Savoy Brown - "Raw Sienna", Parrot Records. Horn section, brilliant engineering and inspired blues/R&B Rock.
David Grisman - The David Grisman Quintet, (Label?).
David Grisman - Hot Dawg, Horizon.
Ed Thigpen - Out of the Storm, Verve. Early 60s jazz with cool drumming
Pretty much anything by Loggins and Messina engineered by Jim Messina, Columbia Records (OK, everybody has heard of these, but I was surprised at the quality after pulling them out of the basement).