Cool Lesser Known tunes from the Real Book?

I first came on Jobim's "If You Never Come To Me" in the old illegal Real Book.

What a gorgeous tune. The melody goes up by half steps. The chords go down by half steps. Why didn't I think of that? Because I'm not Jobim!

 

I expect we'll have different experiences according to local culture, but here are some from RB1 that we've enjoyed working with and are rarely heard around here:

Chelsea Bridge
Come Sunday
Conference of the Birds
Ecclusiastics
Follow Your Heart
I Remember Clifford
Little Waltz
Nostalgia in Times Square
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Pussy Cat Dues
Skating in Central Park

 

I love that tune! I play that with my folk-based 'Gospel' trio (arco bass droning the chord structure), & it's getting to where we can almost pull it off.

"Nostalgia in Times Square"

When I played with a jazz band a while back, this was one of our favorite tunes to play.

 

I always loved that this tune was included in the original real book.

I'll also add "Afro Blue", although it's a fairly popular song, I don't seem to catch many covers of it.

 

How about arco bass playing the trombone part??? -