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i dont understand the reaction to miles' first electric period--alot of that music is amazing, way beyond the tepid "fusion" that was happening around him (largely becuase of him) at the time and well beyond the second electric period, during which miles became a kind of copy of himself (but at least i got to see him live in the process). purists: bah, humbug.
i'd start with on the corner, personally.
later coltrane, albert ayler, eric dolphy, mingus, monk, ornette coleman--work your way around.
there's no one way into the music.
for me, the band that changed everything was the art ensemble of chicago and it was seeing them live that did it.
i was 19. they blew my mind.
i had no idea that music could generate so much power, could pin you into your chair and make you unable and unwilling to move.
so my recommendation really about the best way to work your way into the music is to see alot of it done live. recordings are nice, but they're also tamer.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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