Something about the joy of irritating my father, going back and forth about how I keep hijacking his jazz CD collection, is something I find beyond rewarding, God’s virtue even. I got into jazz at the very grown-up age of six. What initially entered my life as elevator music soon turned into an obsession. Here’s five ways you can get into jazz without feeling intimidated.

Let it play in the background

The more you casually live with jazz — playing it in the background while studying, cleaning, commuting ­­— the less difficult it feels, and the more addictive it becomes. I started while studying with lo-fi beats on YouTube.