Lystad posted some good stuff there, before me. I'll admit, I'm not super current when it comes to music, so it's nice to get others' lists to help me out.
So much good listening on this post. I will start mine by adding something that brings me back a long ways to my childhood and to my dad who loved all types of music. He was a bass player who passed his skills and love of music to his son.
Herbie Hancock's Chameleon is an epic of jazz/funk off an epic album, Head Hunters (1973). Please enjoy!