Need some Jazz recommendations..some pop and swing

Flim & The BB's was sometimes called fusion. It's rock-jazz. Not sure if that's what you're looking for. They recorded in the 80's and 90's but most recordings are high quality--first on DMP label and then Warner. They are mostly high energy and have a lot of fun--were very popular on the jazz charts but are little known now, I think. Tricycle is big and representative but they made a lot of good disks. The Yellow Jackets are very palatable, outstanding musicians, have been nominated for Grammies. They are recorded on Heads Up label, a division of Telarc, and are outstanding recordings, better than Telarc IMO. David Grisman uses Bluegrass as a springboard for jazz. Probably his greatest achievement is the self-titled "salmon colored" album as we used to call it. A more recent disk that I like a lot is Dawg's Groove. Some of his disks have vocals which I do not like. I would avoid. Like you, I like jazz but not the esoteric or the heavy jazz. And like you, I'm sure I'm missing out on some good stuff. Holly Cole Trio is good if you like vocals.

Forgot to mention one of my favorites: I love the Hammond B3 in rock and jazz,and Funky Organ by various artists is a good recording which I plan to use to find more Hammond B3 music. Which reminds me that I hear a lot of jazz in the Doors. LA Woman is probably the best. Lee Ritenaur and Dave Grusin are older generation "pop jazz". I like very samll doses. I get bored fast.

Some of the blues artist's cross over to swing and you may enjoy the big band sound:

Clarence Gatemouth brown- Gate Swings
Charles Brown- Lucky so and so
Sugar Ray Norcia and the Bluetones- all of the recent cd's
Duke Robillard- several swing cd's

Try some of the " Fourplay " Cd's...Great group......

I find Brubeck very easy to get into

you might try Weather Report - Heavy Weather, lovely stuff