Here are some good-sounding piano jazz titles. Note that these are not always the best performances from these artists, but all have what I consider to be good or better sound quality and content. Recordings marked with a * are my personal favorites.
Tommy Flanagan
-Nights at the Vanguard
-Lady Be Good*
-Confirmation
-Moodsville*
Andre Previn
-My Fair Lady (w/Shelly Manne)
-Gigi
-Like Previn
-Plays Songs of Jerome Kern
-Plays Songs of Harold Arlen
-Plays Songs of Vernon Duke
Phineas Newborn
-Here is Phineas
Pamela York
-Blue York
Toshiko Akiyoshi
-Remembering Bud
Kenny Barron
-The Moment*
-The Only One
-Green Chinmeys
Duke Jordan
-Fight To Jordan*
-Flight To Denmark
Hank Jones
-Upon Reflection*
Kenny Drew
-Pal Joey
John Lewis
-The Bridge Game
Ellis Marsalis
-Heart of Gold
-Ellis Marsalis Trio
Red Garland
-Groovy
-All Kinds of Weather
-Red Garland's Piano*
Hampton Hawes
-Trio, Volume 1
-All Night Session Volumes 1, 2, 3
Benny Green
-These Are Soulful Days
Lynne Arriale
-Melody
Wynton Kelly
-Piano
-Full View
Eric Reed
-Manhattan Melodies
Barry Harris
-At The Jazz Workshop
Ramsey Lewis
-Appassionata
Richard Wyands
-Half and Half
-Reunited
George Shearing
-Walkin'
-Grand Piano
-More Grand Piano
-Piano
-Jazz Moments
Jessica Williams
-Higher Standards
-Arrival
-Some Ballads, Some Blues
-Momentum
Jazz label "Reservoir Music" has a fantastic series of recordings they call the "New York Piano" series. Rudy Van Gelder is the recording engineer for most of the sessions. The artists are generally unknown outside the NYC area, but both performances and sound quality are superb on each of the dozen or so titles I have purchased by pianists Hod O'Brien, Steve Kuhn, Rob Schneiderman, Pete Malinverni, and Dick Katz.
Tommy Flanagan
-Nights at the Vanguard
-Lady Be Good*
-Confirmation
-Moodsville*
Andre Previn
-My Fair Lady (w/Shelly Manne)
-Gigi
-Like Previn
-Plays Songs of Jerome Kern
-Plays Songs of Harold Arlen
-Plays Songs of Vernon Duke
Phineas Newborn
-Here is Phineas
Pamela York
-Blue York
Toshiko Akiyoshi
-Remembering Bud
Kenny Barron
-The Moment*
-The Only One
-Green Chinmeys
Duke Jordan
-Fight To Jordan*
-Flight To Denmark
Hank Jones
-Upon Reflection*
Kenny Drew
-Pal Joey
John Lewis
-The Bridge Game
Ellis Marsalis
-Heart of Gold
-Ellis Marsalis Trio
Red Garland
-Groovy
-All Kinds of Weather
-Red Garland's Piano*
Hampton Hawes
-Trio, Volume 1
-All Night Session Volumes 1, 2, 3
Benny Green
-These Are Soulful Days
Lynne Arriale
-Melody
Wynton Kelly
-Piano
-Full View
Eric Reed
-Manhattan Melodies
Barry Harris
-At The Jazz Workshop
Ramsey Lewis
-Appassionata
Richard Wyands
-Half and Half
-Reunited
George Shearing
-Walkin'
-Grand Piano
-More Grand Piano
-Piano
-Jazz Moments
Jessica Williams
-Higher Standards
-Arrival
-Some Ballads, Some Blues
-Momentum
Jazz label "Reservoir Music" has a fantastic series of recordings they call the "New York Piano" series. Rudy Van Gelder is the recording engineer for most of the sessions. The artists are generally unknown outside the NYC area, but both performances and sound quality are superb on each of the dozen or so titles I have purchased by pianists Hod O'Brien, Steve Kuhn, Rob Schneiderman, Pete Malinverni, and Dick Katz.