I like Arvo Part's Alina on ECM. I also like slow Indian music--not the kind that gets all frenetic at the end. Anything which is called Alap or Alap/Jor should suit. One I especially like is by Zia Mohiuddin Dagar playing the rubra vina.
Also, pretty much any recording of the composers Ockeghem, Obrecht, Josquin Des Prez, Palestrina, Tallis... oh heck there are a lot more too... _a capella_ religious music sung in multipart harmony. Great performances are available by the Clerks' Group, the Huelgas Ensemble, Cantus Colln and the Tallis Scholars. It all sounds the same as you start to get to know it and them you begin slowly to pick up on the differences, which turn out to be many and varied.
In the New Age vein, my favourite is Deva Premal. For jazz, Kind of Blue is pretty meditative, and I also like Count Basie on piano. I've never heard a solo recording, but there are trios. He is so economical with the notes that nothing seems to be there to distract.
Also, pretty much any recording of the composers Ockeghem, Obrecht, Josquin Des Prez, Palestrina, Tallis... oh heck there are a lot more too... _a capella_ religious music sung in multipart harmony. Great performances are available by the Clerks' Group, the Huelgas Ensemble, Cantus Colln and the Tallis Scholars. It all sounds the same as you start to get to know it and them you begin slowly to pick up on the differences, which turn out to be many and varied.
In the New Age vein, my favourite is Deva Premal. For jazz, Kind of Blue is pretty meditative, and I also like Count Basie on piano. I've never heard a solo recording, but there are trios. He is so economical with the notes that nothing seems to be there to distract.