Chico Hamilton with Gerry Mulligan. I think that's in the vein of what you're after...

Hamid Drake and William Parker in the drums/bass category.

I have Spanier's studio big band recordings (there weren't not many) on a Decca Ace of Hearts LP, and I have an LP's worth of airshots of his big band (all that were ever discovered, at least as of the vinyl era) that was released on Jazz Archives (JA-30).

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