jazz in the late 90s/00s

[EmoFreak]

hi everybody!
i've got to work out a presentation for school about the last developments in jazz music/ jazz in the late 90s/00s... what is characteristic for jazz in this period of time, what artists are important etc.?

thanks fpr your help,
EmoFreak

[nwabhu]

The characteristic is that nothing is characteristic. There isn't A jazz scene, but a whole bunch around the world, and no-one can follow them all. If I were you, I would either talk about this diversity and then focus on the area that interests you, or discuss a handful of wildly different types of jazz and try to show how they all relate to what jazz is.

[EmoFreak]

hmmm thank you! i'll talk to my teacher again tomorrow and try to make the best out of it...

[GA Russell]

One development that I can think of that has occurred since '97, if that's your starting point, is the increasing popularity of female jazz singers.

[bubber]

Another trend is that impulses for further developement might as well come from other parts of the world than the US - a search for articles by Stuart Nicholson might give you some info on this.