Ah Shawna, Lloyd would be so pleased with your selections, as am I. Now lets look at video of Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins. In fact this is one of the few video artifacts we have of Charlie Parker. Charlie Parker-Coleman Hawkins: Ballade
King Curtis - Harlem Nocturne Perfect for any Mickey Spillane novel! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Spillane
Well have you heard this version by the 1960s group Vanilla Fudge? This was the prototype of the 1970s and 80s power ballads. Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On Here is a video of their performance from the late 1960s.