Conference of the Birds, 2-19-16

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Hour One

Set One:

Szilárd Mezei Vocal Ensemble/ Rëza/ Fújj szél, Zenta, visshangozz szél/ Poland:: Not Two, 2012.

Set Two:
Vagelis Vassilou, Andréas Levendis, Ilias Musts, Armandos Dimitriou/ Mora/ Chansons Tzigane de l'Albanie./ Greece: Phanopoeia, no date.

uncredited/ Rumelaj/ Aro Tolbukhin - En la Mente del Asesino (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)/ Spain: Discmedi, 2002.

Balkan Appliances (Balkan Communists)/ no title./ untitled release/ USA: no label, 1993.

Taraf de Haïdouks/ Balada Conductoroui/ Latchmo Drom - Bande Original du Filme/ France: Virgin France, 1994.

El Khalaoui Tounsi/Jari Ya Hammouda/ EL: Kahlaoui Tounsi/ France: Mélodie, no date.


Set Three:
Said Guennoun/ al-Gnawi/ Maroc: Anthologie du Melhûn / Morocco: Anthology of Melhûn/ France: Inedit - Maison de la Cultures du Monde, 2011 (digital).

Hour Two

Set Four:
Hamid el Kasri/ Bookman Yana/ Soirées Gnawa Vol. 1/ Morocco: Savac-Nuerasys, 2010.

Latifah Raafet & Naïma Samih/ Tweder Ilelah/ Latifah & Naïma/ Morroca: Jober, 2011.

Kerhun & Les Gnawa/ Aber an discoursi tanajarc/ Lila noz/ France: L'oz productions, 2001.

Chris Batchelor, Jim Black, Myra Melford, Oren Marshall & Steve Buckley/ The Road,. the Sky, the Moon/ Big Air/ UK: Babel Label, 2008.


Set Five:
Emeline Michel/ Jodiya/ Reine de Coeur/ Haiti: Cheval de Feu, 2008.

Toto Bissainthe/ Papa Dambala/ A New York- La Vedette de la Chanson Haitienne/ France: Shango, 1975.

Ornette Coleman/ Comme Il Faut/ Crisis/ USA: Impulse!, 1979.


Set Six:
Kaye bwa/ Erzulie cantor/ Fond-des-Nègres: Musique Paysannes d'Haïti/ France: Buda,1995.

Ben Goldberg/ How To Do Things With Tears/ Orphic Machine/ USA: Bag Productions, 2015.