2010s in jazz

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James Blood Ulmer Black Rock Experience at Jazz club Unterfahrt in 2013.

In the 2010s in jazz, there was a noted resurgence in the popularity of jazz, particularly in the United Kingdom, where new artists rose to prominence such as Sons of Kemet, Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective, and Moses Boyd[1][2][3] Young audiences overall also listened jazz moreso than before, with streaming services reporting a spike amongst people under 30.[4][5][6] Part of this is attributed to the rise of streaming services, and part to fusions with other genres and collaborations between jazz musicians and popular artists in other genres, such as Kamasi Washington's work with Kendrick Lamar[7]

In the 21st century, a number of young musicians emerged, including American drummer Makaya McCraven, saxophonist Kamasi Washington, Norwegian pianists Tord Gustavsen and Helge Lien, guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie, vibraphonist Andreas Mjøs, trumpeters Mathias Eick and Hayden Powell, saxophonists Marius Neset, Frøy Aagre, and Mette Henriette, and bassist Ellen Andrea Wang.

Well-established jazz musicians, such as Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny, Jon Balke, Brad Mehldau, Olga Konkova, Ulf Wakenius, Christian McBride, Per Mathisen, and Renaud Garcia Fons, continued to perform and record.

2010

Main article: 2010 in jazz

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Deaths

  • Dick Johnson (December 1, 1925 – January 10), American big band clarinetist
  • John Dankworth (September 20, 1927 – February 6), English saxophonist, clarinetist and composer
  • Tony Campise (January 22, 1943 – March 7), American saxophonist
  • Herb Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28), American guitarist
  • Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9), American singer
  • Hank Jones (July 31, 1918 – May 16), American pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
  • Kristian Bergheim (June 6, 1926 – May 30), Norwegian saxophonist
  • Abbey Lincoln (August 6, 1930 – August 14), American singer
  • James Moody (March 26, 1925 – December 9), American saxophonist
  • Captain Beefheart (January 15, 1941 – December 17), American singer
  • Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28), American pianist

2011

Main article: 2011 in jazz

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2012

Main article: 2012 in jazz

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Deaths

  • Totti Bergh (December 5, 1935 – January 4), Norwegian saxophonist
  • John Levy (April 11, 1912 – January 20), American upright-bassist
  • Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26), American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
  • Eivin One Pedersen (September 8, 1956 – February 22), Norwegian accordionist and pianist
  • Lucio Dalla (March 4, 1943 – February 25), Italian singer, clarinetist and actor
  • Lucio Dalla (March 4, 1943 – March 1), Italian singer, clarinetist and actor
  • Frank Marocco (January 2, 1931 – March 3), American piano-accordionist, arranger and composer
  • Pete Cosey (October 9, 1943 – May 30), American guitarist
  • Von Freeman (October 3, 1923 – August 11), American saxophonist
  • John Tchicai (April 28, 1936 – October 8), Danish saxophonist and composer
  • Frode Thingnæs (March 20, 1940 – 15 November), Norwegian jazz trombonist and bandleader
  • Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5), American jazz pianist and composer

2013

Main article: 2013 in jazz

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Deaths

  • Claude Nobs (February 4, 1936 – January 10), Swiss founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival
  • Donald Byrd (December 9, 1932 – February 4), American trumpeter
  • Armando Trovajoli (September 2, 1917 – February 28), Italian film composer and pianist
  • Alvin Lee (December 19, 1944 – March 6), English singer and guitarist
  • Yngve Moe (October 4, 1957 – April 17), Norwegian bass guitarist
  • Rolf Graf (April 28, 1960 – July 1), Norwegian bass guitarist
  • Ed Shaughnessy (January 29, 1929 – May 24), American drummer
  • Ben Tucker (December 13, 1930 - June 4), American upright-bassist
  • George Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5), American keyboardist and composer
  • Jane Harvey (January 6, 1925 – August 15), American singer
  • Donna Hightower (December 28, 1926 – August 19), American singer
  • Marian McPartland (March 20, 1918 – August 20), English-American pianist
  • Ronald Shannon Jackson (January 12, 1940 – October 19), American drummer
  • Chico Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25), American drummer
  • Jim Hall (December 4, 1930 – December 10), American guitarist
  • Stan Tracey (December 30, 1926 – December 6), British pianist and composer
  • Yusef Lateef (October 9, 1920 – December 23), American saxophonist and composer

2014

Main article: 2014 in jazz

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Deaths

  • Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27), American guitarist
  • Franny Beecher (September 29, 1921 – February 24), American guitarist
  • Paco de Lucía (December 21, 1947 – February 25), Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist and composer
  • Herb Jeffries (September 24, 1913 – May 25), American singer and actor
  • Horace Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18), American pianist
  • Charlie Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11), American upright-bassist
  • Lionel Ferbos (July 17, 1911 – July 19), American trumpeter
  • Gerald Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8), American trumpeter
  • Joe Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12), American pianist
  • Kenny Wheeler (January 14, 1930 – September 18), Canadian composer, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player
  • Olav Dale (October 30, 1958 – October 10), Norwegian saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader
  • Tim Hauser (December 12, 1941 – October 16), American singer
  • Jack Bruce (May 14, 1943 – October 25), Scottish bassist, composer and orchestra leader
  • Buddy DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24), American clarinetist

2015

Main article: 2015 in jazz

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Deaths

  • Clark Terry (December 14, 1920 – February 21), American trumpeter
  • Erik Amundsen (February 1, 1937 – February 22), Norwegian upright-bassist
  • Jørgen Ingmann (April 26, 1925 – March 21), Danish guitarist
  • B.B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14), American guitarist
  • Bob Belden (October 31, 1956 – May 20), American saxophonist
  • Marcus Belgrave (June 12, 1936 – May 23), American trumpeter
  • Slim Richey (February 11, 1938 – May 31), American guitarist
  • Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11), American saxophonist
  • Monica Lewis (May 5, 1922 – June 12), American singer and actress
  • Gunther Schuller (November 22, 1925 – June 21), American composer, conductor, and horn player
  • Phil Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29), American saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer
  • Larry Rosen (May 25, 1940 – October 9), American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer
  • Mark Murphy (March 14, 1932 – October 22), American singer
  • Nora Brockstedt (January 20, 1923 – November 5), Norwegian singer
  • Svein Christiansen (August 6, 1941 – November 25), Norwegian drummer
  • Natalie Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31), American singer, songwriter, and actress

2016

Main article: 2016 in jazz

Album releases

Deaths

  • Paul Bley (November 10, 1932 – January 3), Canadian pianist
  • Harald Devold (May 13, 1964 – February 19), Norwegian saxophonist
  • Naná Vasconcelos (August 2, 1944 – March 9), Brazilian percussionist
  • Keith Emerson (November 2, 1944 – March 10), English pianist and keyboardist
  • Gato Barbieri (November 28, 1932 – April 2), Argentine saxophonist
  • Bill Henderson (March 19, 1926 – April 3), American singer and actor
  • Don Francks (February 28, 1932 – April 3), Canadian singer and actor
  • Dennis Davis (August 28, 1951 – April 6), American drummer
  • Prince (June 7, 1958 – April 21), American music producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
  • Kay Starr (July 21, 1922 - November 3), American vocalist.
  • Alphonse Mouzon (November 21, 1948 – December 26), American drummer.

References

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  2. ^ Mixmag: London's Steam Down is at the forefront of the UK's new jazz age - Scene reports - Mixmag, accessdate: May 28, 2023
  3. ^ Best Jazz Albums of the 2010s - Stereogum "His popularity came along with an overall shift toward populism. Musicians in their 20s and 30s like Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding (who won the Best New Artist Grammy in 2011, shocking Justin Bieber fans), Christian Scott, Keyon Harrold, Marcus Strickland, and others, who’d never known a world without hip-hop, began making records that reflected their own lives and experiences. They were the products of music schools, whether in New York and Boston or in North Texas, but they were also children of the internet, and they arrived in groups, preferring to work with their peers rather than serve as the young apprentices to elder statesmen. They were joined by a slew of equally young, equally exciting London players intent on bringing the music back to life by incorporating rhythms and hooks from across the Afro-Caribbean diaspora and blending them with the dancefloor sounds and looping structures of London nightclubs, though they could assemble classic post-bop arrangements, too."
  4. ^ The Guardian: Rising numbers of younger fans spark a UK jazz renaissance | Jazz | The Guardian, accessdate: May 28, 2023
  5. ^ "Streaming services are seeing a jazz renaissance amongst younger fans". Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Younger generation discover a taste for jazz . . . nice: Younger generation discover a taste for jazz . . . nice, accessdate: May 28, 2023
  7. ^ How Kamasi Washington Helped Bring Jazz to a Pop Audience: How Kamasi Washington Helped Bring Jazz to a Pop Audience, accessdate: May 28, 2023
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