66.92Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”

For New Orleans/stride versions:

use simple harmony.

But make inner chord voices move smoothly:

A→A♭→G for IV→iv→I.

For funk/blues versions:

make the 3rd and ♭7 of dominant-quality chords your anchor notes while the melody uses blue notes around them.

That keeps the playful surface harmonically grounded.