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

@fthompson251 I have a few recommendations for you.

Traditional Jazz Albums:

1. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

2. Earfood by Roy Hargrove

3. Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock

4. Trilogy by Chick Corea Trio

5. LaFaro by Brian Bromberg 

Contemporary Jazz Albums:

1. Ashes to Ashes by Joe Sample

2. Elixir by Fourplay

3. Givin’ It Up by George Benson & Al Jarreau 

4. Tenderness (Live) by Al Jarreau 

5. We Live Here by Pat Metheny Group

I own the CD from Miles Davis, Kind of Blue

I saw The Crusaders but no one mentioned Joe Sample’s solo efforts??? Terrifically accessible!

Others that may be accessible by non-jazz folks: Ramsey Lewis, Warren Bernhardt, Candy Dulfer (funk, R&B fusion).

I’m sure there are others but it’s too early this morning to think of any more!

@stuartk

Must be hard to "sing along" with Liz Reed since it's an instrumental! Scatting?

As I'm sure you're aware, Phil Lesh introduced the other members of the Dead to Coltrane, among others. And Bob Weir has often said that his chording style has been greatly influenced by McCoy Tyner.

Chet Baker

Eddie Harris

Lonnie Liston Smith

Deadato

Tom Scott

Michael Franks

John Klemmer

Modern Jazz Quartet

If you stream, check out WCLK college radio in Atlanta, Ga great jazz mix