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Swing Is In The Air
Sunday August 29th, 2021 with Bruce Walton
tribute to Jacques Emond / Bird's 101st / Charlie Watts

Some music selected by Jacques in 2009, followed by covers of Charlie Parker's compositions to mark his centennial+1, and a Charlie Watts track.
Chelsea Bridge
Ben Webster - The Soul Of Ben Webster (1957)
Avalon
Benny Goodman Quartet - 78 rpm (live, 1937-1938)
Lester's Dream
Benny Goodman Septet - 78 rpm (1940)
My Blue Heaven
Art Tatum (w/Benny Carter) - LA, 1954
Swingmatism
Jay McShann & His Orchestra - 78 rpm (1941, Dallas)
Don't Be That Way
Chick Webb - 78 rpm (1934)
Shoe Shiner's Drag
Lionel Hampton (w/Benny Carter) - 78 rpm (1938)
For Dancers Only
Jimmie Lunceford - 78 rpm (1937)
Get Up, Bessie
Garland Wilson - 78 rpm (1932, Paris)
Gone With What Wind
Benny Goodman Sextet - 78 rpm (1940)
Lookie Lookie, Here Comes Cookie
Teddy Hill & His Orchestra - 78 rpm (1935)
Blues For Laurence
Cat Anderson - Paris, 1958
Billie's Bounce
Jerry Granelli - A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing (1992)
Chasin' The Bird
Paul Chambers Quartet - Bass On Top (1957)
first hour/second hour
Confirmation
Stan Getz & Albert Dailey - S/T (1983)
Donna Lee
Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra (Gil Evans, arr) - 78 rpm (1947)
East Of The Sun
Paul Desmond - First Place Again (1959)
Groovin' High
Cannonball Adderley w/Milt Jackson - Things Are Getting Better (1958)
Little Willie Leaps
Sheila Jordan - The Crossing (1986)
Moose The Mooche
Archie Shepp - The Good Life (1984)
My Little Suede Shoes
Cornell Dupree - Bop 'n'Blues (1995)
Now's The Time
Kora Jazz Trio - S/T (2003)
Old Folks
Carmen McRae - At The Great American Music Hall (1976)
Parker's Mood
King Pleasure - Dec. 1953
Scrapple From The Apple
The Waybacks - Devolver (2000)
The Elvin Suite, Pt. 2
Charlie Watts & The Danish Radio Big Band - CW Meets TDRBB (2010)
Interactive CKCU