Thanks again for the answers and tune suggestions. Concerning the desired results, I'm not sure whether to call it swing or tradjazz, I guess I'd call it kind of gypsy swing, but not being able to execute the Django-reststroke properly, I'm afraid, the gypsy jazz police won't accept this.
Something remotely close to this
Concerning the choice of songs, I wouldn't narrow it down to straight rock. I guess, one of the problems our singer has with jazz standards is, that as soon as they enter the world of improvised jazz, the verses get thrown over board, and the songs mostly consist of one chorus, that is sung at the beginning and the end of the tune, and in between are various improvised solos. But our trio is more song oriented than improvisational, so our singer has to sing the chorus to "Autumn Leaves" three times in a row.
Maybe we should just dig out the original versions with verses and all.
But "Moondance" should work fine, didn't know that song, thanks David
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