Birthday nods to Captain Beefheart and Allen Toussaint. A Bobby Charles tribute. New music by Lissy Walker, Laura Veirs, Real Vocal String Quartet. And some of the top jazz of 2009.
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year | ||
| Lambchop | My Face Your Ass | Thriller | Merge | 1997 | 10:00 | 2:12 |
| Van Morrison | Enlightenment | Enlightenment | Polydor | 1990 | 10:02 | 3:18 |
| Captain Beefheart | Tropical Hot Dog Night | Shiny Beat (Bat Chain Puller) | Rhino | 1989 | 10:05 | 4:48 |
| Captain Beefheart | Big Eyed Beans From Venus | Clear Spot | Reprise | 1972 | 10:09 | 4:20 |
| Little Feat | On Your Way Down | Dixie Chicken | Warner Bros. | 1973 | 10:14 | 5:34 |
| Allen Toussaint | Victims of the Darkness | Life, Love, and Faith | Water | 2006 | 10:19 | 3:30 |
| Tracy Nelson | Tennessee Blues | The Best of Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth | Reprise Archives | 1996 | 10:26 | 3:50 |
| Ray Charles | The Jealous Kind | Genius & Soul | Rhino | 1997 | 10:30 | 4:41 |
| Paul Butterfield's Better Days | Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It | It All Comes Back | Rhino | 1997 | 10:35 | 3:43 |
| Bobby Charles | See You Later Alligator | Wish You Were Here Right Now | Stony Plain | 1995 | 10:38 | 3:48 |
| Paul Butterfield's Better Days | Small Town Talk | It All Comes Back | Rhino | 1997 | 10:42 | 5:33 |
| Gram Parsons | New Soft Shoe | The Complete Reprise Sessions | Rhino | 2006 | 10:52 | 3:55 |
| Lissy Walker | Celluloid Heroes | Life Is Sweet | Strawberry Canyon | 2010 | 10:56 | 4:21 |
| Allen Toussaint | Egyptian Fantasy | The Bright Mississippi | Nonesuch | 2009 | 11:02 | 4:35 |
| Allen Toussaint | Dear Old Southland | The Bright Mississippi | Nonesuch | 2009 | 11:06 | 3:04 |
| Laura Veirs | When You Give Your Heart | July Flame | Raven Marching Band | 2010 | 11:09 | 3:20 |
| Real Vocal String Quartet | Farewell to Spring | Real Vocal String Quartet | Flower Nose | 2010 | 11:12 | 4:01 |
| Bill Frisell | I Am Not a Farmer | Disfarmer | Nonesuch | 2009 | 11:16 | 3:36 |
| Ben Goldberg, Charlie Hunter, Scott Amendola, Ron Miles | Inevitable | Go Home | BAG Productions Records | 2009 | 11:19 | 5:30 |
| Steve Lehman Octet | As Things Change (I Remain the Same) | Travail, Transformation, and Flow | Pi | 2009 | 11:25 | 3:48 |
| Darcy James Argue's Secret Society | Transit | Infernal Machines | New Amsterdam | 2009 | 11:33 | 7:01 |
| Henry Threadgill Zooid | Mirror Mirror the Verb | This Brings Us To, Vol. 1 | Pi | 2009 | 11:40 | 3:19 |
| Vijay Iyer Trio | Big Brother | Historicity | ACT | 2009 | 11:47 | 4:47 |
| Allen Toussaint | Long Journey Home | The Bright Mississippi | Nonesuch | 2009 | 11:53 | 4:02 |
| David Slusser | Hip Replacement | Delight at the End of the Tunnel | Tzadik | 1997 | 11:57 | 1:00 |
| Lambchop | My Face Your Ass | Thriller | Merge | 1997 | 11:58 | 1:00 |
| Clara Rockmore | The Swan | The Art of the Theramin | Delos | 1994 | 11:59 | 1:00 |
