What do I need to know about current jazz?

im down with the old stuff. I just ain't hep(i had to say it) with the current good jazz musicians can somebody give some names?|||Gretchen Parlato - Butterfly


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmYRllome鈥?/a>





Esperanza Spalding - Grooves


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNw46j0nN鈥?/a>





Cassandra Wilson - You Don't Know What Love Is


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG-li24ui鈥?/a>





Jill Scott - Golden


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QCXr79Rk鈥?/a>





Lizz Wright - Old Man


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjAXFce7s鈥?/a>





Kurt Elling %26amp; All Jarreau - Take 5


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL2W4UPGU鈥?/a>





Chris Botti with Sting - My Funny Valentine


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHYImlfwp鈥?/a>





Chris Botti feat Katharine McPhee - I've Got You Under My Skin


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ56Y_Hw_鈥?/a>|||The best jazz musician I can thing of is Kurt Elling. He's modern, without abandoning old time jazz completely, but making it his own.





Also, if you research a bit into the genre of music called 'acid jazz' you will find some cool shiz in there.|||bassist,composer ,vocalist-Esperanza Spalding is probably the #1 current jazz player getting notice today|||as long as you steer clear of Kenny G you're good.|||I'm hip that you're hep. Sad.