I could use some jazz mentoring.

Check out some Roy Hargrove. Two I can recommend are. "Parker's Mood", Hargrove with Christian McBride and Stephen Scott. Great cd. And "Roy Hargrove with Strings".

Marcus Roberts-Deep In The Shed

Albums that are heading down that same road that pop into my mind would be Gil Evans "Into the Cool" and Herbie Hancock's "Empyrean Isles."

almost anything one the ecm label[in the jazz genre]is a good choice.metheny,gustavsen,stanko,garbarek,weber,art ensemble.jazz is music where there is almost to much good to list.could make many more suggestions if interested[just my preferences remember].collecting is never ending,good luck.

In my first post, I forgot to include the recordings done by Charles Lloyd since he returned to the jazz scene in the late 1980's. While Lloyd's contemporary work may, on the surface, sound bluesy and laid back, his work is complex and very satisfying over the long run (just as Miles Davis' early recordings still retain their appeal).

The first recording that he released (recorded in July,1989), titled "Fish Out of Water" (ECM 1398), remains one of my favorites, but the following recordings are all worth having:
1. Notes from Big Sur (ECM 1465);
2. Voice in The Night (ECM 1674);
3. The Water is Wide (ECM 1734);
4. Hyperion With Higgins (ECM 1784).

Good listening to you!