oh yeah.. whats up with covers? id rather spend 50 years of my life coming up with like 10 original songs rather than rushing and squeezing in someoneelse's music to complete my maiden album. just an opinion though
Hmmm. And where would jazz be without "covering" the standards?
For example:
"Summertime" - as covered by Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell
"My Foolish Heart" - as covered by John 'Mahavishnu' McLaughlin
"My One and Only Love" - as covered by John Coltrane
"Someday my prince will come" - as covered by Miles Davis
"Little Wing" - as covered by the Gil Evans Orchestra
"Body and Soul" - as covered by Coleman Hawkins
"Moody's Mood" - as covered by George Benson
"Spain" - as covered by Larry Coryell
"On Green Dolphin Street" - as covered by Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke
"Yardbird Suite" - as covered by Sadao Watanabe
Answer - as far as jazz is concerned, it's all in the *interpretation* and the *improvisation*
not necessarily the composition.