Thelonious Monk has a pretty dark-sounding original version of the song from the late-Forties--it's on his "Genius of Modern Music" thing, and it's better than the one on Miles Davis' album of the same name. Bags Groove the album--well, I agree it's not exactly a Mt. Rushmore ...
and specialized press, and some well-publicized confrontations with the public and with fellow musicians.A near fight with Thelonious Monk during the recording of Bags' Groove, received wide exposure in the specialized press.Davis had an operation to remove polyps from his larynx in October 1955....