Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience


I'm wondering what Audiogoners might suggest in terms of (fairly) widely available Jazz CDs for a tasteful restaurant (asian fusion cuisine, large metropolitan setting). I'm helping with the aural planning so to speak. At the moment we find Bill Evans well-suited to ideal; Thelonious Monk provides great ambience but is at times a bit too pensive and slow for this particular environment; Marvin Gaye supplies ample classic retro from time to time, but is a tad too recognizable. All comments/suggestions &/or pointers are greatly appreciated.
agonanon
How about Oscar Peterson "We Get Requests"? Great quartet versions of popular tunes and standards (of the day).

In LA, Gypsy Kings music seems to be ubiquitous in restaurants. I've heard enough Gypsy Kings to last me many, many years. Just FYI...
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I have just the thing.. and at 7-8 bucks per disk not too bad. See the Concord jazz catalog with their jazz moods compilation disk listings..for example, "Jazz Moods - Brazilian Romance", "Jazz Moods - Jazz at Week's End", "Jazz at Night's End", "Jazz at Day's End" etc.