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Music

Groove Jazz

Down to the Bone
1997 - From Manhattan to Staten1998 - The Urban Grooves2001 - Spread the Word2002 - Crazy Vibes and Things2004 - Cellar Funk2005 - Spread Love Like Wildfire2007 - Supercharged2009 - Future Boogie2011 - The Main Ingredients
Exodus Quartet
1996 - Way Out There
Four80East
1997 - The Album2001 - Nocturnal2002 - Round 32007 - En Route2009 - Roll On
Fishbelly Black
2000 - Fishbelly Black2002 - Crusader
HeavyShift (more)
1995 - Unchain Your Mind2002 - The Conversation
The New Mastersounds
2005 - This Is What We Do
Shilts (see also Down to the Bone)
2001 - See What Happens2006 - Headboppin

Jazz Masters

“…Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history…” -Pat Metheny, 2001

Miles Davis
1959 - Kind of Blue1991 - Doo-Bop
Herbie Hancock
1995 - Cantaloupe Island
Pat Metheny & Pat Metheny Group
1989 - Letter from Home1990 - Question and Answer1992 - Secret Story1995 - We Live Here2003 - One Quiet Night2005 - The Way Up2010 - Orchestrion2011 - What's It All About

Jazz Bassists

Brian Bromberg
2007 - Downright Upright2009 - It Is What It Is
Dave Holland
2005 - Overtime2006 - Critical Mass
Marcus Miller
2005 - Silver Rain2008 - Marcus
SMV (i.e. Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten)
2008 - Thunder
Wayman Tisdale
1998 - Decisions2004 - Hang Time2006 - Way Up!2008 - Rebound

Jazz Guitarists

Larry Carlton (also second guitarist for Fourplay, replaced by Chuck Loeb)
1995 - Larry & Lee2001 - Deep Into It2006 - Fire Wire
Lee Ritenour (also first guitarist for Fourplay, replaced by Larry Carlton)
1990 - Stolen Moments1993 - Wes Bound1998 - This Is Love2003 - Rit's House2006 - Smoke 'N' Mirrors

Jazz Saxophonists

Michael Brecker
2007 - Pilgrimage
Richard Elliot
1993 - Soul Embrace1994 - After Dark1997 - Jumpin' Off1999 - Chill Factor2001 - Crush2003 - Ricochet2007 - RnR
Boney James
1995 - Seduction1997 - Sweet Thing1999 - Body Language2000 - Shake It Up2001 - Ride2004 - Pure2006 - Shine
Joshua Redman
2000 - Beyond2002 - Elastic2005 - Momentum2009 - Compass
David Sanborn
1986 - Double Vision1992 - Upfront1994 - Hearsay1996 - Songs from the Night Before1999 - Inside2003 - Time Again2005 - Closer2010 - Only Everything

Jazz Supergroups

Fourplay
1991 - Fourplay1993 - Between the Sheets1995 - Elixir1998 - 42000 - Yes, Please!2006 - X2008 - Energy2010 - Let's Touch the Sky
Yellowjackets
1988 - Politics1989 - The Spin1991 - Greenhouse1993 - Like A River1994 - Run For Your Life1995 - Dreamland1997 - Blue Hats1998 - Club Nocturne2002 - Mint Jam2003 - Time Squared2005 - Altered State2006 - Twenty Five2008 - Lifecycle2011 - Timeline

Other Jazz Artists

The Benoit/Freeman Project
1994 - The Benoit-Freeman Project
Rick Braun
1995 - Beat Street1998 - Full Stride2001 - Kisses in the Rain2003 - Esperanto
Brian Hughes
1990 - Between Dusk... and Dreaming1998 - One 2 One
Dave Koz
1995 - Lucky Man1999 - The Dance
The Rippingtons
1991 - Curves Ahead1992 - Weekend in Monaco1993 - Live in L.A.1994 - Sahara1995 - Brave New World1997 - Black Diamond1999 - Topaz2000 - Life in the Tropics
Special EFX
1993 - Play1994 - Catwalk1995 - Body Language
Spyro Gyra
1982 - Incognito1985 - Alternating Currents1986 - Breakout1987 - Stories without Words1988 - Rites of Summer1989 - Point of View
Kirk Whalum
1989 - The Promise1993 - Cache1995 - In This Life1998 - For You

Rock/Pop

Coldplay
2000 - Parachutes2002 - A Rush of Blood to the Head2005 - X&Y2008 - Viva la Vida
Peter Gabriel
2002 - Up2003 - Growing Up Live2003 - Hit
John Mayer
2006 - Continuum2009 - Battle Studies
Nine Inch Nails
2008 - The Slip
Radiohead
2007 - In Rainbows
Joe Satriani (@chickenfootjoe)
1998 - Crystal Planet2000 - Engines of Creation2001 - Live in San Francisco2002 - Strange Beautiful Music2004 - Is There Love in Space?2006 - Super Colossal2007 - Surfing with the Alien [CD/DVD]2008 - Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock2010 - Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
Switchfoot
2004 - Beautiful Letdown2005 - Nothing Is Sound2009 - Hello Hurricane2011 - Vice Verses
Tenth Avenue North
2010 - The Light Meets the Dark
U2
1991 - Achtung Baby1993 - Zooropa2000 - All That You Can't Leave Behind2004 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2009 - No Line on the Horizon

Ambient

Zero 7
2001 - Simple Things2004 - When It Falls2006 - The Garden2009 - Yeah Ghost