Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz?

Jeez, not a lot of love for the "classics" here. ;-)

I'm a big-band and swing guy myself, but I enjoy a lot of "modern" jazz that is tuneful and swings.  Here are what are considered some pretty classic albums and some of my favorites:

Dave Brubeck - Time Out

Jimmy Giuffre - The Jimmy Giuffre 3

John Lewis - Grand Encounter

Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots

Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - I Talk With the Spirits

Stan Getz and Jimmy Rowles - The Peacocks

Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Ben Webster - At the Renaissance

Oscar Peterson - Girl Talk (Exclusively for My Friends)

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster

Sarah Vaughn - Sarah Vaughn (with Clifford Brown, 1954)

Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams

Billie Holiday - Recital (Verve, 1952)

That's just off the top of my head.

Return to Forever, Romantic Warrior

This album just came out this month, and I think it's an incredible jazz album for anyone who doesn't like jazz. You just have to hear this.

Jeff Parker - The Way Out of Easy

Chet Baker…

Stream a good radio station like WBGO.