This is like grabbing a book from a Japanese store and complaining that it just seems like a mishmash of strokes. You don't just grab a Japanese book. You learn

This is like grabbing a book from a Japanese store and complaining that it just seems like a mishmash of strokes. You don't just grab a Japanese book. You learn what it is first, the different writing systems, the grammar and then you start reading small sentences that build into paragraphs then groups of paragraphs. Then pages and then eventually books. Familiarise yourself with the standards and then let the infinitude of variations of them be your journey to the PRACTICE of jazz