I agree that most drum solos can be boring. They seem like token efforts to give some spotlight to the drummer. Something I found irritating was local musician concerts (which I otherwise heartily endorse) developed a trend where every musician seemed to take a solo on every number. I could never understand how that got started? But since it wasn't fair to expect the creativity of a Morello or Roach (or many other accomplished drummers) among our local talent that simply increased the boredom.
Speaking of a jazzy Christmas, out local college FM jazz station sponsored a concert last evening with their recently formed jazz band playing the respective scores from Duke Ellington and Shorty Rogers recordings of The Nutcracker Suite. They did a great job and I particularly enjoyed the Rogers' version, something like this -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzrbaE7M-jL86Zk2_wJQxRMFeowfDgqK
Speaking of a jazzy Christmas, out local college FM jazz station sponsored a concert last evening with their recently formed jazz band playing the respective scores from Duke Ellington and Shorty Rogers recordings of The Nutcracker Suite. They did a great job and I particularly enjoyed the Rogers' version, something like this -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzrbaE7M-jL86Zk2_wJQxRMFeowfDgqK