“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 hope you enjoy this week’s show. This new “Freedom Rhythm and Sound” compilation is really something–I’m looking forward to seeing the companion book.
This is the last “Conference of the Birds” for the ‘aughts’, but we’ll be right back with you next week, feeling fresh as a diaper-clad Baby New Year. Which I suppose may or may not be all that fresh… hm… Well, we’ll just see!
complete program (117 MB, 2 hrs 8 min)
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Mary Lou Williams: “Miss D.D.” – Freedom Rhythm & Sound (Soul Jazz)
Archie Shepp: “Attica Blues” – Freedom Rhythm & Sound (Soul Jazz)
Voices of Darkness: “Mota Ginya” – Nigeria Disco Funk Special (Soundway)
Wganda Kenya: “Tifit Hayed” – Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes (Soundway)
Frank Penn: “Gimme Some Skin” – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goomay (Numero Group)
Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin: “Riff Raff Rollin” – Music is my Medicine (Ubiquity)
Caetano Veloso: “Tropicália” – Caetano Veloso (Tropicália) (Philips)
Dee Alexander: “Surrender Your Love” – Live (Blujazz)
Detroit, Jr.: “Young Blood” – Light: On the South Side – Pepper’s Jukebox (Numero Group)
McCoy Tyner: “The Wanderer” – Extensions (Blue Note)
Ari Brown: “Shorter’s Vibes” – Live at the Green Mill (Delmark)
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble: “Mean Ameen” – The Messenger (Delmark)
The Cleveland Trio: “Love Letter to Lakewood” – The Cleveland Trio (Warbler Records/Grasshopper Music)
Max Roach: “Kujichagulia” – M’Boom (Columbia)
Ben Allison: “Tricky Dick” – Cowboy Justice (Palmetto)
Bassdrumbone: “A Cuppa” – The Line Up (Clean Feed)
NUTA Jazz Band: “Instrumental 1″ – Zanzibara 3: Ujamaa (Buda Musique)
Ignace de Souza et l’Orchestre Black Santiago: “Omo Lere Aye” – SAT 140 (SAT)
LA4: “Zaca” – Zaca (Concord)
Richie Kamuca: “Drop Me Off in Harlem” – Drop Me Off in Harlem (Concord)
Ramsey Lewis Trio: “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” – The Sound of Christmas (Verve)
David Holland Quartet: “Conference of the Birds” – Conference of the Birds (ECM)