“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.
Well, no archive for this week, and that’s annoying. (Fie on you, Audio Hijack.) I liked the range of music for this show, much of which is stuff that never seems to find its way into my rotation, some of which was inspired by a specific request for soul music to commemorate the Numero Group’s upcoming Eccentric Soul Revue show (this Saturday, 4/4).
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Assif Tsahar/Cooper-Moore/Hamid Drake: “Confessions” – Lost Brother (Hopscotch)
Madam Mujidat Ogunfalu & her Waka Group: “Medley (track 2) excerpt” – Yoruba Women of the Drum (Original Music)
Lucky Thompson: “Mister Man” – Tricotism (Impulse)
Ravish Momin’s Trio Tarana: “Weeping Statue” – Climbing the Banyan Tree (Clean Feed)
André Jaume/Sapto Raharjo: “Yogya Nova” – Borobudur Suite (CELP)
Ornette Coleman: “The Circle with a Hole in the Middle” – The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “Mama’s House” – Mama’s House Live – 35th Anniversary Project (Katalyst)
David S. Ware: “Namah” – Shakti (AUM Fidelity)
The Organics: “Footstumpin’ (alternate)” – Downriver Revival (Numero Group)
OFS Unlimited: “Mr. Kidneys” – Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label (Numero Group)
The Burgess Band: “Untitled” – Downriver Revival (Numero Group)
Prof. Y.S. & his B.B. Band: “One Early Morning” – Money No Be Sand (Original Music)
Joe McPhee: “Shakey Jake” – Nation Time (Unheard Music Series/Atavistic)
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra: “Organ Grinder” – Music and Rhythm (Ubiquity)
Ramsey Lewis: “Do What You Wanna” – Another Voyage (Verve)
Fred Houn and the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble: “Always Outspoken/The People are Me (suite)/Never Broken” – We Refuse to be Used and Abused (Soul Note)
The Blueprint Project: “The Old County” – The Blueprint Project with Cecil McBee and Matt Wilson (Creative Nation Music)
Fight the Big Bull: “kv #1” – http://www.fightthebigbull.com/audio-english.php (self-released)
Nomo: “New Song” – New Tones (Ubiquity)
Gwigwi Mrwebi: “Mra” – Mbaqanga Songs (Honest Jon’s)
Napo de Amor et ses Black Devils: “Leki Santchi” – African Scream Contest (Soundway)
Brass Monkey Brass Band: “The Ocean” – The Highest Good (Brass Monkey Brass Band / CD Baby)
Mucca Pazza: “Agushev Cocek” – Plays Well Together (Leather Bus)