"Crabbed" is a word in ENGLISH
Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.
Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; --
applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed
author.
Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or
moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition,
or manners.
Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create as much surprise and spontaneity and feeling and variation while respecting that structure.
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