More Jazz Fusion than JAZZ but for me it was Pat Metheny and Jean Luc Ponty back in high school.
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.