Melodious Jazz Funk Soul Album with great drumming

No atonal stuff, and no brushes please - this is all about the tight groove + melody

My favorites:

diana krall - the girl in the other room
trio töykeät - kudos
hiromi - alive
randy crawford - naked and true
jill scott - experience 826+
esperanza spalding - esperanza
jaques loussier -plays bach, satie
steely dan - alive in america, aja
incognito - positivity
dizzie gillespie - live at montreux
terry callier - looking out, welcome home
manu katche - third round
art pepper - modern jazz classics
boz scaggs - greatest hits live
down to the bone - the main ingredients
jack johnson - sleep though the static
tower of power - soul vaccination