grant green - i'm an old cowhand (1964)

hammond jazz trio going to town

dorothy ashby - "hip harp" (full album)

:)

etta jones - exactly like you (1976)

real funky arrangement of a jazz standard most famously done by ella fitzgerald (here's a large list of renditions!)

miharu koshi - love step (1978)

this performance is so great! this was miharu koshi's debut single that started a long career. more info on her here:

http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2013/01/miharu-koshi-love-step.html

EDIT: video is down :( here's another video of miharu, in her spunky new wave phase:

benny goodman and art lund - blue skies (1946)

dizzy gillespie and joe carroll - jump de la ba (1949)

high-flying scatting and solos all around!

peggy lee - do i love you?

cole porter tune written in 1939, and recorded by peggy lee sometime after !

roger simard - p.s. special (1977)

tortilla factory - shamtime (1978)

unreserved praise for this track!!

murad kazhlaev - hа причале (слоу бит)

!!

june christy - it's a most unusual day (1957)

les demerle - a day in the life (1968)

cécile mclorin salvant - i didn't know what time it was (2013)

she was born in 1989! but her voice sounds so timeless!

i heard this song twice last week when i turned on the radio, so it seemed like a good omen

erroll garner - they can't take that away from me (1955)

joined by eddie calhoun on double bass and denzil best on drums

stan kenton - maria

the rich brass sound is due to stan kenton's affinity for mellophoniums :)

bobby hutcherson - even later (1974)

ramsey lewis - memphis in june (1962)

herbie hancock - a tribute to someone (1963)

from herbie hancock's second album

americo bellotto - berimbau (1973)

really speaking to me

nancy wilson - shadow of your smile (1963)

haha this is fun

that's from "hollywood - my way";
here's a similar one from "broadway - my way":