From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On 14 Jan 2026 18:32:47 GMT   
   rbowman  wrote:   
      
   > I tried to like jazz and failed. To provide some context I read   
   > Kerouac and the other Beats at a young age and they were into the   
   > '40s and '50s bebop musicians. I found the music twitchy and nervous.   
      
   Jazz is something I appreciate more for the influence it's had on the   
   rest of the world than enjoy in raw form. It was a key ingredient in   
   the cocktail that birthed progressive rock; without that initial shot   
   in the arm from jazz by way of King Crimson, it might never have gotten   
   beyond just sounding like the Moody Blues. Likewise, original-flavor   
   Chicago (before Terry Kath died and the DX7 ruined them) owed a whole   
   lot to jazz.   
      
   That said, "Kind of Blue" is a marvelous album.   
      
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