1990s in jazz
In the 1990s in jazz, jazz rap continued progressing from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and incorporated jazz influence into hip hop. In 1988, Gang Starr released the debut single "Words I Manifest", sampling Dizzy Gillespie's 1962 "Night in Tunisia", and Stetsasonic released "Talkin' All That Jazz", sampling Lonnie Liston Smith. Gang Starr's debut LP, No More Mr. Nice Guy, and their track "Jazz Thing" for the soundtrack of Mo' Better Blues, sampling Charlie Parker and Ramsey Lewis. Gang Starr also collaborated with Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.Groups making up the collective known as the Native Tongues Posse tended towards jazzy releases; these include the Jungle Brothers' debut Straight Out the Jungle and A Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm and The Low End Theory.
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.
In the 1990s, punk jazz and jazzcore began to reflect the increasing awareness of elements of extreme metal in hardcore punk. A new style of "metallic jazzcore" was developed by Iceburn, from Salt Lake City, and Candiria, from New York City, though anticipated by Naked City and Pain Killer. This tendency also takes inspiration from jazz inflections in technical death metal, such as the work of Cynic and Atheist.
1990
Album releases
- Ben Sidran: Cool Paradise
- Bill Frisell: Is That You?
- Bobby Previte: Empty Suits
- Butch Morris: Dust To Dust
- Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper
- Danny Gottlieb: Brooklyn Blues
- David Liebman: The Tree
- David Ware: Great Bliss
- Don Pullen: Random Thoughts
- Egberto Gismondi: Infancia
- Elements: Spirit River
- Eric Reed: Soldier's Hymn
- Eliane Elias: Eliane Elias Plays Jobim
- Franz Koglmann: The Use of Memory
- Geri Allen: Nurturer
- Gerry Hemingway: Down To The Wire
- Gerry Hemingway: Special Detail
- Hank Roberts: Birds Of Prey
- ICP Orchestra: Bospaadje Konijnehol II
- Jazz Passengers: Implement Yourself
- John Pizzarelli: My Blue Heaven
- John Zorn: Naked City
- Keith Tippett: The Journey
- Kenny Wheeler: Music for Large and Small Ensemble
- Kenny Wheeler: Widow in the Window
- Marilyn Crispell: Overlapping Hands
- Mark Helias: Attack the Future
- Marty Ehrlich: Emergency Peace
- Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple
- Michael Formanek: Wide Open Spaces
- Michael Franks: Blue Pacific
- Muhal Richard Abrams: Blu Blu Blu
- Music Revelation Ensemble: Elec Jazz
- Myra Melford: Jump
- Philip Catherine: I Remember You
- Phil Woods: All Bird's Children
- Ray Anderson: What Because
- Terence Blanchard: Terence Blanchard
- Tom Harrell: Form
- Yellowjackets: Green House
Deaths
- Art Blakey
- Sarah Vaughan
- Pearl Bailey
- Dexter Gordon
- Walter Davis, Jr.
1991
Album releases
- Steve Lacy: Remains
- Wayne Horvitz: Bring Your Camera
- John Butcher: Thirteen Friendly Numbers
- Guy Klucevsek: Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse
- Michael Formanek: Extended Animation
- Randy Weston: Spirits Of Our Ancestors
- Bill Frisell: Where in the World
- Don Byron: Tuskegee Experiments
- Marilyn Crispell: Images
- Chick Corea Elektric Band: Beyond the Mask
- Bobby Previte: Weather Clear Track Fast
- Music Revelation Ensemble: After Dark
- Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages
- Steve Coleman: Black Science
- Joe Lovano: From the Soul
- David Sanborn: Another Hand
- David Ware: Flight Of I
- Don Pullen: Kele Mou Bana
- Terje Rypdal: Q.E.D.
- Jackie McLean: Rites of Passage
- Joanne Brackeen: Is It Really True
- John Scofield: Meant to Be
- John Patitucci: Heart Of The Bass
- Julius Hemphill: Fat Man and the Hard Blues
- London Jazz Composers' Orchestra: Theoria
- Wynton Marsalis: Blue Interlude
- Marty Ehrlich: Side by Side
- Tim Berne: Can't Put My Finger On It
- Joanne Brackeen: Where Legends Dwell
- Joey Baron: Tongue in Groove
- Max Roach: To the Max
- Robert Dick: Venturi Shadows
- Freddie Hubbard: Temptation
- Fred Hersh: Forward Motion
- Steve Swallow: Swallow
- Marcus Roberts: As Serenity Approaches
- Steve Turre: Right There
- Trilok Gurtu: Living Magic
- Branford Marsalis: The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
- Christy Doran: What a Band
- Yellowjackets: Politics
Deaths
- Miles Davis American trumpeter, bandleader and composer
- Stan Getz
- Pat Patrick
- Buck Clayton
- Bud Freeman
- King Kolax
- Charlie Barnet
- Slim Gaillard
1992
Album releases
- Jane Ira Bloom: Art & Aviation
- Maria Schneider: Evanescence
- Geri Allen: Maroons
- Wynton Marsalis: Citi Movement
- Joe Lovano: Universal Language
- Sergey Kuryokhin: Some Combination of Fingers and Passion
- Medeski Martin and Wood: Notes From the Underground
- Courtney Pine: To The Eyes Of Creation
- Hank Roberts: Little Motor People
- Zeena Parkins: Ursa's Door
- Steve Turre: Sanctified Shells
- Pat Metheny: Secret Story
- Charles Gayle: Repent
- Michael Formanek: Loose Cannon
- Franz Koglmann: L'Heure Bleue
- Bill Frisell: Have a Little Faith
- Michael Mantler: Folly Seeing All This
- Bill Frisell: This Land
- Kenny Wheeler: Kayak
- Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin: Play
- Aydin Esen: Anadolu
- Christy Doran: Corporate Art
- Hal Russell: Bells
- Joachim Kuhn: Dynamics
- John Scofield: What We Do
- Mulgrew Miller: Hand In Hand
- Paul Plimley: When Silence Pulls
- Ray Anderson: Every One of Us
- Uri Caine: Sphere Music
- Sonny Simmons: Ancient Ritual
Deaths
- Charlie Ventura
- Astor Piazzolla
- Ed Blackwell
- June Tyson
- Andy Kirk
1993
Album releases
- Franz Koglmann: Cantos I-IV
- Bill Dixon: Vade Mecum
- Marilyn Crispell: Santuerio
- George Lewis: Voyager
- Matthew Shipp: Prism
- Zeena Parkins: Isabelle
- Pat Metheny Group: The Road to You - Live in Europe
- Bobby Previte: Hue and Cry
- Marty Ehrlich: Can You Hear A Motion
- Terence Blanchard: The Malcolm X Jazz Suite
- Music Revelation Ensemble: In The Name Of
- Henry Threadgill: Too Much Sugar for a Dime
- Dave Douglas: Parallel Worlds
- Wynton Marsalis: In This House On This Morning
- Ken Vandermark: Big Head Eddie
- Charles Gayle: Consecration
- Greg Osby: 3D Lifestyles
- Mulgrew Miller: With Our Own Eyes
- John Scofield: Hand Jive
- Steve Coleman: Tao of Mad Phat
- James Ulmer: Harmolodic Guitar with Strings
- Irene Schweizer: Les Diaboliques
- Evan Parker: Synergetics - Phonomanie III
- David Liebman: The Seasons
- Chick Corea Elektric Band II: Paint the World
- Joe Maneri: Dahabenzapple
- Joey Baron: Raised Pleasure Dot
- Cecil Taylor: Always a Pleasure
- Charlie Hunter: Trio
- Lyle Mays Trio: Fictionary
- Gerry Hemingway: Demon Chaser
- Jessica Williams: Next Step
- Roger Neumann: Instant Heat
- Yosuke Yamashita: Cunt Dance
- Tom Harrell: Upswing
- Ray Anderson: Big Band Record
- Arturo Sandoval: Danzon
- Eric Reed: It's All Right to Swing
Deaths
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Kenny Drew
- John Jenkins
- Sun Ra
- George Wallington
- Fraser MacPherson
- Clifford Jordan
1994
Album releases
- Myra Melford: Even the Sounds Shine
- Toshiko Akiyoshi: Desert Lady
- Matthew Shipp: Critical Mass
- David Ware: Cryptology
- Pat Metheny: Zero Tolerance for Silence
- Henry Threadgill: Carry the Day
- Ken Vandermark: Solid Action
- Steve Coleman: Def Trance Beat
- Chick Corea: Expressions
- Misha Mengelberg: Mix
- Bobby Previte: Slay The Suitors
- Joshua Redman: Moodswing
- Franklin Kiermyer: Solomon's Daughter
- Mark Helias: Loopin' the Cool
- Jessica Williams: Momentum
- Eric Reed: The Swing and I
Deaths
- Joe Pass
- Carmen McRae
- Cab Calloway
- Sonny Sharrock
- Connie Kay
1995
Album releases
- Butch Morris: Testament
- Dave Douglas: In Our Lifetime
- Charlie Hunter: Bing, Bing, Bing!
- Marvin Peterson: African Portraits
- Guy Klucevsek: Citrus My Love
- Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble: Just Before the Dawn
- Matthew Shipp: Symbol Systems
- Gerry Hemingway: Marmalade King
- Steve Turre: Rhythm Within
- Medeski Martin and Wood: Friday Afternoon in the Universe
- Reggie Workman: Cerebral Caverns
- Muhal Richard Abrams: One Line, Two Views
- Dave Douglas: Five
- Bill Frisell: Go West
- David Ware: DAO
- Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here
- Henry Threadgill: Makin' a Move
- Dave Holland: Dream of the Elders
- Paul Plimley: Everything in Stage
- John Scofield: Groove Elation
- Chick Corea Quartet: Time Warp
- Don Byron: Music for Six Musicians
- Uri Caine: Toys
- Courtney Pine: Modern Day Jazz Stories
Deaths
- Art Taylor
- Don Cherry
- John Gilmore
- Earle Warren
1996
Album releases
- Guillermo Gregorio: Approximately
- Ivo Perelman: Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint
- Michael Formanek: Nature of the Beast
- David Ware: Wisdom of Uncertainty
- Maria Schneider: Coming About
- World Saxophone Quartet: Four Now
- Zeena Parkins: Mouth=Maul=Betrayer
- Kenny Wheeler with The Maritime Jazz Orchestra: Siren's Song
- Gerry Hemingway: Perfect World
- Matthew Shipp: By the Law of Music
- Ivo Perelman: Sound Hierarchy
- Ben Neill: Triptycal
- Joshua Redman: Freedom In The Groove
- Branford Marsalis: The Dark Keys
- Henry Threadgill: Where's Your Cup?
- Evan Parker: Toward the Margins
- Pat Metheny Group: Quartet
- John Scofield: Quiet
- Eric Reed: Musicale
- World Saxophone Quartet: Takin' It 2 the Next Level
- David Ware: Oblations and Blessings
- Olga Konkova Trio: Going With The Flow
Deaths
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Gerry Mulligan
- Barney Wilen
1997
Album releases
- Guillermo Gregorio: Ellipsis
- Matthew Shipp: Strata
- Steve Coleman: Genesis & The Opening of the Way
- Marcus Roberts: Blues for the New Millennium
- ICP Orchestra: Jubilee Varia
- Vandermark 5: Single Piece Flow
- David Liebman: Time Immemorial
- Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields
- Franz Koglmann: O Moon My Pin Up
- Courtney Pine: Underground
- Wadada Leo Smith: Golden Hearts Remembrance
- David Liebman: The Elements: Water – Giver Of Life
- Pat Metheny Group: Imaginary Day
- Matthew Shipp: Before the World
- Paul Plimley: Sensology
- Matthew Shipp Quartet: The Flow of X
- Olga Konkova Trio: Her Point of View
Deaths
- Tony Williams
- Tommy Turrentine
- Stéphane Grappelli
1998
Album releases
- Dave Douglas: Convergence
- Vandermark 5: Target or Flag
- Zeena Parkins: No Way Back
- Evan Parker: Drawn Inward
- Dave Holland: Points of View
- Keith Tippett and Mujician: Colours Fulfilled
- Eric Reed: Pure Imagination
- World Saxophone Quartet: '
- Joe Lovano: '
- Hans Mathisen featuring Kjersti Stubø: L.U.G.N
Deaths
- Frank Sinatra
- Tal Farlow
1999
Album releases
- Jane Ira Bloom: The Red Quartets
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements: The Sonic Language of Myth - Believing Learning Knowing
- Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble: Sojourn
- Guillermo Gregorio Trio: Red Cube
- Paul Dunmall Octet: Bebop Starburst
- Evan Parker: Drawn Inward
- Joshua Redman: Timeless Tales
- Maybe Monday: Saturn's Finger
- Branford Marsalis Quartet: Requiem
- Terence Blanchard: Jazz in Film
- Richard Lee Johnson: Fingertip Ship
- Eric Reed: Manhattan Melodies
- Zeena Parkins: Pan-Acousticon
Deaths
- Grover Washington Jr.
- Milt Jackson
- Art Farmer
- Clifford Jarvis
- Sweets Edison
- Joe Williams
- Charles Earland