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 "A Night in Tunisia", and Stetsasonic released "Talkin' All That Jazz", sampling Lonnie Liston Smith. Gang Starr's debut LP, No More Mr. Nice Guy (Wild Pitch, 1989), and their track "Jazz Thing" (CBS, 1990) 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 (Warlock, 1988) and A Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (Jive, 1990) and The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991).
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. 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, punk jazz and jazzcore began to reflect the increasing awareness of elements of extreme metal (particularly thrash metal and death 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.
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Empty Suits
Dust To Dust
Brooklyn Blues
The Tree
Infancia
Spirit River
Soldier's Hymn
The Use of Memory
Down To The Wire
Special Detail
Birds Of Prey
Bospaadje Konijnehol II
Implement Yourself
The Journey
Music for Large & Small Ensembles
Attack the Future
Emergency Peace
Wide Open Spaces
Elec Jazz
Jump
I Remember You
All Bird's Children
What Because
Form
Green House
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Where in the World (1991)
Weather Clear, Track Fast (1991)
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1991)
Beneath the Mask (1991)
What a Band (1991)
Another Hand (1991)
Flight of I (1991)
Tuskegee Experiments (1991)
Kele Mou Bana (1991)
A Long Story (1991)
Forward Motion (1991)
Temptation (1991)
Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse (1991)
Rites of Passage (1991)
Is It Really True (1991)
Where Legends Dwell (1991)
From the Soul (1991)
Tongue in Groove (1991)
Thirteen Friendly Numbers (1991)
Heart Of The Bass (1991)
Meant to Be (1991)
Fat Man and the Hard Blues (1991)
Theoria (1991)
As Serenity Approaches (1991)
Images (1991)
Side by Side (1991)
To the Max (1991)
Extended Animation (1991)
After Dark (1991)
Spirits Of Our Ancestors (1991)
Venturi Shadows (1991)
Ask the Ages (1991)
Black Science (1991)
Swallow (1991)
Right There (1991)
Q.E.D. (1991)
Can't Put My Finger On It (1991)
Living Magic (1991)
Bring Your Camera (1991)
Blue Interlude (1991)
Politics (1991)
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Art and Aviation (1992)
Evanescence (1992)
Maroons (1992)
Citi Movement (1992)
Universal Language (1992)
Some Combination of Fingers and Passion (1992)
Notes From the Underground (1992)
To The Eyes Of Creation (1992)
Little Motor People (1992)
Ursa's Door (1992)
Sanctified Shells (1992)
Secret Story (1992)
Repent (1992)
Loose Cannon (1992)
L'Heure Bleue (1992)
Have a Little Faith (1992)
Folly Seeing All This (1992)
This Land (1992)
Kayak (1992)
Anadolu (1992)
Corporate Art (1992)
Hal's Bells (1992)
Dynamics (1992)
What We Do (1992)
Hand In Hand (1992)
When Silence Pulls (1992)
Every One of Us (1992)
Sphere Music (1992)
Ancient Ritual (1992)
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Cantos I-IV (1993)
Vade Mecum (1993)
Santuerio (1993)
Voyager (1993)
Prism (1993)
Isabelle (1993)
The Road to You - Live in Europe (1993)
Hue and Cry (1993)
Can You Hear A Motion (1993)
The Malcolm X Jazz Suite (1993)
In The Name Of (1993)
Too Much Sugar for a Dime (1993)
Parallel Worlds (1993)
In This House, On This Morning (1993)
Big Head Eddie (1993)
Consecration (1993)
3D Lifestyles (1993)
With Our Own Eyes (1993)
Hand Jive (1993)
Tao of Mad Phat (1993)
Harmolodic Guitar with Strings (1993)
Les Diaboliques (1993)
Synergetics - Phonomanie III (1993)
The Seasons (1993)
Paint the World (1993)
Dahabenzapple (1993)
Raised Pleasure Dot (1993)
Always a Pleasure (1993)
Trio (1993)
Fictionary (1993)
Demon Chaser (1993)
Next Step (1993)
Instant Heat (1993)
Kurdish Dance (1993)
Upswing (1993)
Big Band Record (1993)
Danzon (1993)
It's All Right to Swing (1993)
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Even the Sounds Shine (1994)
Desert Lady / Fantasy (1994)
Critical Mass (1994)
Cryptology (1994)
Zero Tolerance for Silence (1994)
Carry the Day (1994)
Solid Action (1994)
Def Trance Beat (1994)
Expressions (1994)
Mix (1994)
Slay the Suitors (1994)
MoodSwing (1994)
Solomon's Daughter (1994)
Loopin' the Cool (1994)
Momentum (1994)
The Swing and I (1994)
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Testament (New World)
African Portraits (Teldec Classics)
Citrus My Love (RecRec Music)
Symbol Systems (No More Records)
Marmalade King (hatART)
Rhythm Within (Antilles)
Friday Afternoon in the Universe (Gramavision)
One Line, Two Views (New World)
Go West (Homestead)
Everything in Stage (Songlines Recordings)
Groove Elation (Blue Note)
Music for Six Musicians (Nonesuch)
Modern Day Jazz Stories (Antilles, Verve)
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