This list gives me a nice cross-section of musical tastes and moods that I typically find myself engaging in and brings out the best in my admittedly mid-fi system:
Frank Morgan "Mood Indigo" CD
Miles Davis "Freddie The Freeloader" from "Kind Of Blue"
Jaco Pastorius "Continuum" off his self-title debut album
Bob Dylan "Things Have Changed"
Lyle Lovett (anything)
Pat Metheny (anything)
Steely Dan (most anything, but "Only A Fool Would Say That" from "Can't Buy A Thrill" and "West Of Hollywood" off "Two Against Nature" in particular)
Dave Grusin’s "Migration" CD
Shivaree, track "Goodnight Moon"
Jerry Joseph "Happy Book"
Karl Richter’s interpretation of Bach’s "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"
Alison Krauss + Union Station "Live" CD
Mahler’s 9th from Claudio Abbado + Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Frank Morgan "Mood Indigo" CD
Miles Davis "Freddie The Freeloader" from "Kind Of Blue"
Jaco Pastorius "Continuum" off his self-title debut album
Bob Dylan "Things Have Changed"
Lyle Lovett (anything)
Pat Metheny (anything)
Steely Dan (most anything, but "Only A Fool Would Say That" from "Can't Buy A Thrill" and "West Of Hollywood" off "Two Against Nature" in particular)
Dave Grusin’s "Migration" CD
Shivaree, track "Goodnight Moon"
Jerry Joseph "Happy Book"
Karl Richter’s interpretation of Bach’s "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"
Alison Krauss + Union Station "Live" CD
Mahler’s 9th from Claudio Abbado + Lucerne Festival Orchestra