The Smithsonian put out a 5 CD, 6 hour set called "The Smithsonian Collection of Jazz" that covers 50 years or so of jazz, pretty much everything from Jelly Roll Morton through Ornette Coleman. Try that and see what you would like to explore further.
While the Mosaic sets are very good, I don't think a $162 set of 9 Miles Davis lps is a good place to start an exploration of jazz. Miles went through a lot of different phases and some of his "best of" discs might be worth a listen.
There is also a box set from the PBS jazz series that Ken Burns did.
While the Mosaic sets are very good, I don't think a $162 set of 9 Miles Davis lps is a good place to start an exploration of jazz. Miles went through a lot of different phases and some of his "best of" discs might be worth a listen.
There is also a box set from the PBS jazz series that Ken Burns did.