Bitches Brew, Porgy and Bess...lovely albums.
My favorites have always been the "Walkin'", "Workin'", etc. albums, but those are more straight hard-bop.
Kind of Blue is a perfect introduction, though. You hear a sax riff you like? BOOM. Pick up a Coltrane album. Like the "So What" piano intro.? All of a sudden you're hooked to Bill Evans. You can do that with every instrument on the whole damn album.
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