Dr. House,
There is a French jazz pianist, Jacques Loussier, who plays jazz versions of Bach, and he's excellent. The discs are very well recorded--really fine acoustic or electric bass, and the miking of the drum kit is superb. I have two of his CDs--I'm sure they are on the Philips label. I've used them for years for speaker tests because of the great recording of bass, drums and cymbals. The piano sound is first-rate as well. He is technically excellent and I'm sure he studied and played classical Bach for years, then switched to jazz.
All my CDs are in my mega-changers, so remind me and I'll pull the Loussier discs out to tell you the names and disc numbers. It's the Jacques Loussier Trio.
Try some of the Telarc classical samplers. They are very good and present a variety of selections. There is also a Ray Brown (the bassist) anniversary CD set, where he invites a lot of differernt artists to record with him. Also some Oscar Peterson Telarc jazz discs that are quite good.
Regards,
