best artists in the last 15 years

Prediction - Amy Winehouse will be gone and forgotten in under 5 years, as will many of the others mentioned above. There is a saying in the ancient Vedas of India - "Chewing the chewed."

Diana Krall-Jazz..You've got to be kidding...Saw her car commercial mentioning being a jazz muscian.What a joke........What about her makes her a Jazz musician?JD

She likes to sing, "Ray Brown, Ray Brown!" in concert?

Arp, Gospel? Yes, Fairfield Four. I am sure others to boot, but this is a great album.

Hamid Drake: drummer. Student of the late Ed Blackwell. Plays with William Parker a lot. Has done records with Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, and Pharoah Sanders. Amazing.