This week: 3 Hours; Francisco X. Alarcón (RIP); Amir el Saffar; Farida; Ashwini Bhide Deshpande; Girija Devi; Sonny Simmons; Roscoe Mitchell; Bonga x 2; KontraSax reprises Gertrude Stein x 2; Lebron Brothers; Peter Ablinger’s Mao; Johnny Pacheco; EQ Ensemble performs Rabih Abou-Khalil; Funo de Quintal; much more… http://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com Thanks in advance for listening and contributing! Playlists: confbirds.blogspot.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/conference-birds-po…/id478688580… Contact: confbirds@gmail.com Contact: confbirds@gmail.com Listen LIVE to COB on WRFI (Fridays 9-11pm EST). Send correspondence, discs, & music to Stephen Cope, Conference of the Birds, 208 Utica Street, Ithaca, NY 14850.