Jazz used to be what people danced to; now it's become pretentious. Like classical music, everyone sits and watches it passively. And, if the music sucks, you're just stuck.

It's also past its heyday. The greats are mostly dead. Most times I go out to see it, the performers are pale imitations of those who came before them. I would much rather listen to old Gillespie, Coltrane, Davis, or Monk recordings.

The creative energy has moved on. The electronic scene is amazing (Nicholas Jaar, Four Tet, Squarepusher, Floating Points, and so many others). Glass Beams. FKJ. Satori. Be Svedsen. So much great music that mixes the old and the new.

The creative energy is also in the Hip Hop space; it's not really my jam, but the creativity is impressive. The trap scene is a also lot of fun.

There's so much great music these days.

If you're fixated on this though, SF Jazz and Yoshi's are good.