Those are all really good records The Boss, Portuguese Soul, Root Down, and Bluesmith. . Some of the others, not so much.
As for your poll, I don't know, depends on what I want to hear. If it's just blowing, Blue Note. If it's a more programmed presentation, Verve.
But truthfully, I can't take too much of either for too long of a time these days. In both cases, the records are (usually) essentially over before they begin, if you know what I mean.
Nevertheless, there's post-Verve, including the gemette It's Necessary, where Teddy Edwards plays some blues. It was on Mercury, but, you know, coorporatto regatto, by the time anybody was ready to pay attention, they called it Verve.
Teddy's also on Bluesmith, and he plays some blues there too.