Drum solos are an integral part of the jazz idiom, where every instrument gets the opportunity to solo. Jazz Messengers, Coltrane, Clifford Brown/Max Roach. But I agree with the above that Horace Silver has less of it, although IMO, Horace took more of a commercial path than some others, no doubt in an attempt to appeal to a wider audience. Honestly though, the relatively short solos by Blakey, Roach, Billy Higgins, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne and many others are incredibly musical and compelling, IMO.
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