SFuNk24 Me too! reminds me of the Brubeck quartet where Desmond would start shredding and Dave would just lay out for the entirety of the solo. Makes it really easy for the improviser to explore a super wide sonic palate without having to worry about clashing with the accompaniment!
Brad Mehldau has some really interesting ideas about Monk. So many of Monk's tunes have this ineffable weirdness, they're a bit deranged in paradoxically rational way. Mehldau gets that.