“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-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.

I thought this was a pretty good one…

complete program (143 MB, 2 hrs 36 min)

William Parker Raining on the Moon: “Doctor Yesterday” – Corn Meal Dance (AUM Fidelity)
Oliver Nelson: “Theme from Mr. Broadway” – More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse)
Archie Shepp: “Mama Too Tight” – Mama Too Tight (Impulse)
Hogman Maxey: “Brother Mosely Crossed the Water” – Angola Prison Spirituals (Arhoolie)
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble: “3-D” – Mean Ameen (Delmark)
Combo Tiempos Nuevos: “De La Fiesta La Mejor” – Sí, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba, Volume 1 (Waxing Deep)
Jeff Parker: “Mannerisms” – The Relatives (Delmark)
Dave Douglas: “Out in the Cold” – In Our Lifetime (New World Records)
School Days: “What About (for Bobby Hutcherson)” – In Our Times (Okkadisk)
Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet: “DeJohnette” – Tabligh (Cuneiform)
Eric Dolphy: “The Baron” – Out There (Prestige)
Tobias Delius 4tet: “Shrinkage/¿Whither?” – Toby’s Mloby (BVHaast)
Assif Tsahar/Cooper-Moore/Chad Taylor: “True to Life” – Digital Primitives (Hopscotch)
John Tchicai: “T’s Groove” – John Tchicai’s Infinitesimal Flash (Buzz)
Tito Puente: “Barbarabatiri” – The Complete 78′s, Vol 1 (Fania)
Arthur Blythe: “Hipmotism” – Hipmotism (Enja)
Henry Threadgill Sextett: “To Be Announced” – You Know the Number (Novus)
The Big Gold Six: “Mumbanda (Lunda)” – Zambush Vol. 2: Zambian Hits from the 60s and 70s (Sharp Wood)
Dexter Gordon: “McSplivens” – A Swingin’ Affair (Blue Note)
Bobby Bradford Extet: “Blue Monk” – Midnight Pacific Airwaves (Entropy Stereo)
John Lindberg Ensemble: “Bounce” – Bounce (Black Saint)