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It's very strange to me why Monk doesn't resonate with me. I really do think it just has to do with solo jazz piano being one of my least favorite sounds in jazz. Besides maybe McCoy Tyner, I'm much more drawn to who is on brass, winds, and percussion.
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That makes sense, I'm mostly drawn to drums and piano in jazz (like Cecil Taylor made 'sense' to me much sooner than most free jazz musicians I've heard so far) but I think that's partly because jazz is new to me and those instruments are what I'm used to; I grew up playing piano and I've always been naturally drawn to rhythms and percussion.
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Ok so just going over the Cream discography and every time I land on some kind of live version or an extended instrumental/solo, I get a little annoyed after a while. I think a lot people appreciate them precisely for those improvs, but they seem meandering and pointless to me. Or just annoying, like for example the drum solo on Toad. If I was at their concerns at the time I would probably start rolling my eyes very soon. Apparently Clapton said their later performances were just each of them trying to one-up the others.
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I haven't seen much praise for their improv but generally agree. What makes them great is their songwriting and hallucinatory, heavy sound best showcased on Disraeli Gears. Neither Clapton nor the insanely overrated Ginger Baker are interesting enough to sustain an extended jam. Jack Bruce's Zappa work tells me he probably has the chops for it though.
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Huh, TIL. Jack Bruce was probably just so high that he thought he was playing in an especially weird Derek and the Dominoes jam session, all the while fascinated by Clapton's new moustache and ability to play outside of the pentatonic scale.
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Six Feet Under are basic af but still super entertaining. Like a stoner metal band playing death metal.
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That's why you can click on a video and know what you're talking about.
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