I'd be curious to know why you want to "get into" jazz. The world is brim-full of music, so you don't need to listen to something you find 'the same and empty'.

I'd be curious to know why you want to "get into" jazz. The world is brim-full of music, so you don't need to listen to something you find 'the same and empty'. Anyway, that aside, I'll make 2 suggestions: - the real magic of jazz is in its live performance. There really is nothing like it. If you have live jazz going on where you live, go and listen. If any of what you hear appeals, well that gives you a starting point for finding recordings. - for recorded music, start with crossover or fusion jazz that shares a musical border with stuff you already like. Perhaps Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert might be worth a try (solo piano with lots of ostinato passages - not 'like' Glass, but perhaps appealing to some of the same impulses). Jazz isn't the hermetically sealed thing it used to be, and you'll find it merges off in all directions.