Recommended acoustic recordings


My system is modest but excels with voices, solo instruments, and small ensembles. With that in mind, what Jazz, folk, or classical SACD/high-resolution discs would you recommend as among your favorites?
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I'll second the Charles Lloyd recommendation of Fromunda's, and add another of his albums, "The Call," which features Bobo Stenson on piano, Anders Jormin on double-bass, Billy Hart on drums, and Charles Lloyd on tenor sax. Spectacular in every way.

In a slightly different vein, "Ojos Negros" (also on ECM) with Dino Saluzzi and Anja Lechner. I'm not much of a fan of the mish-mash that goes by the name of "world music," and this ISN'T world music, even though it combines the bandoleon and the cello. Give the tracks a listen on Amazon, and you'll see what I mean. Touching throughout.
Oh, and one more fantastic recording: Bill Evans and Monica Zetterlund's "Waltz for Debbie." Very obscure, and I only found out about it when I was going through Bill Evans' Complete Recordings on Verve, making a compilation cd of my favorites. Well, every song on this made the cut, and the recording itself is not to be believed. When I roll tubes, or want to show off my sound system, this is the album I go back to. You can barely find it, though Amazon has it available for preview here:
http://www.amazon.com/Waltz-Debby-Monica-Zetterlund-Evans/dp/B00008KKTE/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1276191802&sr=1-1-fkmr0

BTW, can someone tell me how to do that link thing, that allows you to post a link in a more economical way? I'm an old dog who hasn't learned that trick.