What is a good, upbeat, female jazz song for an audition for a stage band?

Route 66 is always my favorite - you can change it around however you want and add a scat part! Check out the arrangement I made up on my myspace...you can do it like that (which is different), or you can sing it the "standard" way. www.myspace.com/jourdanrystrom Good luck! This song always lands me parts!

"Let Me Off Uptown," which was a rocket when first came out in the 1940's. It was sung and made famous by Anita O'Day -- who could really swing -- when she was with the outrageously great swing drummer Gene Krupa; recorded with his band. (Roy Eldridge was on trumpet) Do the scat singing yourself if you are comfortable singing inside chords, merging rhythms with melody and feel.

Listen to Oh Lady Be Good by Ella Fitzgerald or (believe it or not) Little Pony by the Pointer Sisters (from back in their Blue Thumb label years) These both have unbelievable impovised scat sections along with majorly upbeat tempo. Check 'em out!

It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) -Ella Fitzgerald Lover Come Back To Me - Billie Holiday East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) - Diana Krall version Lullaby Of Birdland - Check out Dianne Reeves' version One Note Samba - Nancy Wilson

Reverie by Brooke Fraser. Would be Perfect!