Hardbopjazz Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Can you name some? Roger Williams performance of Autumn Leaves is one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwFjbyAFm4&feature=player_detailpage Edited April 8, 2014 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Billy Stewart, "Summertime"! It's over the top of 'over the top'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Always liked Sun Ra's upbeat (almost double-time), almost march-like version(s?) of "Round Midnight". Whether they qualify as "over the top", or not - they're certainly not the norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Not sure if it's "over the top," but I've always loved the exaggerations to which Sonny Rollins, Don Cherry, Bob Cranshaw and Billy Higgins subjected "Dearly Beloved" (Kern / Mercer). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnrmxAHVOk0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Sid Vidious singing one of everybody's lest favorite stgandards: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david weiss Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I always thought this took the cake..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW8PMTDcFJY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Eric Dolphy / Ken McIntyre: Who's Got The Last Laugh Now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Byard Lancaster, "Over The Rainbow." Cecil Taylor "What's New" - although I guess it's more weightily beautiful and burning than "over the top." Tchicai/Workman/Graves - "Everything Happens To Me" - a favorite. From the Mohawk LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 My vote goes for Bill Harris and Ben Webster's "destruction" of "Just One More Chance" on Bill Harris and Friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 A somewhat related question -- Has there ever been an under the top performance of "You'll Never Walk Alone"? That song almost begs to be overdone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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