“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program onWNUR-FM. 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.
This week’s show was awfully random. I never really fell into a groove, and some listeners indicated that they’d prefer more lively music for first thing in the morning. I responded by breaking out the Ramblers and a bit more afropop, which is always a good way to address a concern like that.
complete program (139 MB, 2 hrs 32 min)
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Eddie Harris: “Blues in the Basement” – Mean Greens (32 Jazz)
Larry Goldings: “Una Mas” – Caminhos Cruzados (BMG/Novus)
Marty Ehrlich’s Dark Woods Ensemble: “Eliahu” – Just Before the Dawn (New World Records)
Ben Goldberg: “The Assortment” – Twelve Minor (Avant)
Paul Desmond: “That Old Feeling” – Easy Living (Bluebird)
Stuart Liebig Tee-Tot Quartet: “Clean, Shaved and Sober” – Always Outnumbered (pfMentum)
Håvard Wiik Trio: “oneeightyeight” – Postures (Jazzland)
The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet: “Magali” – Reunion (Soul Note)
Fred Lonberg-Holm: “The Vidiot” – A Valentine for Fred Katz (Atavistic)
Tony Malaby Cello Trio: “Anemone” – Warblepeck (Songlines)
Nicole Mitchell/Harrison Bankhead/Hamid Drake: “Welcoming” – Indigo Trio: Live in Montreal (Greenleaf)
Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete: “The Girl from Ipanema” – From All Sides (Original Jazz Classics)
Luiz Bonfá: “Na Baixa do Sapateiro” – Solo in Rio 1959 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Chris McGregor and the South African Exiles: “U.D.F.” – Thunderbolt (P.A.M.)
Sticks and Stones: “Ishfahan” – Shed Grace (Thrill Jockey)
Fred Anderson Quartet: “Best Time of Life” – Live at Velvet Lounge Volume III (Asian Improv Records)
The Ramblers: “Better Ni” – The Hit Sound of the Rambers Dance Band (Flame Tree)
Bembeya Jazz: “Sabou” – Bembeya (World Village)
Tabu Ley Rochereau: “Mireille Mwana” – The Voice of Lightness (Stern’s)
Super Sweet Talks International: “Cry your own Cry” – The Lord’s Prayer (Stern’s)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “Black as Vera Cruz” – Hot ‘n’ Heavy: Live at the Ascension Loft (Delmark)
William Parker Quartet: “Shorter for Alan” – Petit Oiseau (AUMFidelity)
