Originally posted by Kittarin
Go Misanthrope!!!
I'm HUGE into jazz. Thelonious Monk is amazing. My absolute favourite is Myles Davis. I agree that jazz and gospel paved the way for more traditional music, especially metal. Actually, the things that i like about metal are quite similar to the things i like about jazz. Very technical, also i like jazz with no vocals the same way that i like metal with "growling", because the growls are used basically as another instrument, instead of the main thing. A lot of current music downplays other instruments (background instruments), but i think they are just as important, if not moreso.