Rok, here he is again; Frogman at his nerve wracking best; since he can not be part of the solution, he chooses to be part of the problem. Notice how he uses his "divide and conquer" tactic, by stating the obvious, "There is no best" because that’s a personal preference; guess what Frogman, the sky is blue; did you forget to add that? But there is a sideman that you can choose to put the spotlight on, and Bob Cranshaw was certainly a candidate.
"The best" might be a meaningless question, but it is for certain your post is a meaningless post; it contributed nothing to this thread or the conversation.
"The reason that this is, as the questioner states, a “great record” (and it is) is that every sideman contributes to it’s greatness and has an equally important musical role"
Here again, "The sky is blue"; you are so observant Frogman.
Imagine the record without saxophone to fill out the harmony of the melodies, or without the drums and only bass and piano, or without the piano and the resulting absence of harmonic underpinning, etc. Or, imagine different players in any one of those “chairs”; wouldn’t be the same record.
Right now I’m imagining this thread without Frogman; I wonder what it would be like?
Everything you have stated Frogman, is what we already know, you have contributed nothing.