+1 to wgutz for the Lindsey Sterling mention. She's awesome! Here are mine....
Andreas Vollenweider - Book of Roses, first three tracks Dire Straits - Private Investigations Neil Young - A Man Needs a Maid, Live at Massey Hall Diana Krall - A Case of You, Live in Paris Dave Brubeck - Take Five (of course) David Gray - Please Forgive Me, White Ladder Patricia Barber - Anything from Cafe Blue or Live in Paris
In keeping with the spirit of the OP's question, I'm eliminating all SACDs (such as Norah Jones' "Come Away With Me"), DVD-As and other specialized discs (except XRCD which is a standard CD). One of many possible great demo CDs is: "Mapleshade's Music Festival". Some have mentioned Patricia Barber but the exaggerated echo applied to her voice eliminates these otherwise excellent recordings, IMHO.
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