“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.
A conversation the night before had me inclined to revisit Sonny Rollins’ classic “East Broadway Run Down” on the show, but the blustery autumn winds which buffeted me on the way into the studio put me directly in the frame of mind for tenor sax-heavy free bop. I thought I was going to follow that thread for a while, but while selecting a tune from the Griffin/Davis album of Monk compositions, their version of “Epistrophy” made me want Dolphy instead, so we got off onto bass clarinet (also an autumnal sound, if not so blustery). The show did stay in the hard bop and free bop zone pretty solidly, especially in contrast to other recent shows.
A few other notes: Mauger is a super-group trio of Gerry Hemingway, Mark Dresser, and Rudresh Mahanthappa, and I realize I should have been listening more to their album by now. Fred Lonberg-Holm’s “Fool” is a cover of the Cat Power song.
Enjoy!
complete program (145 MB, 2 hrs 39 min)
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Sonny Rollins: “East Broadway Run Down” – East Broadway Run Down (Impulse)
Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: “Well, You Needn’t” – Lookin’ at Monk (Jazzland)
Eric Dolphy: “Epistrophy” – Last Date (Fontana)
Kenny Dorham: “Royal Roost” – ‘Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
Andrew Hill: “Land of Nod” – Black Fire (Blue Note)
Fred Anderson Quartet: “Birdhouse” – Birdhouse (Okkadisk)
Mauger: “The Beautiful Enabler” – The Beautiful Enabler (Clean Feed)
Marty Ehrlich/Myra Melford: “Blue Delhi” – Spark! (Palmetto)
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble: “After The Dawn Has Risen” – After The Dawn Has Risen (Open Minds)
Kahil El’ Zabar’s Ritual Trio with Billy Bang: “Big M” – Big M (Delmark)
Woody Shaw: “Misterioso” – Master of the Art (Elektra Musician)
Django Reinhardt: “In a Sentimental Mood” – Chronological Classics: 1937 (Classics)
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio: “Fool” – Other Valentines (Atavistic)
Arthur Blythe & David Eyges: “Jig Tag” – Today’s Blues (CIMP)
DKV Trio: “East Broadway Run Down” – Trigonometry (Okkadisk)
