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Nobody plays jazz like that anymore, smile
For me, to sum it up, jazz in the last 50 years is both more groove oriented and more “free”, more influenced by folk and RnB and at the same time more polythythmic.

I have times when, in a band, I hate it when the bass player just “walks” the whole time. There’s so much more to be done. Listen to McBride, Peacock, Blanton, LaFaro, Mingus, Patitucci. Haden, Holland. Drums too. When they can’t stop playing the charleston rhythm on the ride cymbal I turn off. Play some triplets or play straight, play those 16th note triplets, flams... Elvin Jones, Dejohnette, Baron.

Same with latin music. Some auto accompaniment sounds like those home organs, Casio-style. There’s the clave and it’s pretty. But, when these modern musicians play the “clave”, there’s stuff happening.

Thx Matt for mentioning, but yeah, the Modern Jazz Pianist “disk” on PGMUSIC. That opens up a whole jazz world.

Biab, Kontakt, Sampletank and lots of nice libraries, from Fluffy audio to Abbey Road drums.
Check out these great contemporary Jazz Styles: www.jazzstylezz.com