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Inagroove, I hear you.  It wasn't my jam for most of my life.  I'm mid 50s now and always looking for new stuff to listen to.  So I've picked up jazz (which I find most enjoyable in vinyl vs streaming) and more classical.  I've always been very eclectic in my music tastes.  Being a kid of the 80s in the south, it was hair metal, country and new wave.  But over my life I've rounded it out to include lots of 60s/70s classic rock, grunge of the 90s, some rap, singer songwriter stuff throughout the ages, classical and even current pop.  I love how some of the recent stuff by people like Sabrina Clark, Lorde or even Taylor Swift sound.  About all I don't do is opera (just don't have a taste for the singing, although I do like the classical music underneath it) and hard core death metal.  So jazz is the style I'm currently listing to the most and am enjoying it!

@blackbag20 +1 same, same. Still love my R&R, but find myself listening to Jazz more often. 

For anyone just starting into Jazz, or has gained an appreciation for the music, I highly recommend Chick Corea's TRILOGY, a 3 CD set.  Being lazy, I'll just cut and paste:

Product description

On September 9, 2014, Stretch RecordsConcord Jazz will release Trilogy a recording to rank with the landmarks of Corea's career. Trilogy is a triple-CD set recorded live around the world with his spectacularly virtuosic trio featuring bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, both star leaders in their own right (and previously the rhythmic backbone in Corea's Five Peace Band). A marvel of live recorded sound, particularly for having been captured in multiple stops on the road, Trilogy sees the trio reinvent classic Corea compositions (such as 'Spain'), as well as previously unreleased originals ('Piano Sonata: The Moon'). The group also performs an array of jazz standards (including two Thelonious Monk tunes) and even re-imagines a Prelude by fin-de-siècle Russian composer Alexander Scriabin ('Op. 11, No. 9'). The recordings were made live in Washington, D.C., and Oakland, CA; in Spain, Switzerland and Austria; and in Slovenia, Turkey and Japan. Corea, McBride and Blade are joined by special guests on three tracks: flutist Jorge Pardo and guitarist Nin o Josele in Madrid ('My Foolish Heart' and, aptly, 'Spain') and vocalist Gayle Moran Corea, the pianist's wife, in Sapporo ('Someday My Prince Will Come').

 Don't be put off that it's a live recording.  It will bring your system alive.  Cheers.

Also explore the music of Gene Ammons. Gentle Jug.... Its a delight as is so much of his music.

@bigtwin  I bought it (Presto Music download with booklet $15) - thank you.  I was hesitant at first since samples sounded muddy, but it was only effect of strong compression.  Sound quality is very good and performance is fantastic.