Well sir, I'm happy to recommend the Guild X-150, or X-150D (2 pup) Savoy as an excellent jazz box. Not so happy to admit that they can be had for around or under $1000 these days. There are a couple on ebay right now I think.
On the other hand, you could watch for the DeArmond models & snatch a nice one for around (or under) $500. I think the X-155 is supposed to be built from the X-175 specs. There's also the X-135, which a couple members here have. I'm drawing a blank on the other DeA models but there were 2 or 3 more archtop hollowbody guitars. T-400? There were also a couple Starfire models.