Same for me, I really enjoy playing scales and the like as studying jazz has made the application and benefit of practice a lot more clear. I did some classic

Same for me, I really enjoy playing scales and the like as studying jazz has made the application and benefit of practice a lot more clear. I did some classical study and grades years ago and remember there being a big disconnect - my teacher just gave me scales and pieces as totally separate entities, and just taught them as things necessary to pass the exam, with no real application or purpose explained to me.