“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.

This week my friend Amanda thought it would be fun to look behind the scenes at Conference of the Birds. She gave me a ride to the station and picked some of the music on the show. I also featured some of the stuff I picked up in San Francisco (or actually, in El Cerrito, at my beloved Down Home Music), including a compilation featuring the awesome Loleatta Holloway tune I played this week.

complete program (137 MB, 2 hrs 30 min)

Etoile de Dakar: “Youssou” – Volume 4: Khaley Etoile (Sterns Africa)
Harry Miller’s Isipingo: “Children at Play” – Full Steam Ahead (Reel Recordings)
Johnny Dyani Quartet: “Blues for Moyake” – Angolian Cry (Steeplechase)
Porgy Jones: “Catch Joe Potato” – Jazzy Funky New Orleans (Funky Delicacies)
Loleatta Holloway: “Bring It On Up” – Get Your Lie Straight (BGP)
Rebirth Jazz Band: “Shake Your Booty” – Here To Stay (Arhoolie)
John Coltrane: “Offering” – Expression (Impulse)
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society: “Phobos” – Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam)
The Fully Celebrated: “Drunk On The Blood of the Holy Ones” – Drunk On The Blood of the Holy Ones (AUMFidelity)
Dave Douglas and Brass Ecstasy: “Orujo” – Spirit Moves (Greenleaf)
William Parker Double Quartet: “Doctor Badguy” – Alphaville Suite (RogueArt)
Cooper-Moore: “Emancipation” – The Cedar Box Recordings (AUMFidelity)
Martin & Haynes: “Zombies Love Dancin’ To This Number” – Freedman (Barnyard Records)
Garrison Fewell: “Fragment Alignment” – Variable Density Sound Orchestra (Creative Nation Music)
Alexander Von Schlippenbach: “Via Dante” – Friulian Sketches (Psi)
Kevin Tkacz: “I Said…” – It’s Not What You Think (Piece of Work of Art)
Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet: “Strata Blue” – Ancestors (Playscape)
The Peggy Lee Band: “Floating Island” – New Code (Drip Audio)
Achim Kaufmann: “Scarine” – Kyrill (Pirouet)
Atomic: “Cleaning the Dome” – Boom Boom (Jazzland)
Paul Giallorenzo: “Ajemian’s Funk” – Get In To Go Out (482)
Har-You Percussion Group: “Santa Cruz” – Sounds of the Ghetto Youth (ESP)