Two events - took a "jazz appreciation" class in college for the "easy A" - the professor (Dick Wright) was such a nice guy and so eanest, it was hard not to at least listen. I also had a high school football buddy who was exposed to jazz at his college and sent me a bunch of cassettes (Miles, Wes, Tyner, Vitous). The combination of these two events hooked me. So, walking into my room in college, you were either going to hear London Calling or Kind of Blue
Eric