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Who was your first

What was the first jazz artist that got you hooked on jazz? I was in a high end audio store and the salesperson put on Dianna Krall All or nothing at all on a pair of B&W's and ever since then I was hooked. And that is what led me down this never ending audio addiction.
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tobias
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Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, in 1966. I was already into audio; this disc just made me think I could learn to like jazz.
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muzikat
887 posts
 
Grover Washington Jr. "Mr Magic" ~ 1975-76.
I was a typical rocker, heard that album and whole new world opened up.
elizabeth
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in the 1960's when I started listening.. I disliked Jazz. Never did learn better until I watched Ken Burn's Jazz on PBS. I watched it again on DVD and fell in love with the Jazz form. I guess I never understood what Jazz musicians were doing until watching the series on TV. Now my main listening is to Jazz and Classical. (I have thankfully pretty much gotten over Rock and Roll.)
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