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

I'm surprised that no one has complimented stuartk for his thoughtful and detailed response!  The first albums that really drew me into jazz were Kind Of Blue (Miles Davis, already mentioned) and Giant Steps (John Coltrane).  Louis Armstrong (Satch Plays Fats) is another easy recommendation!

Vocal jazz is for you  - Holly Cole , Chantal Chamberland and many others.

I only started listening to Jazz this year. Spotify is your friend. Currently, I'm listening to "70's Japanese Jazz/Funk" playlist. Don't like a song, click next. Like a song, I save to a playlist. Never heard of any of these artists, just the way I prefer vs the same handful of Jazz artists always listed.

- Bill Evans trio ’Live at Shelley’s Manne Hole’

- Oscar Peterson ’We Get Requests’

- Ben Webster meets Oscar Peterson

- Jim Hall & Red Mitchell 'Valse Hot'

Or for something more modern and funky look into Jiro Inagaki

And I’ll throw in ’A Oscar Peterson Christmas’ since we are at Christmas Time...

If you can listen to any of those albums and still think jazz sucks than you’re hopeless and should quit being a audiophile and take up some other hobby

Larry Carlton  -  "Alone But Never Alone"

About as smooth and listenable as it gets. Ebay probably has a copy, cheap.

Bob James

Earl Klugh

grp masters collections from the early 90s have a great mix of various artists.  You can screen the tracks you like and go from there.  Again, Ebay has them cheap.