So many have already been mentioned (possibly including some of these listed below), but a few off the top of my head and in no particular order include:
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Santana (First Album); also Abraxas [Note: Caravanseri is close, not quite a cigar]
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Duke Ellington - Indigos
Joe Henry - Short Man's Room (backed up by The Jayhawks)
Willie Nelson - Across the Borderline
Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia
Dire Straits - On Every Street
Broken Bells
Mark Isham - Blue Sea
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy; also Can't Buy a Thrill; also Aja
The Beatles - Abbey Road (and just about everything else)
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Led Zeppelin - II (and just about everything else)
Lou Reed - New York
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Live at Carnegie Hall
Nat King Cole and George Shearing - Nat King Cole Sings and George Shearing Plays
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
BTW, thanks for the forum topic. We sometimes tend to be consumed by the gear and forget why we bought it.