1. McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy McCoy Tyner's a beast. Throw in Ron Carter, Joe Henderson, and Elvin Motherfucking Jones and you've got arguably the greatest post-bop record of all time. 2. Jon Batiste & Stay Human - Social Music Absolutely fantastic. Saw these guys in concert back in March and it was literally the best show I've ever seen. My one regret is that we left before they came out to play music in the streets. Seeing them again is high up on my bucket list. 3. Lake Street Dive - Bad Self Portraits That indie jazz/soul tho. Also a phenomenally well-produced album (I think). Sounds great, anyway. 4. Tower of Power - Soul Vaccination (Live) Favorite part: the horns. So damn tight! I have a thing for awesome horn sections. 5. Heernt - Locked in a Basement Electronic garage jazz? Yes please. Order is more likely to change than the choices, but both are pretty mutable (unlike the music!)