“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 guess the “run” had to end somewhere; I got home today to find the audio archiver “rebuffering stream”, which means that only about five minutes of the show got recorded before it got stuck, so no download for today’s show. Too bad, ’cause it was a good one.  I started with a reggae-tinged set (“Sons of Slaves” is a Junior Delgado “cover”, “Back of a Cab” is dedicated to legendary Jamaican keyboardist Jackie Mittoo, and “Ain’t No Sunshine” is a reggae cover of the Bill Withers hit.  I also enjoyed sharing tracks from the Andrew Cyrille and Oliver Lake shows I found on Inconstant Sol this weekend.

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

Sticks and Stones: “Sons of Slaves” – Sticks and Stones (482 Music)
Spaceways Inc.: “Back of a Cab (for Jackie Mittoo)” – Version Soul (Atavistic)
Ken Boothe: “Ain’t No Sunshine” – Darker than Blue: Soul from Jamdown (Blood and Fire)
Noertker’s Moxie: “Feathers in a Cap” – Sketches of Catalonia vol 3: Suite for Gaudí (Edgetone)
Dave Douglas and Brass Ecstasy: “Fats” – Spirit Moves (Greenleaf)
Fats Navarro: “Boppin’ a Riff” – Memorial (Savoy)
Andrew Cyrille Trio: “African Percussions” – Live in Milan 1978 (Inconstant Sol)
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society: “Obsidian Flow” – Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam Records)
Oliver Lake Trio: “unknown (track 7)” – Live in Alassio, Italy ’79 (Inconstant Sol)
Eri Yamamoto Trio: “Story Teller” – Redwoods (AUM Fidelity)
Marty Ehrlich Quartet: “I Pity The Poor Immigrant” – Song (Enja)
Johnny Dyani Quartet: “Wish You Sunshine” – Song for Biko (SteepleChase)
Old and New Dreams: “Law Years” – A Tribute to Blackwell (Black Saint)
Arthur Blythe: “Lenox Avenue Breakdown” – Basic (Columbia)
Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim Black: “Split the Difference” – One Great Night… Live (Hatology)
Olaf Ton: “Einstein’s Dreams” – Olaf Ton (Leo)
Fanfare Pourpour: “La Noce du Brigand” – Le Bal (Actuelle CD)
Tim Sparks: “A Few Bowls Terkish” – Little Princess – Tim Sparks Plays Naftule Brandwein (Tzadik)
Quartetski: “Molto giocoso” – Quartetski Does Prokofiev (Visions Fugitives, Op. 22) (Actuelle CD)
Spaceways Inc.: “Size Large (for Larry Graham)” – Version Soul (Atavistic)
Indigo Trio: “Anaya With The Sunlight” – Anaya (Rogueart)