“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 enjoyed having an opportunity to remember Fred Hopkins and, separately, to share the story of Brötzmann/Bennink’s Schwarzwaldfahrt, which was recorded as a series of spontaneous recordings made in the Black Forest in the 70′s (you can hear an airplane fly overhead on the track I played!).  The new albums from Ben Goldberg and  Jason Adasiewicz both sound quite promising.

complete program (145 MB, 2 hrs 38 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: “Fuller Love” – Keystone 3 (Concord)
Lee Konitz and Jimmy Giuffre: “Cork ‘n Bib” – Lee Konitz meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve)
John Lindberg Ensemble: “Bounce” – Bounce (Black Saint)
Eri Yamamoto and Hamid Drake: “Midtown Blues” – Duologues (AUM Fidelity)
Herculaneum: “Egyptian Femme” – Herculaneum III (Clean Feed)
Malachi Thompson: “Fred Hopkins” – Talking Horns (Delmark)
David Murray and Jack DeJohnette (w/Fred Hopkins): “In Your Style” – In Our Style (DIW)
Oliver Nelson: “Trane Whistle” – Taking Care of Business (Prestige New Jazz)
Kahil El’ Zabar’s Ritual Trio: “Trane in Mind” – Renaissance of the Resistance (Delmark)
John Coltrane: “Blues to Elvin” – Coltrane plays the Blues (Atlantic)
Elvin Jones: “Dear John C.” – Dear John C (Impulse)
Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra: “Bloodline (dedicated to Fletcher Henderson – Don Redman – Benny Carter)” – Rejoicing with the Light (Black Saint)
Ben Goldberg: “Root and Branch” – Go Home (BAG Production)
Jason Adasiewicz’s Rolldown: “Dagger” – Varmint (Cuneiform)
Dana Hall: “Black Mountain” – Into the Light (Origin)
John Zorn: “Po’o'uli” – O’o (Tzadik)
Peter Brötzmann/Han Bennink: “Nr. 10″ – Schwartzwaldfahrt (FMP/Atavistic Unheard Music Series)
Nana Vasconcelos/Antonello Salis: “Rameverde” – Lester (Soul Note)
Tom Varner: “April Remembrance” – Jazz French Horn (New Note)
Gato Barbieri: “Milonga Triste” – Chapter Three: viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse)