Just in time for Fall: my response to Rhetsy editor Collin Gifford Brooke’s call for 5ives. Here are five albums to transform an evening of paper-grading into a meta journey:

1. Phillip Glass: Powaqqatsi

2. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

3. Shirim Klezmer Orchestra: Klezmer Nutcracker

4. Gotan Project: La Revancha Del Tango

5. Ravi Shankar: The Essential Ravi Shankar