Great jazz and Rock unknown GEMS Share yours

wayne shorter w/milton nasciemento "native dancer" - beautiful, very underappreciated (and great 'makeout music'!)

art ensemble of chicago - all of their early recordings (people in sorrow, les stances a sophie, tutankhamen, fanfare for the warriors, a jackson in your house, phase one, the spiritual) - incredible collection of talent and creative energy, makes most other 'free jazz' sound like a mess. the music may have been born in a very political era, but it has aged just fine.

laurie anderson 'strange angels' - who'd have thought this 'performance artist' would crank out a beautiful, well-engineered album of beautifully sung songs? (and, for a great 'demo your system' CD, her 'life on a string' is a stunner)

Gringo - Self Titled
Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
The New Duncan Imperials - Hanky Panky Parley Voo (youtube motel 666, good video !!!)
Bob Mould - Black Sheets of Rain
Sugar - Copper Blue (a Bob Mould band)
Swinging Steaks - Southside of the Sky
Tenderloin - Let it Leak
Jesse Dayton - Holdin Our Own (recent new release)

These are just a few.

Ditto the Blodwyn Pig! Great disc.

Some of my picks, all very different, but great.
October Project-Falling Farther In
Graham Parker- Mona Lisa's Sister
Jellyfish- Bellybutton
Stan Getz- Anniversary
Roxy Music- For Your Pleasure

Rebelution "Courage to Grow" an unknown gem.

Five Days in July - Blue Rodeo (actually any disc by BR - "the best band hardly anybody outside of Canada has ever heard").