1.   Rollins has emerged as a symbol of modern jazz at its finest.

2.   The rise of modern jazz through bebop coincided with the demise of the big bands.

3.   He was one of the most influential performers of modern jazz.

4.   And though he can swing hard, he prefers the shadings of timbre and texture to the forward drive of modern jazz drumming.

5.   I love modern jazz.

6.   If modern jazz is to survive, Freelon said, it must move forward.

7.   In a sense, then, these nine boxes will constitute a definitive document on the history of modern jazz.

8.   It happened to be the bassist who recorded the song with its most important interpreter in modern jazz, John Coltrane.

9.   The Davis mystique was steeped in controversy during the time Fortune played with him because electronic instruments were becoming an important, but misunderstood, ingredient in modern jazz.

10.   Without Parker, modern jazz would have been impossible.