1. 'Here comes the Sun' by The Beatles…
JLG: "...this song gave me the music patterns on which I based my way of playing guitar and harmonizing vocals”
2. 'Free Man in Paris by Joni Mitchell'(live version with Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Brecker and Lyle Mays) …
JLG: "...this track never ceases to amaze me every time I listen to it”
3. 'Stolen Moments' by Oliver Nelson….
JLG: "...I heard this for the first time in and arrangement class in Berklee as an example of what is good orchestration, and it never left me.”
4. 'Diamonds in the Sole of her Shoes' by Paul Simon…
JLG: "...this is a masterclass in how to mix different genres of music”
5. 'Phase Dance' by Pat Metheny….
JLG: "...this record changed my concept of how to play the guitar”
6. 'Ya Gotta Try' by Count Basie…
JLG: "...this arrangement is by Sammy Nestico for big band. The concept that I heard on this piece greatly influenced my horn arrangements for merengue”
7. 'IGY' by Donald Fagen……
JLG: "...Donald Fagen has the unique ability to adapt jazz chords to popular music, and nowhere is this more even=ident that on this track“
8. 'St Matthew passion by Johann Sebastian Bach...
JLG: "What can I say...sublime!”
