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1. Come Away with Me (2002)
by Norah Jones
Norah Jones' debut on Blue Note is a mellow, acoustic pop affair with soul and country overtones, immaculately produced by the great Arif Mardin. (It ... More
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2. The Best of Santana [Columbia] (1998)
by Santana
The Best of Santana is a 16-track collection that greatly expands the scope of Santana's previous hits compilation, Greatest Hits. Drawing from the ... More
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4. Esperanza (2008)
by Esperanza Spalding
Bassist, vocalist, and composer Esperanza Spalding's eponymous release on Heads Up International is touted on the Concord Label Group's website as ... More
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5. Feels Like Home (2004)
by Norah Jones
It may be far too obvious to even mention that Norah Jones' follow-up to her 18-million-unit-selling, eight-Grammy-winning, genre-bending, super ... More
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6. Definitive Hits (2001)
by Herb Alpert
How self-serving can one musical genius be to have a label he co-founded release a collection of his best-loved songs? But this is not just any self ... More
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7. Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
by Buena Vista Social Club
This album is named after a members-only club that was opened in Havana in pre-Castro times, a period of unbelievable musical activity in Cuba. While ... More
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8. The Very Best Of Diana Krall (2007)
by Diana Krall
The Very Best of Diana Krall collects a nice cross-section of tracks the pianist/vocalist recorded beginning with her 1996 breakthrough album, All ... More
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9. The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000)
by Tony Bennett
The 20 tracks on this anthology cover Bennett's entire career at Columbia, from his 1951 number one single "Because of You" to "Mood Indigo" from ... More
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10. Blow by Blow (1975)
by Jeff Beck
Blow by Blow typifies Jeff Beck's wonderfully unpredictable career. Released in 1975, Beck's fifth effort as a leader and first instrumental album ... More
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11. To Love Again: The Duets (2005)
by Chris Botti
Trumpeter Chris Botti's To Love Again: The Duets picks up where his stellar 2004 release When I Fall in Love leaves off, with more gorgeously lush ... More
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12. The Mask and Mirror (1994)
by Loreena McKennitt
Press play and enter the world of Loreena McKennitt, where walls dissolve into thick, billowing mists as the ground beneath your feet turns to ... More
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13. Head Hunters (1973)
by Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock's career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries ... More
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15. Live in Paris (2002)
by Diana Krall
Recorded "live" at the Paris Olympia, Live in Paris offers listeners Diana Krall's understanding of the musical techniques of composition, piano, and ... More
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16. Quiet Nights (2009)
by Diana Krall
Bossa nova is not unfamiliar to Diana Krall, but 2009's Quiet Nights is her first record devoted to the gently swaying rhythm. Teaming up again with ... More
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17. A New Standard (1999)
by Steve Tyrell
Although he's achieved most of his success as a producer and songwriter, Steve Tyrell's debut album A New Standard chooses not to showcase his skills ... More
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18. Sun Goddess (1974)
by Ramsey Lewis
Lewis's most popular album since The In Crowd. Very good for what it is. Gold album. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi
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19. Brazilian Byrd (1965)
by Charlie Byrd
The arrangements by Tommy Newsom for strings, brass, and woodwinds may be a bit sweet and the 13 performances (which on the CD reissue include a ... More
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20. Miles in the Sky [Bonus Tracks] (1968)
by Miles Davis
With the 1968 album Miles in the Sky, Miles Davis explicitly pushed his second great quintet away from conventional jazz, pushing them toward the ... More
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21. The Girl in the Other Room (2004)
by Diana Krall
While the jazz fascists (read: purists) may be screaming "sellout" because Diana Krall decided to record something other than standards this time out ... More
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22. Trumpet Evolution (2003)
by Arturo Sandoval
Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is one of those cats who can never be predictable. He's either amazing -- actually, technically he always is -- or his ... More
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23. Breathless (1992)
by Kenny G
One among many huge hit albums featuring the shimmering, willowy soprano sax solos of Kenny G. He's the best-selling saxophonist of all time, and has ... More
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24. From the Redwoods to the Rockies (1998)
by Russ Freeman & Craig Chaquico
Aside from their mutual smooth jazz pedigree -- which include some of the genre's most critically acclaimed and best-selling recordings -- it would ... More
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25. Bright Size Life (1976)
by Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny's debut studio album is a good one, a trio date that finds him already laying down the distinctively cottony, slightly withdrawn tone and ... More
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