“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 starts off with a bunch of stuff from the Downtown New York jazz scene, including two albums from John Zorn’s new album “O’o”, which hit me harder on the first listen than anything has in a while. I also realized, slighly belatedly, the real greatness of two African compilations I recently acquired, “Highlife Time” and “Legends of Benin.” Enjoy!
complete program (145 MB, 2 hrs 38 min)
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
John Zorn: “Miller’s Crake” – O’o (Tzadik)
John Zorn: “Laughing Owl” – O’o (Tzadik)
Steven Bernstein: “Issachar” – Diaspora Suite (Tzadik)
Steven Bernstein / Marcus Rojas / Kresten Osgood: “Eastcoasting” – Tattoos and Mushrooms ( Ilk Music)
Bobby Previte: “The Ministry of Truth” – The Coalition of the Willing (Ropeadope)
Rebirth Jazz Band: “Sweet Georgia Brown” – Here to Stay (Arhoolie)
Dee Alexander: “Rossignol” – Wild is the Wind (Blujazz)
William Parker Double Quartet with Leena Conquest: “Natasha’s Theme II” – Alphaville Suite (Rogue Art)
Stan Plange and the Uhuru Band: “Grazing in the Grass” – Highlife Time (VampiSoul)
El Rego et sus Commandos: “Vimado Wingnan” – Legends of Benin (Analog Africa)
Lord Kitchener: “Rock and Roll Calypso” – London is the Place For Me, vol. 4: African Dreams and the Picadilly Highlife (Honest Jons Records)
Roberto y su Nuevo Montuno: “Mi Corazón Te Llama” – El Yerbero del Barrio (International)
Positive Catastrophe: “Plena Seguiro” – Garabatos Volume 1 (Cuneiform)
Herculaneum: “Golden Monarch” – Herculaneum (Clean Feed)
Klang: “China Black” – Tea Music (Allos Documents)
Steelwool Trio: “Wrenches (for Jimmy Blanton)” – International Front (Okkadisk)
Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton: “Mr. J.B. Blues (take 1)” – Solos, Duets and Trios (Bluebird)
Terry Waldo’s Gutbucket Syncopators with Edith Wilson: “Am I Blue?” – The Ohio Theatre Concert (Delmark)
Lounge Lizards: “My Trip to Ireland” – No Pain for Cakes (Antilles)
Trio 3 + Geri Allen: “Barbara’s Rainbow” – At This Time (Intakt)
Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford: “Up Do” – Spark! (Palmetto)
Alex Jenkins’ Sound Immersion: “Next Generation” – Generosity (Prescott Recordings)
Ironico Orkestra: “Franklin Volant” – Passeggiata Dei Buddies (Malasartes)
Ernst Reijseger with Mola Sylla and Serigne C.M. Gueye: “Sàng xale man” – Janna (Winter and Winter)
Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie: “My Wash Woman’s Gone” – Country Blues Bottleneck Guitar Classics 1926-1937 (Yazoo)
B.B. King: “Every Day I Have The Blues” – Live in Cook County Jail (MCA)
Cal Green: “Johnny’s Gone to Vietnam” – Trippin’ with Cal Green (P-Vine)
Gino Robair: “Autres Directions (+ Poetics)” – Other Destinations (Rastascan)