Conference of the Birds, 7-8-16

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Hour One

Set One:
Maria Azoia/ Estranha Forma de Vida/ Ao Vivo no Teatro Sá da Bandeira/ Portugal: Maria Azoia, 2009.

Bright Moments (Joseph Jarman, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Kahil el-Zabar, Malachi Favors, Steve Colson)/ Fragmentation - Prayer At Twilight/ Return of the Lost Tribe/ USA: Delmark, 1998.


Set Two:
Fosforito/ Los Desengaños  y el Tiempo/ Fundamento/ Spain: Universal, 2012.

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers/ Free for All/ Free for All/ USA: Prestige, 1964.

unknown/ Galla Song/ Ethiopian Urban and Tribal Music: Gold to Wax Volume 2/ USA: Lyrichord, no date.


Set Three:
Orchestra Ethiopia/ Od/ Ethiopiques, Vol. 23: Orchestra Ethiopia/ France: Buda, 2007.

Ukandanz/ Lantchi Biyé/ Awo/ France: Buda, 2016.

Eric Revis 11:11/ Mxr/ Parrallax/ Portugal: Clean Feed, 2012.

Myra Melford/ Barcelona/ Life Carries Me This Way/ USA: Firehouse 12, 2013.

Fadela/ N'Sal Fik/ Kindîre Mâak/ Belgium: MLP, 2013.

Chex Mami/ Trab 2/ Reves d'Oasis: Desert Blues, Vols. 1 & 2/ Germany, Netwerk, 2012.


Hour Two

Set Four:
Kishore Amonkar/ Raga Adana Malhar: Khayal In Drut Teentaal "Aai Re Badariya Kaari Kaari"/ Malhar Malika/ India: Saregama, 1999.

John Coltrane/ India/ The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Concerts/ USA: Impulse!, 1997.


Set Five:
Ivo Perleman, Mat Maneri, Joe Morris, Gerald Cleaver/ Harsh Moon/ Breaking Point/ UK: Leo, 2016.

Ensemble al-Umayri/ Carib al-Faraj/ Le Sawt de Kuwait/ France: Insitut du Monde Arabe, 2004.

Conference of the Birds Playlist, 12-8-09

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Hour One:

Set One:

Michelle Rosewoman/ We Are/ Occasion to Rise/ USA: Evidence, 1993

Boy Gé Mendes/ So Doce, So Mel/ Noite de Morabeza/ France: Lusafrica, 1999.

Set Two:

Malavoi/ Tomaline/ Marronage/ France: Déclic, 1999.

Africando/ Aïcha/ Baloba/ UK: Stern's, 1998.

Yuri Buenaventura w. Cheb Mami/ Salsa Raï/ Yo Soy!/ France: Mercury Import, 2000.

Cheb Mami/ Parisien du Nord/ Meli Meli/ France: Mondo Melodia (Virgin France), 1999.

Set Three:

Cheb Hasni/ Ahnaiche Ahdek/ Ala Serha/ Belgium: MCPE, no date.

Sonia M'Barek/ Douroub el Hayet/ Takht/ Germany: Netwerk Medien, 1999.

Steve Lacy + 6/ Granary/ The Cry/ Italy: Soul Note, 1999.

Billy Bang/ Improvisation for Four/ Valve #10/ Italy: Soul Note, 1991.

Hour Two:

Set Four:

23 Skidoo/ The Gospel Comes to New Guinea/ Jazz Satellites No. 1 - Electrification/ USA: Virgin, 1996.

Les Grands Ballets d'Afrique Noire cond. Tidjani Cissé/ Timini/ Les Grands Ballet d'Afrique Noire/ France: Éditions Bolibana, 1999.

Max Roach/ It's Christmas Again/ It's Christmas Again/ Italy: Soul Note, 1994.

Set Five:

Rail Band/ Foliba/ Rail Band: Salif Keita & Mory Kante/ France: Sonodisc, ca. 2005.

John Tchicai/ Bambla Jolifanti/ Real Tchicai/ Denmark:" Steeplechase, 1995.

Ustad Sultan Khan/ Holi Song/ Live at Savai Gandharva Festival 1992/ India: Alurkar Music House, 1992.

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