“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.

Today’s show featured pretty nice new adds to our library this week, including the long-awaited new album from Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls and a nice archival issue of recordings by Harry Miller’s Isipingo.

complete program (139 MB, 2 hrs 31 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse: “First Mind” – Cries From Tha Ghetto (Pi Recordings)
Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls: “13 de Maio” – Seize the Time (Naim Jazz)
Carmen Souza: “Levantá no bai” – Verdade (Connecting Cultures)
Oumou Sangare: “Diya Gneba” – Moussoulou (World Circuit)
Marion Brown/Gunter Hampel: “And Then They Embraced” – Reeds ‘n Vibes (IAI)
Dave Holland Sextet: “The Sum of All Parts” – Pass It On (Dare2)
Horace Silver Quintet: “Calcutta Cutie” – Song for My Father (Blue Note)
Garrison Fewell: “Spectronomous” – Variable Density Sound Orchestra (Creative Nation Music)
Harry Miller’s Isipingo: “Whey Hey!” – Full Steam Ahead (Reel Recordings)
Johnny Mbizo Dyani: “The Boys from Somafco” – Born Under the Heat (Dragon)
Gato Barbieri: “Latino America” – Gato… Para Los Amigos!! (Doctor Jazz)
Ivo Perelman: “Slaves of Jo” – Ivo (K2B2)
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra: “Friday the 13th” – At Town Hall (Riverside)
Anthony Brown’s Asian-American Orchestra: “Monk’s Mood” – Monk’s Moods (Water Baby)
Jemeel Moondoc/William Parker/Hamid Drake: “Blues for Katie, Part 1” – New World Pygmies, Vol. 2 (Eremite)
Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics: “Cha Cha” – Inspiration Information, Vol. 3 (Strut)
Nostalgia 77 Octet: “The Grass Harp” – One Offs, Remixes and B-sides (Tru Thoughts)
Roy Campbell Quartet: “Ode To Mr. DC” – It’s Krunch Time (Thirsty Ear)
Henning Sieverts Symmetry: “Ubaramarabu” – Blackbird (Pirouet)