When I was getting into jazz, I had neither the internet nor any experienced listeners to guide me. So my journey was rather haphazard. I started with
Kind of Blue and
Take Five, of course. But after that I went to
Bitches Brew...which I was not prepared for. Then
In a Silent Way, which captivated me. Then the first Mahavishnu, which I thought was awesome, and then some GRP which impressed me but left me cold.
Then I bought this is a CD store in D.C.
I knew "Rockit" and Corea's Elektric Band but also knew these guys were masters of acoustic jazz as well, and the two of them together? How could this not be magical?
I did not like it.
I tried to like it. I tried to convince myself I liked it. Finally, after about the fourth time listening, I had to acknowledge that I didn't like it. More than that, I didn't get it.
Every 5 or so years I'd give it another try to see if I'd get or like it now. I never did.
Until nearly 20 years later, after I'd finally truly gotten into jazz--thanks to books and the internet helping steer me through the enormous history and various pathways and a local library extremely well-stocked and several years listening to almost nothing but--and having devoured both great quintets of Miles Davis (and possibly all three—I think I'd even listened his Lost Quintet broadcasts by then), I pulled it off the shelf...and I
got it. And I
loved it.
(There's another set from the same tour,
An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert, with almost but not quite the same setlist but from a different night, and it too is wonderful.)