lou Donaldson's Blues Walk, Hampton Hawes' For Real! (both after seeing them reviewed here, cheers) and Maarten Altena Quartet's Rondendans, which I sort of really liked. New albums: Scott Fields & Matthias Schubert, Thomas Heberer, maybe. I like Marilyn Mazur's new album a lot, but liking Mazur in itself isn't new.

Been enjoying this band called Fortadelis. All their albums are free to download. http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/tomislav.ocvirek


I'd say check out their albums FUNKTIONAL or Convergence first.

Hawkwise wrote: At the Moment my fav  Jazz grooves are Hank Mobley  ,  lee Morgan and Tina Brooks .

That's a great looking Mosaic set you have  

Antibalas
Lenny White
Benny Golson
Shelly Manne
Mastodon
Steven Wilson
Spirogyra (St. Radiguns & Bells, Boots and Shambles) I love these Albums.



Edited by darkprinceofjazz - 04 Dec 2011 at 7:14pm

Ahmad Jamal because I'm listening to him right now.