 | Morimur
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.66 This is just too fun! Music scholar Helga Theone believes she has discovered secret chorale melodies hidden in the harmonies of the monumental 'Ciaccona' from Bach's Partita in D min. for solo violin.
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 | Coxa
Buy used from: $29.93 Richard Bone's music takes two forms: an ambient sound, and a quirky electronic jazz sound. He manages to appropriate sounds from many genres.
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 | Mouth Music by Mouth Music
Buy used from: $4.01 Combines the traditional Gallic genre with electronica. Mouth music comes from the expression in Gallic, pus de beyon [sp], which literally means instrumental tunes that come out of the mouth.
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 | The Sweetest Punch: Songs Of Elvis Costello And Burt Bacharach by Elvis Costello & Bill Frisell
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.98 Bill Frisell and Elvis Costello? Gotta have it.
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 | Going Back Home by Ginger Baker
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $2.96 Bill Frisell and Ginger Baker? Whoa... Ginger is the finest example of how a jazz & blues drummer can sound great with a rock band. He was a part of the trio Cream with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce.
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 | Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues by Bix Beiderbecke
Buy used from: $2.43 Bix Beiderbecke's unique coronet style was ahead of its time -- his penchant for improvization often got him in trouble--jazz was still viewed as ensemble music and not a solo genre.
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 | Helium by Tin Hat Trio
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.45 Strange and melancholic. I heard the title track on NPR and loved it.
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 | The Best of Dianne Reeves by Dianne Reeves
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.56 I heard 'Better Days' on the radio. The CD is worth buying for that song.
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 | Eco de Sombras: Echo of Shadows by Susana Baca
Buy used from: $2.76 Susana Baca's music is simple, subtle and nuanced -- I don't listen to much Latin American music, but this is postively superb.
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 | Harvest Home by Jay Ungar
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.99 Honest, simple and unpretentious. You may have heard Jay Unger's music on Ken Burn's 'The Civil War' on PBS. Jay wrote 'Ashokan Farewell' in 1984 and recorded it with the band Fiddle Fever.
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 | Play by Moby
Buy used from: $0.49 You've probably heard this album without knowing it. 'Play' is one of the most licensed CDs ever. Moby is a descendant of Herman Mellville (who wrote 'Moby Dick').
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 | Penguin Cafe Orchestra by The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Buy used from: $9.99 Simon Jeffs always manages to transcend time and geography - he can sound South American one minute and Chinese the next. Sometimes lush, sometimes minimalist, listening is a wonderful experience.
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 | Broadcasting from Home by The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Buy used from: $2.58 Ditto.
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 | Vespertine by Björk
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.15 From Iceland via New York. This album owes as much to harps and music boxes as it does to techno. An amazing soundscape.
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 | The Best of Santo & Johnny by Santo & Johnny
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $16.00 Santo and Johnny are famous for one song: 'Sleepwalk.' Trust me, you'd know it if you heard it.
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 | Blue Horse by The Be Good Tanyas
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $5.50 Debut of Canada's latest contribution to the neo-traditional movement. It's worth buying for the 1st track 'The Littlest Birds,' a reggae-tinged groove on the haunting old ballad, 'Rain and Snow.'
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 | Pirates Choice by Orchestra Baobab
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $7.27 If you know Senegalese music, you know this album. If you don't, you should buy this anyway. It's sort of like Afro-Cuban music with French vocals on the top. Very fun.
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