Oh, I like Johnny Hodges and Lester Young too.
I can understand not putting Stan Getz in there, but...I gotta say, I just love his sound alone!
I love Coltrane’s “Ballads”, but some of his other stuff is a bit avant garde and a bit...I don’t know...dense. But “Ballads”? Oh man. I worship that style he plays in there.
Have you heard anything from the “John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman” album?