The Decade in Jazz: 10 Definitive Moments

"At the end of the decade, where does jazz stand?", Giovanni Russonello asks in this piece published in The New York Times.

What are your favorite jazz moments of this decade?

 

Thanks for the news that it came from from NYT,thus avoiding stepping into a paywall without knowledge. So,without reading,I'll say Kamasi Washington. I've been listening to jazz since the mid-1960s. Kamasi Washington.

 

Started listening to Jazz after 4 decades of Rock/Metal this year, I'd say Jazz has staying power, whereas trends come & go.

 

-Kamasi Washington

-The rise in popularity of Nu Jazz and mellow, chill jazz among younger people

-Julian Lage's guitar playing