Peter Friedman

Good choices Dan. My picks for non-BN Mobley from the 50's would be these two that also have Doug Watkins.

Disc 3

Disc 1 - 1999

String Quartet No,2, Op.35 & Piano Quintet Op.51

Andy Martin

Yes, I agree with what everyone has said. A truly marvelous recording. Have loved it since I got the LP when first issued way way way back in the day.

Mozart - String Quartet K.387 and Brahms - Piano Trio in A, Op.posth.

Vol.4 - 1944 Pete Brown Quintet, Red Norvo Sextet, Billy Taylor's Big Eight, Jonah Jones, George Hartman

Lalo - String Quartet & Lekeu - String Quartet

Op.1/1, Op.1/2, Op.1/3, Op.1/4

Piano Trio No.2, D.929

Disc 1 - Paul Quinichette sounds very good. On take 2 of "Paradise Squat", Eddie Lockjaw Davis takes and outstanding solo.

While this all becomes a matter of each person's ears, I think there is (perhaps) some confusion about the initial point of this thread. It was NOT focused on a piano player able to play a good blues. Rather it was about a blues feeling that was there in many tunes throughout almost all of their playing , including tune that were not actually blues tunes. Another way to think about it is a funky greasy quality that one can detect in the playing of those on my original list such as Horace Silver, Sonny Clark, Kenny Drew,Etc. John Lewis and some of the others you listed here do NOT to my ears fit into this thread. However, I realize that you and some others may have a different opinions.