Help Me Expand My Music Taste


Hello Everyone,
I know essentially nothing about jazz and blues, but I would like to learn to appreciate these styles of music. To this end, if you would list for me your five favorite jazz or blues albums it would be very helpful in giving me some starting points. My impression is that jazz for example is somewhat of an acquired taste, and that as with wine, some albums are more likely to appeal to a novice than would other albums even by the same musician. I do not have an analogue setup, so my listening is limited to CD's. Let me thank you in advance for your suggestions.
All the best,
Dennis
dgclark0007
Go to Telarc Records and sample things, they have both blues and jazz and it is well recorded.

Once you find a few things you like you can go to Amazon and plug a few titles in and they will make recommendations based on what you chose

http://www.telarc.com/

http://www.amazon.com
Give "Kind of Blue" a listen. Miles Davis and the gang are just sweet, sweet, sweet!

Check out the music section of NPR. They have music broken down into Jazz, Pop, Classical and World. Interesting interviews and samples of the artist's works.

If you feel guilty about using their website for free, they sell the music they feature online which helps support NPR.