Music:
Jazz: Miles, Coltrane, Shorter, Evans, Hancock, Smith, Mobley, Peterson, Bird, Diz, Monk, Chambers, Mingus, Brown, Pastorius, Ra, Monk, Corea, Henderson, Dolphy, on and onRock: Hendrix, Muddy Waters, The Dead, Zep, Floyd, Beatles, Wilco, Beck, on and onFunk: James Brown, The Meters, Miles (70s), Hancock (Headhunters), Parliament/Funkadelic, Maceo, MMWWorld: Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Marley, Morgan Heritage, Khan, Shankar, various afro-cuban, santeria, west african drummingIf it has soul (roots, history, feels alive) and makes me move (rhythmically active, time feel), than I'll probably like it. Easier said than done.
Movies:
A Different Kind of Blue:Miles Electric
Books:
The Mysticism of Sound and Music - Hazrat Inayat Khan, African Rhythm and African Sensibility - John Miller Chernoff, Miles - Miles Davis, Free Play: Power of Improvisation in Life and the Arts - Stephen Nachmanovitch, Malcolm X autobiog, various books on music and biographies of creative types, a few classics like Bros. K