That time Zoot Sims & Al Cohn put a jazz spin on folk tunes

Pianist/arranger John Benson Brooks had the idea of the jazz overhaul of folk tunes and Zoot, Al and pals went to town. 

 

Roots of spiritual jazz: Eddie Bert Sextet

Here's the Eddie Bert Sextet's entrancing 1955 version of Alec Wilder's Moon and Sand written in 1941.