Artist	Song
Nikki Yanofsky	I Got Rhythm
from iTunes Live from Montreal (2011)
Ambrose Akinmusire	The Walls of Lechuguilla
from When the Heart Emerges Glistening (2011)
Gerald Clayton	3D
from Bond - The Paris Sessions (2011)
Antonio Sanchez, David Sanchez, Miguel Zenón & Scott Colley	The Forgotten Ones
from Antonio Sanchez Live In New York At Jazz Standard (2010)
Julian Lage	Long Day, Short Night
from Sounding Point (2009)
Sachal Vasandani	Don't Worry About Me
from We Move (2009)
Kneebody	Unforseen Influences
from You Can Have Your Moment (2010)
Kendrick Scott Oracle	The Source
from The Source (2007)
Lage Lund, Edward Simon, Ben Street & Bill Stewart	Worms
from Unlikely Stories (2010)
Linda Oh	Before the Music
from Entry (2009)
Tamir Hendelman, Marco Panascia & Lewis Nash	Babushka
from Destinations (2010)
Doug Wamble	If I Live to See the Day
from Bluestate (2010)
James Farm	Chronos
from James Farm (2011)
Allison Miller	Cheyenne
from Boom Tic Boom (2010)
Fly	Elena Berenjena
from Sky & Country (2009)
Aaron Parks	Nemesis
from Invisible Cinema (2008)
Tarbaby	Iz Beatdown Time
from Tarbaby (2009)
Marcin Wasilewski Trio	New York 2007
from January (2008)
Atsuko Hashimoto & Graham Dechter	The Good Life
from ...Until the Sun Comes Up (2011)
Jaleel Shaw	In 3
from Optimism (2008)
Dana Hall	Black Mountain
from Into the Light (2009)
Todd Sickafoose	Tiny Resistors
from Tiny Resistors (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
Orrin Evans	Love Remains
from Faith In Action (2010)
Bob Reynolds	Can't Wait for Perfect
from Can't Wait for Perfect (2007)
André Sumelius, Dayna Stephens, Geroge Kontrafouris, Teemu Viinikainen & Mikko Innanen	Doctor Wong's Bird Song
from A Week Ago Today (2011)
E.J. Strickland	Wrong Turn
from In This Day (2009)
Ben Monder & Bill McHenry	The Shadow Casts It's Object
from Bloom (2010)
Brice Winston	In Time of Need
from Introducing Brice Winston (2010)
Jeb Patton	Sir Roland
from New Strides (2009)
Becca Stevens Band	In the Midst
from Tea Bye Sea (2008)
Lauren Sevian	Not So Softly
from Blueprint (2009)
Ben Wendel	No Thank You Mr. West
from Simple Song (2009)
James Weidman	Backtrackn
from Three Worlds (2009)
Patrick Cornelius	Home With You
from Fierce (2010)
Meilana Gillard	A Spirit Remembered
from Day One (2009)
Michael Pinto	Tron Anthem
from Little Green Men (2010)
Aaron Lington & Paul Tynan	As I Walked Over London Bridge
from Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Two (2010)
Chie Imaizumi	Fun & Stupid Song
from A Time of New Beginnings (2010)
Andrew Neff, Daisuke Abe, Scott Ritchie & Jim Orso	Red Sand
from Ebb and Flow (2010)
Lisa Lindsley	Alice in Wonderland
from Everytime We Say Goodbye (2011)
Edward Decker	How Will I Say I Love You / Marry Me (Tony Desare Medley)
from Dear Mr. Pizzarelli (2010)
Gilad Hekselman	Yo Mama’s Blues
from Words Unspoken (2008)
Sarah Manning	I Tell Time By The Dandelion Clock
from Dandelion Clock (2010)
Christian Tamburr	Swingin' At the Haven
from Arrivals (2006)
Erin Boheme	One Night With Frank
from What Love Is (2006)

Comment:

Soak up the sounds that jazz worshippers will still be talking about 20 years from now. These ascending artists offer proof-positive that the jaded jazzbos who claim there's nothing new happening today just aren't using their ears. From sweet-voiced songbirds to post-bop agitators, from gently elegant melodists to frenzied, four-alarm barn-burners, these are the musical movers and shakers who are casting the mold for the shape of jazz to come.

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