Best jazz covers of rock songs


Bad Plus got some ink for this, but I'm not a huge fan. Paul Desmond did Paul Simon (sort of rock) with (sort of) mixed results. I'm looking for interesting jazz takes on familiar tunes/riffs for entertaining purposes - my guests get familiarity and I get interesting music. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Marty
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Try Christy Baron -- Steppin'. It is available as a CD or Hybrid SACD (Chesky).

Three tracks that I like and may meet your criteria:

"Thieves in the Temple"
"She's Not There"
"Spooky"

Be aware this disk is "spotty". A couple of the other tracks are real throw aways. Of all the songs in the world I do not know why they were chosen. Also on the hybrid SACD I find the CD layer to be low output. Otherwise this is a very clean recording and has a couple of fun tracks.

I have a request for future posters. This thread becomes much more useful if the title of the album/CD is also listed.

Thank you.