Rok, my grandmother liked "Chopin", I heard her say it when I was very young. It was ages before I discovered "Chopin" and "Sho pan" were the same person. I liked him until he got a little too busy for me.
I saw Aretha live in Detroit, you can't go wrong with Aretha; just the sound of her voice floods me with memories of good times.
You lost me with "The Wolf Man", that's the kind of blues I can live without. One out of three ain't bad, when you consider that it was outside the jazz realm.
Discovering old jazz that I haven't heard before has been most fruitful for me. No current category of music that I'm into lately, but world music is my alternate choice.
Enjoy the music.