Jazz Music?

Hey so I am really in to two things.  Video games, and Jazz Music.  I always meet lots of cool people at modern jazz performances, but they are often in music school, which I decided not to do since I could probably make a better living in video games.  Anyways, I'm just seeing if anyone in the GiantBomb community is in to any modern jazz at all.   
  
People I listen to: 
Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Jeff Ballard, Aaron Parks, Ambrose Akinmusire, Walter Smith III, Roy Hargrove, Micheal Brecker, Keith Jarret pretty much any modern jazz musicians.   
 
The Drunken Gamers have expressed their interest in jazz, so I figure there is some contingency out there.

I've nothing against Jazz, I listened to Buddy Rich and John Blackwell quite alot as I play the drums myself. Asides from the music the famous drummers play I know nothing about the genre.

Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus, Naked City by John Zorn, and a couple of songs from the Cowboy Bebop OST (>_>).
 
That's the only experience I have with Jazz.

I love jazz. 
 
Dave Brubck, Lee Morgan, Fela Kuti, Kevin Eubanks, Nina Simone,  Vince Guaraldi,  Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Connick Jr.... all great. 

I love it. 

I'm a noob when it comes to jazz but anytime I hear it I enjoy it. My favorite hip hop producer madlib puts out jazz compilations under the alias yesterdays new quintet. I enjoy these maybe you guys could check it out. He's heavily influncenced by sun ra

Just started to get into jazz this year. Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, and Wes Montgomery have been my favourites thus far. Any recommendations?

I listen to older Jazz music. I have not listen to any modern Jazz music.

I too mostly just listen to  classic jazz like miles davis, lois armstrong, If I were to listen to new jazz, I would want some really complex jazz with tons of impov and jams

Can jazz fans check out a band like American Football, and tell me what they think? This is my favourite sort of music, and it's often cited as being jazz-influenced.

Love me some Latin Jazz, like Poncho Sanchez.

I really want to get into some modern Jazz, but don't know where to start. I might start with those artists you listed in the OP. Cheers :) 
 
One jazz group I really love is Esbjörn Svensson Trio. 
              

No Miles Davis love?

I like me some jazz.
 
Jazz fusion is quite good also.

Got to give a shout out to anything by Sean Malone.  Amazing bassist and stick player.  He has a nice balance of Jazz/Prog/Fusion/Rock that you often don't see.  I recommended his band Gordian Knot, and of course his solo album.  Fantastic music.
 
OHM: and Planet X are great if you want some metal to go with your Fusion.
 
And if you just want some good ole' saxophone sexy Jazz, well David Sanborn is pretty damn good too.

This is awesome to see!  For all those who asked about people to check out in the modern jazz genre, you should go on youtube and search for any of these people; 
 Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Jeff Ballard, Aaron Parks, Ambrose Akinmusire, Walter Smith III, Roy Hargrove, Micheal Brecker, Keith Jarret. 
 
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAS87N7iwm4   (this is on of my favorite groups)

Charlie Parker is someone I like to listen to.

I really like Chet Baker's mellow style of playing.

" Can jazz fans check out a band like American Football, and tell me what they think? This is my favourite sort of music, and it's often cited as being jazz-influenced. "

"@Briguile: He's like the Dane Cook of Jazz music."

Outside of a shameful obsession with anime related J-Pop, the only music I listen to these days is jazz music.  I got into it late in high school and then became a hardcore fan in college.  My friends and I would borrow albums from the campus music library.  This was back before everything was at our fingertips thanks to the internet.  Anyway, we loved traditional jazz best and hated that contemporary stuff (Kenny G, David Benoit, etc...).    My all time favorite is Dizzy Gillespie, but he's only there by a minute amount over Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Jimmy Smith.  I also love guitarist Wes Montgomery, pianist Thelonious Monk , saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderly and Lester Young.  Oh and the Modern Jazz Quartet, too.  Really, there are too many great ones to name and I haven't even started on the vocalists.  Most of what I listen to comes from between the 30's and the 60's.  I'm not saying there isn't good new traditional jazz being recorded, I just don't know enough about those musicians to delve too deeply into what's current.  Besides, I have so much to enjoy from the golden and silver ages of jazz to keep me satisfied.   Actually, there is one genre I've been exploring a lot lately due to my love of Diz.  He popularized a hybrid of music called Afro-Cuban music, which has since somewhat evolved into what we call Latin jazz today.  Of course there are variations within that subset as well.

" @sagesebas said:

"@Briguile: He's like the Dane Cook of Jazz music."

That's a pathetically ignorant statement. Truly. And the harsh truth of the matter, I'm afraid, is that Dane Cook is the Kenny G. of comedy. "

I think this pretty much sums up Jazz Music in a toight little package.   

  I've been meaning to look into more modern jazz, but this is my personal favourite of what I've heard.

Miles Davis

I don't know any Jazz but I do love Cowboy Bebop's intro.

" I listen to older Jazz music. I have not listen to any modern Jazz music. "

Check this out. Great stuff.