A few favourites: Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off, Baby Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport 1956 Allen Toussaint - Life, Love and Faith Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome Django Reinhardt & Stphane Grappelli - Swinging With Django Oscar Peterson - Night Train J Dilla - Donuts Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul James Brown - Love, Power, Peace Live at L'Olympia Sly & the Family Stone - Life