“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.
Happy Birthday to “friend-of-the-show” Karl Berger!
Links:
- Lux & Ivy’s Favorites
- Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball
- Light: On the South Side trailer
- Conference of the Birds, 2009-02-24: Creative Music Studio special (Karl Berger interview)
complete program (132 MB, 2 hrs 25 min)
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
The Chimes: “Zindy Lou” – Lux & Ivy’s Favorites #2 (WFMU)
Los Zafiros: “Mirame Fijo” – Bossa Cubana (World Circuit)
Los Trogloditos: “Everything is Gonna Change” – Back to Peru, V. 2 (Vampi Soul)
Etoile de Dakar: “Khaley Etoile” – Etoile de Dakar Vol. 4: Khaley Etoile (Stern’s Africa)
The Jazz Epistles: “Dollar’s Moods” – The Jazz Epistles (Celluloid)
Johnny Dyani: “Open Ballad to Mandela” – Grandmother’s Teachings (Disques Jam)
Charles Mingus: “Nostalgia in Times Square” – Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (Blue Note)
Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble: “Whence to Whither” – South Side Street Songs (Silkheart)
Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio: “Tazz’s Dilemna” – Ethnic Stew and Brew (Delmark)
Wayne Shorter: “Harry’s Last Stand” – Introducing Wayne Shorter (Vee Jay)
The Coctails: “Monkeys and Seals” – Long Sound (Carrot Top)
Oliver Nelson: “Hobo Flats” – Fantabulous! (Verve)
Oliver Lake Quintet: “Fire Waltz” – Dedicated to Dolphy (Black Saint)
The Jazz Passengers: “Decomposer by a Neck” – Live at the Knitting Factory (Knitting Factory Works)
Prince Nico Mbarga: “Sweet Mother” – Aki Special (Rounder)
Dorothy Norwood: “What a Beautiful World It Would Be” – Hotlanta Soul Vol.2: Full Time Groovers (Kent)
Dudu Pukwana and Spear: “Freeze” – Flute Music (Caroline Records)
The Jazz Renegades: “Mambo Bounce” – Freedom Samba (Polydor/Verve)
Blue Sharks: “Distortion” – Suono Libero, Vol 2 (Irma Records)
Lucille Spann: “Women’s Lib” – Light: On the South Side – Pepper’s Jukebox (Numero Group)
Karl Berger & Edward Blackwell: “Balafon Samba” – Just Play (Emanem)