The worst part of jazz is the drums

So I'm trying to appreciate jazz and get into the classics but all I can hear in a majority of the songs is the repetitive swing of the drums. I am realizing that the songs that I like are those that stray from the similar ts-da-tsts rhythm or songs that I can't hear the drums as well in.

I feel like I appreciate jazz has influenced music and culture and I really love some of the vocals, the piano parts, or the trumpet but I can't listen to much of anything without becoming really bothered ny the drums.

Are the drums there just solely for tempo, like a metronome? I feel like it's distracting to the emotion of the song and only takes away from the piece. I wish I didn't feel this way, as I'm trying to appreciate jazz honestly, but I'm struggling to get over this feeling.