JGuy Grungeman

I started with Miles Davis. Kind of Blue is a really easy album to listen to and enjoy.

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Frownland

I love Kind of Blue, it's a late night in a smoke filled lounge and embodies cool, but I'm unsure if that's the best starter album. One reason is that it's very embedded in American culture to the point where it feels like you already know the album inside and out on your first serious listen. Jazz has also changed quite a bit since then and there are plenty of accessible artists that are a little more surprising and exciting (what jazz is all about imo) than Kind of Blue.

I'd show a first timer something like this and show them Kind of Blue further down the line.


http://youtu.be/xERcI8jGfe8
Endangered Blood - Plunge

Or this


http://youtu.be/1QViAZa41bk
Lounge Lizards - Voice of Chunk

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JGuy Grungeman

But wouldn't that make it all the more reason to be a starter album if it's something you can get into easily? Why start with something you're not into or used to? The more exciting styuff may not appease as easily if the exciting stuff that the person's not used to is his start.

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