“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’s show was good fun. Kinda all over the place, but I think that’s how I prefer it. I played more stuff from my personal library since I’ve been bingeing, but I am really pleased that I finally picked up the second Indigo Trio album.
I realize now that I totally forgot to mention on air this week, but some of the guys from Atomic are here in Chicago this week playing in mixed groups, culminating in guesting with the Vandermark Five on Friday and Saturday at the Green Mill. I think I’ll be there on Friday…
complete program (137 MB, 2 hrs 30 min)
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Pete Brown Quintette: “Pete Brown’s Boogie” – Stompin’ at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne (Savoy)
Papi Brandao y Sus Ejecutivos: “Decidete Mi Amor” – Panama 2 (Soundway)
Nicholas Payton: “Fela 1” – Sonic Trance (Warner Brothers)
Indigo Trio: “Anaya With The Moon” – Anaya (Rogueart)
Patato & Totico: “Mas Que Nada” – Patato & Totico (Verve)
Milimani Park Orchestra: “Neema” – Sikinde (Africassette)
Cannonball Adderley: “Azule Serape” – Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners (Capitol)
James Booker: “Hold My Hand” – Jazzy Funky New Orleans (Funky Delicacies)
Gwigwi Mrwebi: “Nick Thethe” – Mbaqanga Songs (Honest Jon’s)
Jürg Wickihalder Overseas Quartet: “The Pocket Trumpet Man” – Furioso (Intakt)
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy: “Twilight of the Dogs” – Spirit Moves (Greenleaf)
Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls: “Killa Dilla” – Seize The Time (Naim Jazz)
Spaceways Incorporated: “You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks/Hit It And Quit It” – Spaceways Incorporated (Atavistic)
The Fully Celebrated: “Pearl’s Blues (Your What Hurts?)” – Drunk On The Blood Of The Holy Ones (AUM Fidelity)
Mark Helias: “The Comb Over” – Fictionary (Live) (GM Recordings)
Ornette Coleman: “Humpty Dumpty” – This Is Our Music (Sepia Tone/Atlantic)
Amir ElSaffar: “Hemayoun” – Two Rivers (Pi)
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders: “Moussa Berkiyo/Koubaliy Beriah La’Foh” – The Trance of Seven Colors (Axiom)
William Parker Double Quartet: “Alpha 60” – Alphaville Suite (Rogueart)
Joseph Jarman/Famoudou Don Moye’s Magic Triangle: “Calypso’s Smile” – Calypso’s Smile (AEC/Katalyst/Southport)
The Debonaires: “Stop, Let’s Be United” – Get Your Lie Straight: Red-hot grooves from Galaxy Records, 1968-1972 (Galaxy/BGP)
Bembeya Jazz: “Sabou” – Bembeya (World Village)
