Comment by stevenkovar

Without commenting on the current state of jazz, I'll contribute several of my favorite modern artists:

The loud-and-completely-aware-of-that-fact Soil & "Pimp" Sessions from Japan. The name makes no sense, but that's half the image.

- AIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHP_mGPlJk

- Summer Goddess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQMgXPFzdg8

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, with more of a soulful and at some times political approach.

- Twin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktU_X7CDaBM

- Live session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OslN5mxWZi8