"Silver's own version of Nica's Dream is my favorite of the two; by a long shot! Blakey's version is too slow. There is no law that says that a tune can't work played at a tempo different from the one the composer intended, but this is a case when the composer's tempo is so clearly the better one that it makes Blakey's version sound sleepy by comparison and lacking energy. Then, there's Blue Mitchell's solo on Silver's version; that alone makes it the better one for me."
Above is exactly what you posted; when "Horace Silver" composed the tune; Horace Silver played piano on both versions; except, to me, Blakey and "The Jazz Messengers" kick it way up. How do you know that the composer didn't decide to slow it down a notch, since he was the same on both versions?
Evidently you're accustomed to teaching grade school kids who can't afford to get provoked. I'm going to leave it at that.
If you think Mitchell's version is better than Donald Byrds, put them up for a vote; we don't have no dictators here.
"either you are a person of extremely limited intellect to continually misunderstand and/or distort the meaning of things or you’re simply an ass"
If that's not provocative, I don't know what is; this can continue until the cows come home, and since I'm in St. Louis, that could take awhile.
Enjoy the music.