World's Greatest Tenors

Yep!
Miles played the way he 'felt' the music and via his unique interpretation. He mentioned that himself when talking about his great 1950s group that included Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball". Saying that Coltrane played "sheets" of sound and that he (Miles) was much more inclined to play fewer notes and instead use space (which he did beautifully). Listen to his playing with his second great quintet in the 1960s, there's no lack of technique. Clifford Brown is of course on the Mount Rushmore of trumpeters and was influenced by the nearly forgotten (but superb) Fats Navarro . I'd say in terms of similar technical approach Thad Jones was closer to how Clifford played.
Mingus thought Thad was better than Clifford and Miles. We all have opinions don't we?
Charles,

How does a discussion of tenor players get so far off the point?

****How does a discussion of tenor players get so far off the point?****

Well, why don't you grab the bull by the horns (pun intended) and get it back on point; using your criteria? Then we'll see where it takes us. Who are your greatest tenors and why?

I'll apologize for taking the thread off course. When discussing music and
musicians I can get very passionate and a bit carried away. When someone
like Frogman joins the fray I just have to respond to the many interesting
and fine comments he has to offer. There's so much to be said about these
types of topics that it's easy to go astray. The music talk is more fun than
the equipment discussions.
Charles

Classical: Fritz Wunderlich singing Schumann: Dichterliebe
Jazz: John Coltrane