2000s in jazz

John Zorn performing in 2006.

In the 2000s, well-established jazz musicians, such as Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Jessica Williams and George Benson, continue to perform and record. In the 1990s and 2000s, a number of young musicians emerged, including US pianists Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran and Vijay Iyer, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, trumpeters Roy Hargrove and Terence Blanchard, saxophonists Chris Potter and Joshua Redman, and bassist Christian McBride.

2000

Album releases

• Spring Heel Jack: Disappeared (2000)
• Guillermo Gregorio: Faktura (2000)
• Joe Maneri: Going To Church (2000)
• Myra Melford: Dance Beyond the Color (2000)
• Dave Douglas: El Trilogy (2000)

Deaths

• Nat Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000)
• Walter Benton (September 8, 1930 - August 14, 2000)
• Stanley Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000)
• Dick Morrissey (9 May 1940 - 8 November 2000)
• Jonah Jones (December 31, 1909 – April 29, 2000)

2002

Album releases

• Rova Saxophone Quartet - Freedom in Fragments (Composed by Fred Frith)

Deaths

• Ray Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) American double bassist.
• Roland Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002)
• Mal Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002)
• Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 — March 10, 2002)
• Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002)
• Ellis Larkins (May 15, 1923 – September 30, 2002)
• Truck Parham (January 25, 1911 – June 5, 2002)