3 Cohens, Abbey Lincoln, Al Jarreau, Andy Martin, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Arturo Sandoval, Ashley Alexander Big Band, Bebo Valdes, Béla Fleck & The Fleckstones, Belle & Sebastian, Wayne Bergeron, Betty "Bebop" Carter, Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band, The Bill Holman Band, Bill Watrous, Black Market Jazz Orchestra, The Blue Wisp Big Band, The Bob Belden Ensemble, Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Mintzer Big Band, Bobby McFerrin, Bradford Marsalis, Brass Tracks, The Brian Blade Fellowship, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bud Powell, Cake, Cannonball Adderley, The Carribbean Jazz Project, Carmen McRae, Cedar Walton, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Chick Corea, Claude Boiling Big Band, Clifford Brown, Count Basie, Danny Elfman, Dave Holland Big Band, Dewey Redman, Diane Schuur, Dianne Reeves, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, DMP Big Band, Doc Severinsen, Eddie Daniels, Eldar Djangirov, Elliot Lawrence Big Band, Ellis Marsalis, Eric Dolphy, Eric Marienthal, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Hubbard, Gene Harris Super Band, Gil Evans, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, and any Gordon Goodwin material in general, GRP All-Star Big Band, Harry Connick Jr., Herbie Hancock, Jackie McLean, Jaco Pastorius, and Jaco Pastorius Big Band, James Moody, Joe Lovano, John Coltrane, John Scofield, John Williams, Jon Faddis, Joshua Redman, Justin Avery, Kenny Garrett, Larry Willis, Lee Morgan, Lester Young, Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra, Marcus Roberts, Mario Pavone, Matt Catingub Big Band, Maynard Ferguson, McCoy Tyner, Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Michael Brecker, Michael Bublé, Michel Camilo, Mike Garson, Miles Davis, Mingus Big Band, Mulgrew Miller, Nancy Wilson, Nat Adderley, The New York Composers Orchestra, Norah Jones, Ornette Coleman, Oscar Peterson, Outkast, Paquito D'Rivera, Pat Metheny, Phil Woods, Quincy Jones, Ravi Coltrane, Reel Big Fish, Roy Hargrove, Sammy Nestico, Scotty Barnhart, Sharel Cassity, Saturday Night Live Jazz Orchestra, Sonny Rollins, Stan Kenton, Super Trombones, Take 6, Terence Blanchard, Thelonious Monk, Tom Kubis Big Band, Tony Bennett, Tower Of Power, UNF Jazz Ensemble I, Urbie Green, Victor Wooten, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Wes Montgomery, Wycliffe Gordon, and Wynton Marsalishi

Donnie Darko, V for Vendetta, Star Wars, The Terminal, Amélie, Collateral, Anchorman, Old School, Big Daddy, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, The Longest Yard, Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball, Twister, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, War of the Worlds, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chesth

Anything TV you can learn things from: National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, History Channel, Science Channel.

Miles: The Autobiography, The Great Gatsby, Farenheit 451, John Coltrane Biography, One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest