Jazz is not a dead art. Not nearly, that was a foolish comment. Tons of people still make livings as jazz musicians, you can go to countless clubs and see jazz musicians play.
I like listening to Bobby Timmons, Art Blakey, Dave Holland, Paul Chambers, Jimmy greene, sonny rollins,sonny stit, john abercrombie, jackie mclean, ornet coleman, coleman hawkins, pancho sanches, tito puente, red garland, chick corea, bird, larry grenadier, pat martino, dave douglas, freddie hubbard, grant greene, wayne shorter, john pattatuchi, gorge rossi, tadd dameron, steve swallow, j.j. johnson, the list is endless.
-Timbo