Title	Artist	Comments
Ambient
	Music for Airports	Brian Eno	This album was played throughout New York’s La Guardia airport in April or May 1979. I wish I had experienced that!
	Music for Airports	Bang on a Can	This orchestra transcribed the Brian Eno album + played all of the parts on orchestral instruments - one of my all time favorite albums! Gr8 for massages!
	On Land	Brian Eno	Recorded in his loft in NYC. Amazing textures.
	Drawn from Life	Brian Eno & Peter Schwalm	Lovely album.
	The Boy and the Tree	Susumu Yokota	Beautiful Japanese Ambient album! I just ordered more of his work. A poet of loops and digital editing!
Flamenco / Guitar
	Vivencias Imaginadas	Vicente Amigo	His second album - contains beautiful duet with Paco.
	Poeta	Vicente Amigo	With full orchestra, arranged by Leo Brower.
	City of Ideas	Vicente Amigo	Vicente plays a Lester DeVoe Negra on this album.
	Paseo de los Castanos	Tomatito	Contains beautiful duet with George Benson.
	Cositas Buenas	Paco De Lucia	His latest album and one of my favorite Paco releases.
	Siroco	Paco De Lucia	Great CD!
	Tauromagia	Manolo Sanlucar
	Jucal	Gerardo Nuñez	I am not a big fan of this guitarist. Sure, he has unbelievable technique, but some of his writing/playing sounds like scales/exercises. Still, a very interesting CD.
	De Mi Corazon al Aire	Vicente Amigo	What a brilliant first album. Check out “Reino de Silia” - that riff at the end reminds me of Hendrix.
	Rosas D’Amor	Tomatito	I used to own the original LP release ca. 1988. It was better, but this re-worked album is quite good as well.
	Alcazar de Cristal	Rafael Riqueni	I have heard people describe Riqueni as a mix between a classical and a flamenco guitarist and I think there is some truth to that.
Flamenco / Vocal
	Autoretrato	Camaron de la Isla	Excellent Best-Of collection that spans his whole career
	Del Amanecer	José Mercé	With Vicente Amigo, who also wrote the songs and produced the album.
	El Pelé	Canto	With Vicente Amigo, who also wrote the songs and produced the album.
	Confi de Fua	José Mercé	Brilliant 2005 CD. I love this man’s singing.
Latin / Brazil
	Uma Batida Diferente	Bossacucanova
	Danca dos Escravos	Egberto Gismonti	From 1989. Mostly solo guitar and mostly brilliant.
	Duas Vozes	Egberto Gismonti & Nana Vasconcelos
	Brasilidade	Bossacucanova
	Tanto Tempo	Bebel Gilberto	Lovely progressive Bossa album. Great voice. I was very disappointed with her follow-up to this briliant CD.
Latin / Cuba
	Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club
	Cachaito	Orlando Cachaito Lopez	Wonderful Cuban bass player. Nephew of the great Cachao. Brilliant album.
	Mambo Sinuendo	Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban	Ry Cooder had to pay one huge fine to record in Cuba... but it sounds like it was worth it!
Latin / Portugal
	Guitarra Portuguesa	Carlos Paredes	Portuguese guitar has 4 double course strings and this guy is the master! I first heard him with Amalia Rodriguez - Fado music.
Film Music / Soundtracks
	Amadeus	Soundtrack	3 CD set. Excellent overview of Mozart's work. Beautiful performances.
	The Motorcycle Diaries	Gustavlo Santaolalla
	The End of Violence	Film Soundtrack	Ry Cooder's score for the movie
	Talk to Her	Film Soundtrack	Includes a beautiful track by Vicente Amigo with El Pele
	Ocean's Eleven	Film Soundtrack	In high rotation at Jon’s house.
Jazz
	Fascinoma	Jon Hassell	Very original trumpet player and I think this is his finest recording. Listen closely and you can hear that Hassell studied with an Indian flute player. He plays his trumpet with an unparalleled ease and a lovely light tone.
	Kind of Blue	Miles Davis	If you own only one jazz record, it should be this one. Best selling jazz album of all time.
	Blue Breakbeats	Grant Green	Funky Guitar Jazz.
	Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (Verve Master Edition)	Ben Webster	Beautiful Jazz record.
	Haunted Heart	Charlie Haden Quartet West
	Always Say Goodbye	Charlie Haden Quartet West
	Now is the Hour	Charlie Haden Quartet West	As you can tell I love this music....
	Deodato 2	Deodato	Seventies Music!
	Dexter Calling	Dexter Gordon	Mellow Jazz
	Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carols Jobim	Frank Sinatra at his finest	Frank Sinatra at his finest!
	Officium	Jan Garbarek & the Hilliard Ensemble	A lone saxophone + 4 voices performing in an Austrian church. Jazz or Classical? Hauntingly beautiful in any case!
	The Köln Concert	Keith Jarrett	Masterful Solo Piano Improvisations
	Chet Baker with Strings	Chet Baker	Charlie Parker told Miles about a white cat on the west coast who was a great trumpet player.
	Moment to Moment	Roy Hargrove with Strings	I love this album and listen to it all the time. Gorgeous recording!
	Love Songs	Miles Davis	Nice Compilation of his Ballads
R & B / Funk / Soul
	Superfly	Curtis Mayfield
Classical
	Canciones Y Danzas-Complete Impresiones Intimas	Gustavo Romero	Piano works by F. Mompou - I recorded one of these for my Leaning into the Night album on Sony Classical.
	Amadeus	Soundtrack	3 CD set. Excellent overview of Mozart's work. Beautiful performances.
	Bell' Italia	Eliot Fisk	Four Centuries of Italian Music
	Mozart - The Piano Sonatas	Glenn Gould
	Pieces in a Modern Style	William Orbit
	Yo-Yo Ma and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra	Simply Baroque	Played on Baroque instruments, which sound less bright and very pleasing. Beautiful record.
	Yo-Yo Ma and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra	Simply Baroque II
	Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet	Gavin Bryers	A tramp, recorded on the streets of Lon don, combined with beautiful orchestration, makes for a very very touching piece.
	A Man In A Room, Gambling	Gavin Bryers
	J.S.Bach - Suites for Solo Cello	Janos Starker	The finest cello recording I have ever heard! Starker recorded the Bach suites three times, this being the last one.
	Preludes Songs Homages	Göran Söllscher	Solo Guitar.
	Bach JS: 4 Suites for Lute	Göran Söllscher	Solo Guitar.
	Concerto de Aranjuez	Paco De Lucia	Rhythmically undoubtably the best guitar performance of this concerto. The melody is not as strong and has been carried better by John Williams and the likes.
	Satie: 3 Gymnopedies & other Piano Works	Pascal Roge
Pop
	The Best of Strange Cargo	William Orbit	Is it Pop, is it Hybrid? Probably both.
	Moon Safari	Air	Eric Schernerhorn sent me this CD in 1996? He had just picked it up in France that year.
	Low	David Bowie	Maybe his finest album. Recorded in Berlin. Produced by Brian Eno.
	Jovanotti Lorenzo 1997 L'albero	Jovanotti	This was our album of 1997. Jon and I listened to this over and over.
	Amplified Heart	Everything But the Girl
	Walking Wounded	Everything But the Girl
	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen
	Welcome To Wherever You Are	INXS	Couldn't tell you why I like this record. Memories I guess.
	Björk	Vespertine	My all-time favorite pop star! Brilliant album.
	Björk	Medulla	Bjork's 2004 album contains only voices, no other instruments.
	Heroes	David Bowie	Great guitar playing by Robert Fripp.
Hybrid/World Music
	In a Silent Way	Miles Davis	Is it Jazz? Is it a hybrid. It certainly was the start of something new. Beautiful album and one of the first re-cordings using the studio as an instrument.
	Voices Rising	Fareed Haque	Our soundman turned me on to this album.
	Songs From The Victorious City	Anne Dudley And Jaz Coleman	I met Jaz in Auckland, where he came to one of our shows. Intense guy. This is a fabulous album I have listened to many times.
	La Revancha Del Tango	Gotan Project	Gotan = Tango for the 21st Century
	Suzuki	Tosca
	Set	Youssou N'Dour
	Guide (Wommat)	Youssou N'Dour
	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	This album might be considered more important than beautiful, and it did set the stage for many hybrids that followed.
	Miss Perfumado	Cesaria Evora	If Fado is the intersection of the Moorish/Arabic and Portuguese/European, then this lady is a new Hybrid between Africa and Fado. Wonderful voice!
	Set	Youssou N'Dour
	The Guide	Youssou N'Dour
	Les Nouvelles Polyphonie Corses	Hector Zazou
Compilations
	A Brief History Of Ambient	Virgin Records	Virgin Records compilations - series of several4 CDs - the 1st is my favorite
	Verve Remixed	Verve
	Verve Remixed 2	Verve
	Secondhand Sounds: Herbert Remixes	Herbert
	The Soft Tones of Acid Jazz	compilation