“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.
Today’s show is quite a hodge-podge, but I had a good time. Let me know what you think!
complete program (131 MB, 2 hrs 23 min)
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Gwigwi Mrwebi: “Botyana” – Mbaqanga Songs (Honest Jon’s)
John Zorn: “A Ride on Cottonfair” – The Dreamers (Tzadik)
King Floyd: “Love Ain’t What It Used To Be” – The Heart of the Matter (Pulsar)
Fadhili Williams Mdawida: “Wee Jane” – 1963-1967 (Tamasha)
The Nice Guy Trio: “Unicycle Cocek” – Here Comes The Nice Guy Trio (Porto Franco)
Anouar Brahem: “Stopover at Djibouti” – The Astounding Eyes of Rita (ECM)
Charles Mingus: “Hora Decubitus” – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse)
Eri Yamamoto: “Every Day” – In Each Day, Something Good (AUM Fidelity)
Arthur Blythe & David Eyges: “Jig Tag” – Today’s Blues (CIMP)
Alice Coltrane: “Turiya & Ramakrishna” – Ptah the El Daoud (Impulse)
Arturo Sandoval: “A Night in Tunisia” – Tumbaito (Messidor)
Orchestre Combo Zombi et Michel Yéyé: “Mussieu A Têt’a Poisson La” – Tumbélé! Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds – French Caribbean 1963-73 (Soundway)
Los Papacitos: “Jazzy” – Panama! 2 – Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk On The Isthmus 1967-1977 (Soundway)
Le Ry-Co Jazz: “Dima Bolane” – Tumbélé! Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds – French Caribbean 1963-73 (Soundway)
Detroit Emeralds: “Rosetta Stone” – The Westbound Sound of Detroit, 1969-1975 (Westbound)
Ornette Coleman: “Sleep Talk” – Of Human Feelings (Universal/Polygram)
Soul Swingers: “Ca’-Ba’-Dab” – Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75 (Light In The Attic Records)
Myra Melford’s Be Bread: “I See A Horizon” – The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12)
Dewey Redman Quartet: “Thren” – The Struggle Continues (ECM 1982)
Daniel Smith: “The Jody Grind” – Blue Bassoon (Summit Records)
Gato Barbieri: “Niños” – El Gato (Flying Dutchman)
Pharoah Sanders: “Thembi” – Thembi (Impulse)
Los Comandos: “Más de Ti” – Back to Peru, vol. 2 (Vampi Soul)
Digital Primitives: “Walkabout” – Hum Crackle and Pop (Hopscotch)
Tim Berne: “Clear” – Mutant Variations (Soul Note)
Sensational Five: “Coming On Strong” – Good God! Born Again Funk (Numero Group)
Dudu Pukwana and Zila with Pinise Saul: “Zama Khwalo (Try Again)” – Life in Bracknell & Willisau (Jika Records)
Urszula Dudziak: “Kasia’s Dance” – Future Talk (Inner City)
Chucho Valdés: “El Rumbón (The Party)” – Briyumba Palo Congo-Religion of the Congo (Blue Note)