StLJN Saturday at the Movies: Danita Mumphard does "What A Wonderful World," plus Nancy Kelly sings "Jeanine"

This week's videos feature a couple of female vocalists - one from right here in town, and the other a New Yorker who will make her debut here in the Gateway City next month.

The first clip shows St. Louis singer Danita Mumphard performing the standard "What A Wonderful World" and was taped live at Cookie's Jazz and More. It's one of a series of clips from the Wednesday night jam sessions at the club that the producers of the video series Jazz@Cookie's have recently put online on their YouTube channel.

There are already more than 50 such clips available, ranging from full-length songs to short excerpts of less than a minute, and co-producer Valerie Tichacek says she and her colleagues are continuing to document the jams and add new material on a regular basis. (And in case you were wondering, the original 13 half-hour episodes of Jazz@Cookie's are also still online for your perusal.) To see a list of all the available Jazz@Cookie's clips, go here.

As for Mumphard, you can see her performing at such local spots as Cookie's, Brandt's and Gene Lynn's, usually accompanied by the Trio Tres Bien, the longtime St. Louis jazz ensemble anchored by her dad Harold Thompson on bass and including her uncles Jeter Thompson on piano and Howard Thompson on drums.

The second clip is an audience video of a performance somewhere in upstate New York by singer Nancy Kelly, the NYC-based jazz vocalist who will make her St. Louis debut on Friday, March 23 at Finale Music and Dining. The song is the Duke Pearson standard "Jeanine," recorded instrumentally by Cannonball Adderly and done here with Oscar Brown, Jr's lyric (more or less) as popularized by Eddie Jefferson.

Many listeners may also be familiar with the version by Manhattan Transfer, whose arrangement seems to be the basis for this accompaniment by the Rick Holland Little Big Band. Although the camera work here is somewhat shaky, and the videographer seems more interested in the drummer than in what Kelly is doing, the audio quality is good enough to provide an idea of her style and approach.