The best part is: you can enroll or withdraw at your own speed and you will lose nothing in the interim.

Point of Departure is a good starting point for Andrew Hill. I only ask because he has a lot of Bill Evans' tonal influence in his playing (though he is a bit more avant garde-leaning at times — maybe you'd like him because of that?). He did play on a lot of Blue Note stuff in the mid-60's (Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue is a memorable one where he was sideman).

To be honest, the only Oliver Nelson I have is Blues and the Abstract Truth. And that's only because Bill and Eric are on it, haha. Fantastic album though, for sure.

Sidebar to the sidebar of the sidebar: Ahmad Jamal's excellent rendition of 'Stolen Moments' (originally from Blues and the Abstract Truth, of course): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HClD5wy7K5s

~Austin