Ever seen Clark Terry do “Mumbles”? I have the old recording of him with the Oscar Peterson Trio, but live he always takes it a lot further. Here he is with Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Roy Haynes, Russell Malone, Ron Carter, James Carter…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4g8Fg8OvsM
You gotta dig that “monologue” at the end!