Jazz: Power to the People - Joe Henderson
R&B: Street Love - Lloyd
Afr(ican?): Si Les Gaulois Avaient Su!… - Francis Bebey
Old school: Cuban Soul 18 Kilates - Cassiano
Classical: Requiem/Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville - Fauré, Ensemble Musique Oblique
All types: Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana - Sheena Ringo
Nala Sinephro's Endlessness has been on constant repeat, she has created a psychedelic yet ethereal jazz sound that is so uniquely hers.
Kelela just released a live album that's so stunning (In the Blue Light), she touches on how her Dad instilled the jazz gene in her and it showsss. Sade - Promise is also very smooth jazz sounding, and tbh who can say no to the soothing tones of Sade in the morning? Would be amiss not to mention some Bossa Nova - my go-to picks are a lovers pair, Astrud Gilberto (The Astraud Gilberto Album) and Joao Gilberto (Getz/Gilberto #2 - Live at Carnegie Hall)
couple repeats of others but worthy all the same •jazz jazz
Sonny Criss - This is Criss
Yusef Lateef - Yusef Lateef (1962)
•bossa/champeta
Cheikh Lô - Lamp Fall
Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
•bebop/free
Ying Da-Chen - Off Peak Hours/陳穎達-離峰時刻
Sun Ra - Sun Song
seconding jazz and all its subgenres/influence, specifically when it branches off and meets eastern artists/instruments makes for sounds that are consistently colorful
some great artists/albums-
off peak hours- ying da-chen
sun ra(any album but sun song is #1)
lamp fall- cheikh lô
sound of siam vol.1
raw materials - rudresh mahanthappa
Classic albums you should check out if you’re getting started and haven’t already:
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Bill Evans - Sunday at Village Vanguard
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings
Dave Brubeck - Time Out Some personal favorites in addition to above Red Camp - Horizontal
Aca Seca Trio - Adolorido
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Zimbo Trio - Zimbo Trio
Yunseokchol Trio - Db in April
