Awful take. Last weekend I saw Mike Dillon with Phunkadelick playing with Brian Haas on the Rhodes organ. They played a wild punk-jazz show that is one of the best shows I've ever attended. There was a mosh pit at a jazz concert where a primary instrument was a vibraphone.

In recent years, I've greatly enjoyed things like AKU!'s album Blind Fury (drum/trumpet/baritone sax trio) and Ambrose Akinmusire's Origami Harvest. A lot of modern jazz is blending in electronic influences, like Sungazer. Maybe you don't like these things, but I can't imagine calling jazz dead.