Best jazz covers of rock songs

rhasaan roland kirk did lots of great covers...

Medeski, Martin, & Wood, "Hey Joe"

Cassandra Wilson, "Time after Time" (Also done well by Erin Bode)

ivan "boogaloo" joe jones covering Donovan's Jennifer Juniper is always worth a listen.

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.

Stanley Jordan - "Eleanor Rigby" and "Angel" (Hendrix) from his Magic Touch LP

George Benson - as mentioned above . . .

Sarah K - "Whiter Shade of Pale" from her What Matters CD (though some may argue this isn't pure jazz)