In the mid-'50s Ellington did himself on Bethlehem, much to the displeasure of M. Hodeir.
Around the same time Rex Stewart assembled a bunch of Fletcher Henderson alum for a masterpiece called The Big Reunion. Earlier Lu Watters and Turk Murphy dealt with '20s music by a bunch of artists.
This stuff has been going on for decades with ever-diminishing results.
Why not learn the originals?
I fear most listening to the "tributes" have never digested the originals.