100 Days, 100 Nights (2007)

Brooklyn's Dap-Kings, recorded on tape at producer Gabriel Roth's Daptone studio, give Sharon Jones punchy horn stabs, driving bass and sharp dynamic restraint. The title track is the one to study: the band drops almost to nothing behind her, then the horns come in like a door slamming. A modern record that proves a house band can still define a sound.