“Something Else” - Cannonball Adderley with Miles Davis and a great rhythm section of Hank Jones, Sam Jones and Art Blakey. QOBUZ Flac 96/24 or my preference, the vinyl reissue on Blue Note. Rudy van Gelder was the recording engineer and his work is highly respected. Look for other van Gelder albums on Blue Note and Verve by your favorite jazz artists for generally excellent sonics. Natural sound of the instruments, great placement in the soundstage and this album is simply among the best jazz albums I own. Sounds like they’re playing in your listening room.
“Kind of Blue” - Miles Davis with John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley and a rhythm section of Bill Evans or Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. 192/24 on Qobuz or my favorite, a Columbia Legacy vinyl reissue in the 2000’s. My rationale is the same as for Something Else.
For well recorded timeless jazz these albums are hard to best in my opinion.
