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

God asked The Apostle Paul " why do you keep kicking against the pricks?"(funny way of putting it) I admire your tenacity. But why after  30 yrs is of trying are you making another attempt to force something that you just don't like? I ask these things because I mirror your thoughts about jazz .I've tried. But neither it nor female vocals are my cup of tea. It doesn't make me wrong. Nor are those who do like jazz wrong. Nor does it make me inferior. I listen to many different types of music, just not the 2 I spoke of earlier.

Big shout out to @stuartk . Great info. Being a musician I think I understood that already,  instinctively. But  IMO it still sounds disjointed.  I'm not sure I'll try again but I'm not sure I won't either. Never say "never"

@fpomposo

I hope you were just kidding . .

Since when does being an audiophile depend upon being a Jazz lover, or for that matter, a lover of any specific genre?

Herbie Hancock, headhunter

Lee Morgan, sidewinder

come to mind as two that would be hard to ignore regardless of your musical leanings.

I often peruse posts like this and liten to many of the recommendations. So thanks all. 

Here are two easy ones  

“Swiss Time” by Les McCann & Eddie Harris

“The Girl From Ipanema” by Getz/Gilberto

And a Jazz piano sampler http://open.qobuz.com/playlist/16555554

I'm in the same boat. Most jazz is just too busy and complex for me to enjoy. I like jazz ballads best. Simple and soulful music is my thing. 

Like you, I found Bill Frissell and Pat Matheny to be the most listenable. While both do their share of "complex" stuff, much of their work is more accessible to me. Stanley Turrentine has an album of ballads I like a lot. 

Bottom line for me is "do I feel it". Most jazz feels emotionless to me. It's music for musicians.