Help Where to start with jazz?????

You also can't go wrong with --

Kind of Blue -- Miles Davis

Bag's Groove -- Miles Davis

Blue Trane -- John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane

Sonny Rollins Plus Four

Way Out West -- Sonny Rollins

Incredible Jazz Guitar -- Wes Montgomery

I love jazz, but am not into "smooth Jazz." I love the Jazz of the late fifties.

I recommend John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver,
Cannonball Adderley.

Start with:

Soultrane -- John Coltrane

Steamin' -- Miles Davis

Straight, no Chaser -- Thelonious Monk

Song For My Father -- Horace Silver

Something Else -- Cannonball Adderley

Give those a try.

If you like Lee Morgan, start with Sidewinder.

Also -- do you want a complete education in jazz, or were you just looking for a few suggestions as a starting place? It is easy to get overwhelmed,
especially if you believe you have to have jazz from every period and start out with the thought that you are going to build a complete collection, which would mean purchasing around three or four thousand albums -- where to start? That's why I gave you five or six to get you started in one period -- try not to get overwhelmed. Also, a great way to get some exposure, believe it or not, is to go to Amazon -- they have a feature that will let you listen to 30
seconds to a minute of some of the songs on each album. While it isn't perfect, you can sample a lot of music that way in a short period of time.