TheLe ideasidee ofdel theconcetto di M-Base concepterano werein largelygran incompatibleparte withincompatibili thecon requirementsle ofesigenze del mondo musicdella businessmusica. MostLa participantsmaggior ofparte dei partecipanti al themovimento M-Base movementsi turnedrivolse toalla moremusica conventionalpiù musicconvenzionale. CassandraLa Wilson'smusica [[blues]] ande [[folk-influenced]] musicdi has[[Cassandra beenWilson]] fairlyera suitableabbastanza foradatta anper adaptionun toadattamento theal tastegusto ofdi aun largerpubblico audiencepiù ampio. La Wilson hasfirmò beenun signedcontratto tocon la [[Blue Note Records]] sincefin dal 1993. ThoughSebbene twodue ofdelle registrazioni di Gary Thomas'recordingssiano werestate highlyapprezzate rated byda ''[[DownBeat]]'',<ref>{{cita web|url=http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/487|urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619060329/http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/487|titolo=Gary Thomas - Director of Jazz Studies, Richard and Elizabeth Case Endowed Professor in Jazz|dataarchivio=19 giugno 2010|lingua=en|editore=Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University|sito=/www.peabody.jhu.edu}}</ref> heaveva onlysolo hadun acontratto contractcon withuna apiccola smallcompagnia Europeaneuropea companye andle hissue performanceopportunità opportunitiesdi wereesibirsi virtuallyerano limitedpraticamente tolimitate Europeall'Europa. SinceDal 1997,heha hassospeso putla hissua careercarriera as adi bandleader on hold toper teachinsegnare atal Peabody Music Institute.<ref>{{cita web|autore=Geoffrey Himes|url=http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/3020|urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620161210/http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/3020|titolo=Tim Murphy|dataarchivio=20 giugno 2010|lingua=en|editore=Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University|sito=/www.peabody.jhu.edu}}</ref> Greg Osby signedfirmò withcon la Blue Note Records innel 1990 ande developedsviluppò auno specificspecifico balancingequilibrio acttra betweenun anmaggiore enhancedrispetto reverenceper tola traditiontradizione ande maintainingil hismantenimento newdella directionsua nuova direzione. InNel 2008, Osby launchedlanciò hisla ownsua smallpiccola labeletichetta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregosby.com/bio.html|title=Greg Osby - Jazz Saxophonist/Composer: Biography|work=Greg Osby - Jazz Saxophonist|access-date=25 November 2014|language=en}}</ref> Steve Coleman hasha developedsviluppato hisulteriormente musicla furthersua inmusica accordancesecondo withil theconcetto M-Base concept. InNegli the[[anni 1990s'90]] hisi CDssuoi wereCD releasedfurono bypubblicati thedalla major label [[BMG]]. ThereafterDa heallora becamein practicallypoi andivenne undergrounddi artistnuovo inpraticamente theun U.S.artista againunderground negli Stati Uniti in thatquanto hisla musicsua wasmusica onlyera availabledisponibile assolo importscome importazione, distributeddistribuita byda auna smallpiccola Frenchetichetta labelfrancese.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://innerviews.org/inner/coleman.html|title=Innerviews: Steve Coleman - Digging deep|author=Innerviews|work=Innerviews: Music Without Borders|access-date=25 November 2014|language=en}}</ref> InNel 2007 la piccola etichetta di John Zorn's small, labella [[Tzadik Records]], releasedpubblicò a soloun CD ofsolista di Coleman. InNel 2010 thela smallpiccola advanced labeletichetta [https://pirecordings.com/ Pi Recordings] beganiniziò toa releasepubblicare le registrazioni di Steve Coleman's recordings.
Although the musical line initially called "M-Base" became more than ever focused on Steve Coleman, a number of younger musicians (e.g. a range of excellent drummers) have made substantial creative contributions to his music and his influence is to be found in several musical fields – both in terms of music technique and of the music's meaning. Pianist [[Vijay Iyer]], who was chosen as "Jazz Musician of the Year 2010" by the Jazz Journalists Association,<ref>{{Cita web|url=https://news.jazzjournalists.org/|titolo=Jazz Journalists Association News – Approfondimenti e aggiornamenti dall'Associazione Giornalisti Jazz|autore=Corey Hall|sito=news.jazzjournalists.org|editore=JJA Editor|data=27 dicembre 2023|lingua=en|accesso=2024-02-06}}</ref> said, "It's hard to overstate Steve [Coleman's] influence. He's affected more than one generation, as much as anyone since John Coltrane. It's not just that you can connect the dots by playing seven or 11 beats. What sits behind his influence is this global perspective on music and life. He has a point of view of what he does and why he does it."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703302604575294532527380178|title=A Saxophonist's Reverberant Sound|author=Larry Blumenfeld|date=11 June 2010|work=WSJ|access-date=25 November 2014|language=en}}</ref>
