native Connie Han announced herself as a pianist keen on tradition yet unafraid to redefine it. With the release of her debut album, Crime Zone, L.A. In 2019, she is slated to release an album on Mack Avenue Records. She’s performed at the Telluride Jazz Festival a staggering 10 times - her first coming at only 10 years old - and in 2015 came in second place in that year’s Thelonious Monk International Vocal Competition. Her style encompasses nearly every page of the jazz songbook, from Dixieland to bebop and beyond. Veronica Swift is a vocalist possessing that rare combination of grand vision and exquisite technique. Stranger Days by Adam O'Farrill Veronica Swift, vocals Years from now, this a cat that other trumpet players will be trying to emulate. His tone is warm and flame-kissed, and his brilliant improvisations employ a vast and refreshingly unconventional jazz vocabulary. Adam’s group Stranger Days released its first album in 2016, and while the disc was a magnet for critical praise, it was Adam’s highly idiosyncratic playing that turned the most heads. Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill was born in Brooklyn to Latin-jazz royalty - his father is Grammy-winning pianist Arturo O’Farrill, and his grandfather is legendary Afro-Cuban composer Chico O’Farrill - but the acclaim he’s built as a performer and bandleader is entirely his own. Magdalena by María Grand Adam O’Farrill, trumpet Featuring her dauntless ensemble Diatribe and tackling subjects ranging from mythology to family relationships, the album positioned Grand as an improviser of piercing insight and a composer of vast ambition. Her full-length leader debut, Magdalena, was released on Biophilia Records in 2018. In 2012, at age 20, she was the youngest musician selected to perform in a tribute to NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman, and in 2013 she landed a coveted spot at the Newport Jazz Festival. Swiss-born saxophonist Maria Grand is a standout among the cohort of young artists blazing trails in the avant-garde jazz scene. Never one to shy away from issues of social justice, Croker calls his new album “a self-reflective collection of provocative, powerfully-passionate and boundary-busting compositions that speak to our greater, shared human existence.” In March, the trumpeter is slated to release a new album, Star People Nation, that will find applying his irrepressibly hip, funk-flavored aesthetic to the role of producer, songwriter and performer.
Theo Croker has been generating momentum in the jazz world for a while, but 2019 may prove the year he blasts through the stratosphere. The aim, says Coss, is for “women and non-binary people have equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to Jazz, leading to an improved and more rich, diverse, and successful art form.” Her voice - as an artist and champion of inclusion - is as important as ever. Coss is the founder of the Women in Jazz Organization, which was founded in 2017 to promote equality and solidarity within the scene. Not only did the album showcase Coss’ fluid improvisational style and grand compositional vision, but it also positioned the saxophonist as a powerful advocate for inclusion in the jazz world. Saxophonist Roxy Coss’ recent album The Future Is Female captivated listening audiences in 2018. Good Vibes - Touched By An Angel/Evidence (T.Monk) by Joel M. Plus, he’s got quick hands, an adventurous ear, and a knack for blurring lines.
But as he proved on his 2018 release Good Vibes, he’s a dauntless leader in his own right, one of those rare musicians whose presence elevates the players around him. This Chicago native has worked alongside a host of seasoned vets, from Herbie Hancock and Christian McBride to Jon Batiste and Ambrose Akinmusire. Want to get a sense for where jazz is headed? Follow these players. Young and visionary, they’re all linked by a desire to move the music forward, tugging the tradition along with them. Some have been on the scene for a while others you should get to know. Here are 19 artists we think will take jazz to new heights in 2019. Jazz thrives on regeneration and invention, which means that each new year brings a new opportunity for artists to extend the tradition, challenge norms, make new connections and push the music into unforeseen territory.
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