Musiclectic

"Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "Alright, OK" by the Count Basie Orchestra and Joe Williams

This is a 1972 performance of another one of my (many) favorite big band songs, "Jumpin' at the Woodside" along with "Alright, OK."

"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" - Diana Krall, Duke Ellington

"Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" is from Steppin' Out, one of my favorite Diana Krall albums (her debut album).

Actually, I love all of her albums.  I also love Duke Ellington's music.  Ellington originally composed this piece as an instrumental, "Concerto for Cootie," designed to show off Ellington's band's lead trumpet player, Cootie Williams.  Later, Bob Russell's words were added to Ellington's music, and Duke Ellington's rendition of the song was a hit in 1944.

Here's the Duke Ellington Band, in 1965, performing "Prowling Cat (trumpet solo, Cat Anderson)" and "Do Nothing Till You Hear It From Me (trombone solo, Lawrence Brown)

 
Other versions, YouTube:

• Gladys Knight
• Phil Collins, live, at the Montreaux Jazz Festival

Amazon Clips:

• Cootie Williams (the original trumpet player)
• Billie Holiday

"Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" by Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong

This song has been recorded by numerous artists, but the this version, from the 1947 movie, New Orleans, was one of the first.

"Javanaise" from the "Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio" by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Claude Bolling

The Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, composed by Claude Bolling for Jean-Pierre Rampal, came out when I was in junior high school.  I don't know about the rest of the country, but it was an immediate hit among all the flutists I knew, myself included.  I think there probably was a run on the sheet music when it came out. 

Bolling followed it with a number of other jazz suites for cello, violin, and chamber orchestra, the Toot Suite for Trumpet, the Picnic Suite for flute and guitar,  the jazz concerto for guitar, a jazz sonata for two pianos, and a second flute suite. 

This was the first of the Bolling jazz suites, and it's still my favorite - and lots of fun to play!  The lilting "Javanaise" is the third movement.