Don,
Don't misunderstand me. I don't cut and paste, chop and sift a song just to make it different. There is plenty of that stuff going on and generally it's kind of lame. I try to make any song I do the very best I can perform it. Sometimes this takes me down unexpected paths. I do this with all due respect to the writer but with the freedom to give my own interpretation. When doing "Bold Fenian Men" as a jazz piece, I think I'm honoring the writer by making it the best I (with limited gifts)can make it. There are other tunes that I do as I first heard them because, once again, it's the best I can do.