Conference of the Birds, 5-27-16

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Hour One

Set One:
Papa Wemba/ Phrase/ M'Zee Fula Ngenge/ France: Agitrade, 1991.

Steve Lacy/ Across/ Vespers/ Italy: Soul Note, 1993.

Ngbaka Men's group. Song for Ancestor's Souls: ze ze ze kuluze/ Central African Republic/ Germany; Barenreiter Musicaphon, 1983.


Set Two:
Wolof musicians/ Mankayra/ Senegal: Musique Wolof/ France; Ocra, 2007.

Skip James/ Cherry Ball Blues/ The Very Best of Skip James/ USA: Fuel, 2000.

Papa Wemba/ Mississippi/ Ainsi soit-il (The Complete Papa Wemba)/ France: Sonodisc, 2016.

Rent Remus Life's Blood Ensemble/ Cherry Vanilla/ Rising Colossus/ USA: Edgetone, 2016.

anonymous Mpyemo musicians/ Canto funebre/ Africa - Dolore e Magia - (Central African Republic)/ Italy: Albatross, 1975.

Archie Shepp/ Three for a Quarter/ Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime/ USA: Impulse!, 1969.


Hour Two

Set Three:
Baña/ Morte Dum Tchuk/ 80 Años a Cantar Cabo Verde/ France: Sons d'Africa, 2012.

Cesura Evora/ Coragem Irmon/ Cabo Verde/ France: Lusafrica, 1997.

Felipe Mukenga (w. Zeca Baleiro)/ Uma Volta e Meia/ Nós Somos Nós/ France: Sarava, 2009.

Virgilio Martí/ Todos Vuelven. Saludando a los Rumberos/ USA: Caiman, 1984.


Set Four:
Beth Carvalho/ Andança/ Andança/ Braziul: Odeon, 1969.

Willem Breuker Kollektief w. Loes Loca/ from Hunger: Breadriot, Red Sunrise, Time is an Empty Bottle of Wine/ Hunger/ The Netherlands: BV Haast, 2000.


Set Five:
Jon Jang Sextet w. Genny Lim/ Yellow Woman (reprise)/ Island: The Immigrant Suite No. 1/ Italy: Soul Note, 1987.

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Hour One:

Set One:

Paulo Soares/ Benguela/ Musidanças 06/ Portugal: Musidanças, 2007.

Virgilio Martí/ Todos Vuelven/ Saludando a los Rumberos/ USA: Caiman, 1982.

Yuri Bueneventura/ Herencia Africana/ Herencia Africana/ USA: Mercury, 1999.

Set Two:

Evelio Rodgriquez Plaza/ España Te Doy Mi Son/ Mi Guayabera/ Switzerland: Colibri, 2011.

Chuito es de Bayamón/ Las Cadenas/ Musica Jibara Para Las Navidades/ USA: Fania, no date.

Tomasa la Macanita/ Tierra, Agua, Fuego, el Aire/ Con el Alma/ France: Auvidis, 1995.

Camarón w. Tomatito/ De Oro Y Marfil/ Camarón con Tomatito: San Juan Evangelista, 92/ Spain: EMI- Odeon, 2010.

Albert Ayler/ Truth is Marching In/ The Impulse! Story/ USA: Impulse!, 1996.

Hour Two:

Set Three:

Leroy Jenkins et al./ Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short)/ The Legend of Ai Glatson/ Italy: Black Saint, 1978.

Nacer Eddine Chaouli/ Stikhbar Moual, Zaabli Ou Tmili/ Musique Classique Algérienne: Hawzi/ France: Club du Disuqe Arabe, 1996.

Saban Bajramovic/ Djelem, Djelem/ King of Gypsy Song/ Serbia: Hi-Fi Center, 2004.

Romica Puceneau & the Gore Brothers/ Adu Calu' Sa Ma Duc/ Sounds from a Bygone Age - Volume 2/ Germany: Aphalt Tango, 2006.

Iannis Xenakis (perf. Arditti Quartet)/ Embelie/ Iannis Xenakis: Instrumental & Chamber Music/ France: Disques Montaigne, 2000.

Set Four:

Bi Kidudé/ Pakistani/ Zanzibara 4: Bi Kidudé: The Diva of Zanzibari Music/ France: Buda, 2006.

Culture Musical Club/ Jipeleleze/ Taraab 4: The Music of Zanzibar/ UK: Globestyle, 1989.

Wadi Al-Safi/ Chou A'ad Baddi Fik/ Idak Al-Ghali/ Lebanon: A. Chaine et Fils, 1996.

Jah Wobble, Evan Parker et al./ Giving Up The Ghost/ Passage to Hades/ UK: 30 Hertz, 2001.

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