Best Cover Songs: 61 Definitive Cover Versions You Need To Hear

Ramsey Lewis Trio - “Summer Breeze” (1973)If it can be said that music is often in conversation with other music, then you will find no better direct example of this than the cover song.Despite the mechanical licensing rules that apply to the permissibility of cover songs, there are an infinite number of ways to do a cover song; ergo, to do your own *version and unique interpretation of a pre-existing song.The tradition of covering songs spans every genre. But in jazz, the tradition of instrumen