Desert Island 10

1. Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, "The Great Summit"
2. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, "The Best Of" (or, if I can have the 3-CD "complete recordings" set, I'd take that instead)
3. Duke Ellington, "Live at Newport '56"
4. Benny Goodman, "The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings"
5. Bobby McFerrin & Yo-Yo Ma, "Hush"
6. Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
7. Afro-Cuban All Stars (self-titled)
8. Basella (Ella Fitzgerald with the Count Basie Orchestra)
9. Oscar Peterson and Count Basie, "Satch and Josh"
10. Ray Brown & Gene Harris, "Soular Energy" (hard to nail down any one best of these guys - but no desert island is complete without Gene Harris and Ray Brown)

Bomb Shelter 20

11. Bobby Timmons, "Moanin' Blues"
12. Oscar Peterson, "Night Train"
13. Blue Man Group, "The Complex" (either the DVD-Video or DVD-Audio)
14. Talking Heads, "Stop Making Sense"
15. Louis Armstrong, Hot Fives & Sevens (typically a 3-CD set)
16. Leftfield, "Leftism"
17. Orbital, "In Sides" (hard to pick so few of this genre)
18. G. Love and Special Sauce (self-titled)
19. Cake, "Fashion Nugget"
20. Bjork, "Gling-Glo"