Neoclassicism, Young Lions

Movement · 1980s → · New York · Hybrids and world

Wynton Marsalis (1982) launches the "bop renaissance". Merger of "Classicism" and "Neo Classicism" from the original diagram. Defense of a canon: hard bop, post-bop, modal.

What is still debated

The notion of "tradition" is itself debated. Creation date of Jazz at Lincoln Center (1987?) to be verified.

Where it comes from

• Hard bop
• Modal

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide)

Artists

• Wynton Marsalis (1961, trumpet)
• Michel Petrucciani (1962–1999, piano)
• Monty Alexander (1944, piano)
• Sullivan Fortner (1986, piano)
• Roy Hargrove (1969–2018, trumpet, flugelhorn)
• Courtney Pine (1964, saxophones, flute, bass clarinet, EWI)
• Harry Connick Jr. (1967, piano, vocals)
• Joshua Redman (1969, tenor saxophone, alto and soprano saxophones)
• Christian McBride (1972, double bass, electric bass)
• Kenny Barron (1943, piano)
• Terence Blanchard (1962, trumpet, piano, composition)
• Branford Marsalis (1960, tenor, soprano and alto saxophones)
• Michiel Borstlap (1966, piano, composition)
• Jesse van Ruller (1972, guitar)
• Peter Beets (1971, piano)

Tracks to start with

• Pianism (Our Tune) — Michel Petrucciani (1985)
• 'Round Midnight (film Tavernier) — Dexter Gordon (1986)
• Black Codes (From the Underground) — Wynton Marsalis (1985)
• Children of the Ghetto — Courtney Pine (1986)
• Hot House Flowers — Wynton Marsalis (1984)
• It Had to Be You — Harry Connick Jr. (1989)
• Sweet Sorrow — Joshua Redman (1994)
• Gettin' to It — Christian McBride (1995)
• Voyage — Kenny Barron (1986)
• Ghost of Congo Square — Terence Blanchard (2007)
• Scenes in the City — Branford Marsalis (1984)
• Feed the Fire — Geri Allen (1994)
• Memory of Enchantment — Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter (1997)
• Memory of Enchantment (Michiel Borstlap) — Michiel Borstlap (1997)
• Circles — Jesse van Ruller (2003)
• Black Dahlia — Jesse van Ruller (2003)
• Beet's Beat — Peter Beets (2001)
• The Way You Look Tonight — Peter Beets (2001)

Sources

• EN : Neo-bop

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