“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program onWNUR-FM. I realized when I mentioned on air that people should google to find these archives that I had been failing in my SEO so let’s be clear. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-6). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives.
As I mentioned on the air this week, I was excited to find that eMusic has recently added over 500 titles from the Black Saint/Soul Note family of labels. It’s a bonanza, especially since my downloads just refreshed. So I played several tracks from things I just downloaded. I also had to dip into some Original Music titles since I had spent last night doing a little digital music library maintenance and particularly had made a playlist of all the OM titles I have. I also stumbled onto some interesting vinyl while poking around the library, particularly the John Lindberg and Bob Moses records.
I actually pulled nearly an hour of bonus time since Lauren was a little late, but the archiving process didn’t know and stopped at the usual time. There’s still plenty here to enjoy!
complete program (139 MB, 2 hrs 32 min)
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Prof. Y.S. and his B.B. Band: “One Early Morning” – Money No Be Sand (Original Music)
Moses Katazza & Frida Sonko w/Equator Sound: “Fumbira Abaana” – The Kampala Sound (Original Music)
Carla Bley and her Remarkable Big Band: “Awful Coffee” – Appearing Nightly (Watt)
Fred Houn and the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble: “Unity! (for the Struggle of Workers): Our Misery Is Their…” – We Refuse to be Used and Abused (Soul Note)
Eight Bold Souls: “A Little Encouragement” – Ant Farm (Arabesque)
George Schuller’s Circle Wide: “De Drums” – Like Before, Somewhat After (Playscape)
M’Boom: “Circles” – Collage (Soul Note)
Sun Ra: “Friendly Galaxy” – Secrets of the Sun (Unheard Music Series/Atavistic)
Eri Yamamoto Trio: “This is an Apple” – Redwoods (AUMFidelity)
Bassdrumbone: “Beau Regard” – Wooferlo (Soul Note)
Jan Garbarek/Bobo Stenson Quartet: “A.I.R.” – Witchi-Tai-To (ECM)
Michael Musillami/Mario Pavone Quintet: “Swedish Fish” – Pivot (Playscape)
Antonello Salis/Nana Vasconcelos: “Ondas (na Ohios De Petronila)” – Lester (Soul Note)
John Lindberg: “m to M” – Trilogy of Works for Eleven Instrumentalists (Black Saint)
Phil Ranelin: “Sounds from the Village (Extended)” – Vibes from the Tribe (Hefty)
Adrian Quesada and Ocote Soul Sounds: “Tamarindo” – El Niño y el Sol (ESL)
William Parker/In Order to Survive: “Posium Pendasem #3” – The Peach Orchard (AUMFidelity)
Bob Moses: “Lava Flow” – When Elephants Dream of Music (Gramavision)
Fontanelle: “Reflex vs. Parallax” – Fontanelle (Kranky)
Steven Bernstein: “Roumania, Roumania” – Diaspora Soul (Tzadik)