evolution of jazz standards

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[Jimindorothy]

How many songs did you recognize?
몇 곡이나 알고 계셨나요..?

[josiah]

For anybody interested in why there aren't many tunes after 1981, attention for jazz after 1981 certainly dipped after schisms splitting artists into traditional jazz, smooth jazz, fusion jazz etc but artists have continued to write. The 80s are relatively dark except for Bobby McFerrin, the rise of Wynton Marsalis and Chick Corea's later fusion work, but in the 90s you start to have the current establishment of great jazz writers and performers crop up who either write in the traditional sense albeit with complex structures that are difficult for more novice players to navigate, or merge their ideas with popular music like hip hop, rock etc - something not really done at scale since the 1940s.

These guys variously include but are not limited to Joshua Redman, Terence BLanchard, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, Roy Hargrove, Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, Christian McBride, Brian Blade, and now dare I say Joey Alexander, Emmet Cohen, Patrick Bartley, maybe even Louis Cole, Jacob Mann, Chief Christian aTunde Adjuah, Braxton Cook and Kiefer. However, arguably none of these cats have been around long enough for their compositions to age and be played sufficiently for them to be considered "standards" as much as students of the craft would perform them.

Some suggestions (let's discuss!) for what may later be considered standards during this dark age because they keep getting called/played by students/at jams include:
Got A Match - Chick Corea (1986)
Voyage - Kenny Baron (1986)
Count Bubba - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2001)
Crazy Race - The RH Factor (2006)
Strasbourg St. Denis - Roy Hargrove (2008)
Afro Blue* - Robert Glasper Experiment (2012) *specifically referring to his 4/4 rework of the tune as opposed to the 12/8 Mongo Santamaria original from 1959

[yeasstt]

I'd love to hear you perform some Casiopea pieces! While not standards, their music is some of the best to come out of the 80s and 90s. Plus they're still around and making music

[lazyguyy]

I'd love a full arrangement of "over the rainbow", it sounds fantastic :O great video, thank you :)

[TomRivieremusic]

Great playing and styles of all era's

[brettbreet]

Interesting reharm of the entertainer. It caught my ears by surprise!

[danielaguilar]

Im in my bedroom listening to this video and I don’t know how to explain it but it makes me so excited to listen to jazz that I just twitch and can’t keep still at times

[dinobucz]

What a great treat to wake up to on a winter morning! Thank you Dorothy!

[jazznao]

That transition from Billie's Bounce to Conception.

[ojacobsen]

Good summation! It somehow always surprises to see where things fit and lead into each other. When jazz stopped being dance music, when swing became the norm, how simple love songs gave way to devastating ballads, how the lush compositions by Ellington & Strayhorn - and Garners Misty - happen at the same time as bebop is being invented and developed. Then latin jazz, soul jazz, funk & rock jazz fusion. Things that by comparison feel more like fads. And indeed the video ends about where it must. There aren't really standards since 1980, because jazz is no longer popular music - songs don't catch on with many people, and hasn't the same central, influential figures. Just a few songs, but it says so much - and you master all the styles so well. Thank you!

[kp_my_jazzlv]

What is this picture? 0:29
I love it❤

[LeviClay]

Love it (as always!) though worth noting, Django didn't write After You've Gone.

[ziqizhu]

Giant Steps isn't written in 1956, it's composed and recorded in 1959, published in January 1960.

[SessionsWithMike]

Loved it! Such great mastery of multiple styles.

[moon_orbit]

I love jazz and you did a great job, you're so amazing!

[gnslrns]

거의 다 들어본곡이네요! 토욜에 가보고싶은데 아쉬움을 이걸로 달랩니다! 공연 잘 하세요!

[dhillpgh]

I apologize for nitpicking, but I would invite you to try a more historically correct progression for "Chelsea Bridge." Instead of alternating between E-flat 7+11 and D-flat 7+11, the correct chords are B-flat min-major 7, and A-flat minor-major 7. It creates a much effective contrast when the bridge modulates to E major. Many sources get this progression wrong, so it's not really that big a deal, but I figured you may be interested in knowing, from someone who has studied and admired Strayhorn for several decades. Otherwise, as always, bravo, and your playing gives me inspiration!

[MrSina]

God damn it, you have so much knowledge 👍👏👏👏

[virtuoso_official]

40년대?50년대부터 시작된 경쾌하고 빠른리듬의 비밥시대가 전 개인적으로 제일 좋습니다 ㅎㅎ

[bronzewand]

Great video. "After You've Gone" was composed by Turner Layton with lyrics by Henry Creamer