slow, funky, groovin' laid back music

I would try Nightmares on Wax for a start, maybe their album Carboot Soul. They, if I'm not mistaken, produced the original instrumental for Pharcyde's "Passin Me By" and their instrumental for that is great--mellow, full of bass and no lyrics. Maybe more of a dub influence than jazz, but should fit the bill. Great sonics!

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but maybe try some of the down-tempo stuff from Ratatat. Maybe denser sound than you're looking for, but they're definitely trying to innovate. Did some decent Talib Kweli remixes, and their track "Seventeen Years" is a banger.

Albert:

No problem, I've got plenty other things I can email offline.

I agree with Eslaudio's recs, and would include DJ Krush with Toshinori Kondo (sp?) who is a great Japanese Trumpet player. I'd also throw in DJ Vadim off of Ninja Tune label and since Zero 7 came up (great stuff) and Jose Gonzalez, I would recommend the Zero 7 remix of Jose Gonzalez, especially of "Crosses". The Erland Oye album some like, although I'm not sure how much i do at the moment, but I'm moody. I would also recommend the Kruder & Dorfmeister album K & D Sessions. Something that has lyrics, but is fantastic for this kind of mood is the Dan the Automator album with Mike Patton (faith no more) and Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields) called "Lovage: Music to make love to your old lady by" (Nathaniel Merriweather presents). It's funny, sexy, and sonically very nice. My wife loves Thievery Corporation (not me!). There's a dutch/french group called Stereo Total that's also fun. I'm getting kind of off topic here since there are lyrics in most of these groups, but who cares. I would also add, and this is killer, "Blue Break Beats" by grant green, and Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard.