For me, very early on in life like 4 or 5 years old:
The Sermon: JOS- something about the sound of the organ man
Bernstein/New York Philharmonic: 1812 Overture/Marche Slave/Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture: So this didn't have real cannons, but this is the only version of the piece I love to this day because of the energy and passion of the interpretation, all the fire and passion Bernstein brought to the NYP. My mom says when I was 2 and she played this record, I said "fire, mommy, fire!"
Count Basie: On the Road. Definition of swing, and I thought the red vinyl was magical.
A little later on. Alan Parsons Project: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here. In my senior year of HS, I borrowed this disc, and previously I hated Metheny, though it was too smooth. I was wrong, the track "To the End of the World" and the title tune changed my views forever. Pat's soaring guitar synth solo on the former and the guitar synth melody lead of the latter were awesome.. It opened me up to everything, even the avant garde. A journey through jazz and other music still growing to this day. Also growing up in the 90's, this album used loops that were a fabric of the time, something I recognized from a lot of dance music, and used in cool ways with the harmonic complexity of the Group's music. Really, this record as much as anything in Metheny and the Group's cannon is a huge genre fuck, making people ask "what kind of music is this?"