Top 3 songs to evaluate a system

Since I'm strictly a Jazz analog guy:
1. Charlie Rouse - Epistrophy: The last Concert - Round' Midnight (Landmark Records LLP-1521)
         Exceptional live recording. The Vibes and Piano can be a torture test on many systems actually to the point of clipping on some systems I've heard this through, but when everything is dialed in, reproduction should be in-your-room real! 

2. Christian McBride Trio - Live at the Village Vanguard - Lady in my Life (Mack Avenue Records MAC 1099LP)
        Another wonderful live small ensemble recording. I attended a performance of this band (different drummer) in an excellent venue...probably better than the Village Vanguard). This comes darn close! Placement on stage mimics the live performance I attended. I use this tune for accurate image placement and to reduce bass bloat which is easy considering Christian's Big Bass sound. Once tamed, the sound is very natural and Christian Sands' solo as with his live performance, is sensational on this tune. It really grooves!

3. Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington At Newport - Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab– MOFI 1-035)
     All I can say I that if this tune doesn't have you dancin' in your room, something's wrong!

Ella Fitzgerald- Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook. Dreamer is the  track I use

Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan - Family Style.  Tick Tock People is the track

Shelby Lynn - Just a Little Lovin. I Only Want to be With You

Here is a list from Head-Fi.org.  Not 3 songs, but what's somewhat unique about it is that it tells you what you are looking for e.g. male vocal tone, deep bass, etc.  

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/geshelli-labs-j2-dac.25177/reviews

 

 

Tingvall Trio “Beat” - piano tonality

 

Sinne Eeg “We’ve Just Begun” - multiple layer soundstage

 

Molly Johnson “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” - female vocal tone

 

Leslie Odom Jr. “Under Pressure” - male vocal tone

 

Eric Clapton “Change the World” - soundstage, layering and placement

 

Yo Yo Ma “Ecstasy of Gold” - acoustic instrument timbre

 

Adam Baldych “Spem in Alium” - acoustic instrument timbre

 

Pain of Salvation “Stress” - percussion balance

 

Michael Buble “When I Fall in Love” - orchestral dynamics

 

Patricia Barber “Code Cool” - sibilance check

 

Christian Scott “New New Orleans” - shouty upper mids

 

Tool “Chocolate Chip Trip” - imaging

 

Hans Zimmer “Why So Serious” - sub bass extension

 

Marcus Miller “No Limit” - bass control

 

Dave Holland Quartet “Conference Of The Birds”- bass check

 

Ilhan Eshkeri “47 Ronin”- orchestra and bass dynamics

 

Hans Zimmer :2049” - sub bass extension

 

Cher: Believe - sibilance

 

Stanley Clarke - Passenger 57 main title - percussion, bass, seperation and placement

 

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra - The Pine of the Appian Way - soundstage, imaging and seperation

 

Houston Person - You are my Sunshine - tone and timbre

So many here I know and use to test. Nils Lofgrem "Keith don’t go" WILL sound good/great on most systems and I want Shelby Lynne to be my baby sitter. If she can’t then please send Patricia Barber. London Grammar, "Hey Now" is one my list too.

alanhuth.. nice find esp the Houston Person track

I love threads like this as often great music is gathered for my playlists.

In addition to all Rodrigo y Gabriela kind of stuff I also use tracks I don’t really typically listen to for pleasure but rather to test. "Poinciana" by Keith Jarrett’s Trio Whisper Not - Live in Paris 1999 is always going to sound great...(Playing now)

These will test any system

"Bop" Mr. Machine Brandt Brauer Frick..Dare yah!

"Toothbrush" Nothing But The Water (Album Version) Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

"IDKT" The Books

"Koyaanisqatsi" (Soundtrack) Philip Glass first 30 seconds. Points if you last.

"Duende" Black Light Syndrome Bozzio Levin Stevens

I wish I knew how to share Qbouz playlists

I recommend the followings to name a few:
1. TakeDake: #6 Japanese Roots
- breadth and depth of soundstage, instrument separation and dynamics;
2. Voodoo by John Zorn & The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet
- bass, edgeness of alto saxophone, keyboard notes reproduction, separation, transients, treble extension (airy highs of cymbal); and
3. London Symphony Orchestra - Bohemian Rhapsody, Classics. 
- Let you test everything when the music/intruments/vocals get busier.