“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL. You can also see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.

Several cuts on this week’s show came from great music blogs. Many of them are no longer actively posting, but you can still learn some more about the music on these pages:

• Volume 14 of the incredible African Serenades series: African Twist and Rock & Roll
• Captain’s Crate for Assagai and Enrique Lynch (Captain’s Crate stopped operating, but some of the principals went on to be part of Mixtape Riot
• The continually great Funky 16 Corners for the Fatback Band (people in New Jersey can go catch Larry Grogan DJ live, which I’d really enjoy… join the Facebook page)

Also, I mentioned the upcoming celebration (Nov. 19-21) of the AACM‘s 45th anniversary, in conjunction with this year’s Asian American Jazz Festival. See the MCA website for more details.

Finally, we noted that Nicole Mitchell was the victim of a horrible theft of two of her flutes, valued at $10,000 or more. Other members of the Black Earth Ensemble also had property stolen in the same incident. Creative music is not a big money field, and an instrument is an extension of a musician’s self, so it’s an even worse violation. Here’s hoping that some wise flute manufacturer sees the wisdom of offering Ms. Mitchell a sponsorship to help her get back in action (although according to the above article she was playing on a substitute instrument at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival within two weeks of the theft, giving life to the title of her album “Black Unstoppable”!)

Listen:

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Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Ella Fitzgerald: “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)” – The Cole Porter Songbook (Verve)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: “John Hardy’s Wife” – Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (RCA)
Pierre Dørge’s New Jungle Orchestra: “The Root-eating Rag” – Johnny Lives (Steeplechase)
Stereolab: “Bop Scotch” – Margerine Eclipse (Elektra)
Dillinger: “Cokaine” – 96 Degrees in the Shade (Mango)
Tenor Saw: “Ring the Alarm” – 200% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)
Parlet: “The Pleasure Principle” – The Best of Parlet (Polygram)
Breakestra: “Posed To Be” – Joyful Noise (Strut)
Abdallah/Cuban Marimba: “Tanzania Twist” – African Serenades, v. 14: African Twist and Rock and Roll (Matsuli Music)
The Bogard Brothers: “That’ll Be The Day” – African Serenades, v. 14: African Twist and Rock and Roll (Matsuli Music)
Joseph Spence: “Coming In On A Wing and a Prayer” – The Complete Folkways Recordings (Smithsonian Folkways)
The Bells of Joy: “Let’s Talk about Jesus” – Jubilation, Vol. 2: More Black Gospel (Rhino)
The Brewsteraires of Memphis: “So Glad” – It’s Amazing: The Glorious Female Gospel 1947-1952 (P-Vine Japan)
The Carter Family: “John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man” – The Carter Family: 1927-1934 (Jsp Records)
Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard: “La Danseuse” – Anthology of American Folk Music (Smithsonian Folkways)
Blind Willie Johnson: “Let Your Light Shine On Me” – Sweeter As The Years Go By (Yazoo)
Eliades Ochoa y Cuarteto Patria: “Saludo compay” – Sublime Illusion (Higher Octave)
Enrique Lynch y su Conjunto: “Bailando Con Dolores” – Sexympacto! (Sono Radio)
The Bar-Kays: “Soul Finger” – The Complete Stax-Volt Singles (Stax)
Dom Salvador e Abolição: “Uma Vida” – Som, Sangue e Raça (CBS)
Assagai: “Barazinbar” – Afro-Rock (Sounds Superb)
Les Volcans De La Capital: “Oya Ka Jojo” – Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds From Benin & Togo 70s (Soundway)
Fatback Band: “Goin’ To See My Baby” – P-526 7″ (Perception)
Jerry Moore: “This is My Time” – Ballad of Birmingham (ESP Disk)
Sonny Rollins: “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” – Newk’s Time (Blue Note)
Roscoe Mitchell: “Linefine Lyon Seven” – Sound & Space Ensembles (Black Saint)
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Strings: “Crossroads” – Renegades (Delmark)
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble: “Thanking the Universe” – Black Unstoppable (Delmark)
Indigo Trio: “Stand Strong” – Live in Montreal (Greenleaf)
Jeb Bishop/Harris Eisenstadt/Jason Roebke: “Piggly Wiggly” – Tiebreaker (Not Two)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2010-10-05 [ 2:30:48 ] Download