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Swing Is In The Air
Sunday November 21st, 2021 with Bruce Walton
Don Thompson

Does Don Thompson, bassist, pianist, and vibes player get the respect he deserves as one of Canada's top musicians? Probably not, but that's the way it often goes with jazz players. Anyway, a small nod of praise from this corner of the jazz world. All tracks recorded in Toronto, except those from the Country Place lp.
Country Place
Don Thompson - Country Place (1976) Canadian
Stratford Stomp
Don Thompson & Rob Piltch - Bells (1982) Canadian
Saturday Night Function
Sackville All Stars - Saturday Night Function (1981)
Caribé
Don Thompson & Rob Piltch - Bells Canadian
Second Voyage
Don Thompson - Country Place Canadian
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - Garden Party (1978) Canadian
John Hardy's Wife
Sackville All Stars - Saturday Night Function
U.F.O.
Jim Galloway-Dick Wellstood - Walking On Air (1979) Canadian
Take Five
Paul Desmond - The Paul Desmond Quartet Live (1975)
Sandy
Jim Galloway-Dick Wellstood - Walking On Air Canadian
Froggy Bottom
Jay McShann feat. Don Thompson - Tuxedo Junction (1980)
1700 Ottawa time, November 21, 2021
Round Midnight
Jim Hall - Jim Hall: Live! (1975)
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Jay McShann feat. Claude Williams - The Man From Muskogee (Toronto, 1972)
Yardbird Suite
Jay McShann feat. Claude Williams - The Man From Muskogee
Hootie Blues
Jay McShann feat. Claude Williams - The Man From Muskogee
Mary Ann
Jay McShann feat. Claude Williams - The Man From Muskogee
The Peregrine Blues
Don Thompson - For Kenny Wheeler (2008) Canadian
For Kenny Wheeler
Don Thompson - Forgotten Memories (1991) Canadian
Another Time Another Place
Don Thompson - For Kenny Wheeler Canadian
Peace
Don Thompson & John Abercrombie - Witchcraft (1986) Canadian
Interactive CKCU
hillbilly
"Take 5"!!! geez, been a long time since i heard Mr. B.!

4:46 PM, November 21st, 2021
hillbilly
Open air, park concerts, The Cellar, Toronto...teen yrs...these guys were/are SO cool!

4:50 PM, November 21st, 2021
Dave Willis
Always glad to hear Ed Bickert , Paul Desmond, and of course Don Thompson. First saw Don with John Handy in a groundbreaking gig in Vancouver in 19-ought-68

5:27 PM, November 21st, 2021
Dave Willis
. . . make that 66

5:31 PM, November 21st, 2021
Bruce Walton (host)
Thanks h'billy and Dave - yeah 66 sounds about right for a Handy gig with Don T. Glad you enjoyed the music.

7:52 PM, November 21st, 2021
hb
Jim Galloway lived in a house across a lane behind my office in Cabbagetown....used to chat...beauty nice guy! Had an old mercedes I wanted!;-)

9:13 PM, November 21st, 2021