Aside from playing the head and the few arrangement twists it indeed is very similar which is part of the reason why I find it cool, surrender to the part because it's great.
I saw Freddie Washington play with Steely Dan recently and thought the same was true:
he played almost the exact parts most of the time. The parts are so good he didn't mess with them.
The same is true here : Higher ground with Gadd and Pino.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZjV2...om=PL&index=96