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I second all of those recommendations. In particular don't miss Kind of Blue. If you only pick up one jazz album, that's the one.
Also consider:
Oscar Peterson, Night Train. Beautiful blues-inflected jazz. At turns somber, playful, melancholy, and inspiring.
John Coltrane, Giant Steps. This is probably one for later, but BE SURE you come back to it. Trane tore jazz apart and put it back together different on this album. A lot of Miles Davis stuff is about pushing and stretching the envelope. Coltrane put the envelope through the shredder.
Chick Corea, Akoustic Band. This one might be for later too... All the other suggestions are '50s and '60s jazz. Chick is where Jazz went in the '70s and '80s and later. He's all about polyrhythmic exploration, and his signature tune "Spain" is seminal.
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