After pondering a bunch of my usual references, I gotta laugh and tell you the best jaw-drops I get from most folks follow playing cuts 5 and 8 (Ladysmith) of Paul Simon's Graceland! Most people have never heard/seen the soundstage produced, and the fact that it's familiar work seems to double the revelatory response. Obscure? Jean Danton's "American Dreamers" with piano reveals an astonishing soprano in a tremendously-real acoustic space (Jordan Hall) with great Steinway D comping. You won't bother with Krall/Warnes/Barber any more! (Just kidding) !
