13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018
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Andrey Henkin (New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Johnny Mbizo Dyani, African Bass Solo Concert: Willisau Jazz Festival 1978 (Sing a Song Fighter)
  2. Alexander Von Schlippenbach/Aki Takase, Live at Café Amores (NoBusiness)
  3. Misha Mengelberg-Peter Brötzmann-Evan Parker-Peter Bennink-Paul Rutherford-Derek Bailey-Han Bennink, Groupcomposing (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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Geoffrey Himes (Washington Post, JazzTimes, DownBeat, Paste)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams, Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
  2. Henry Threadgill, Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus (Pi)
  3. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  4. Todd Marcus, On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) (Stricker Street)
  5. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  6. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Presence (Smoke Sessions)
  7. Jason Moran and the Bandwagon, Looks of a Lot (Yes)
  8. SFJAZZ Collective, Live: SFJAZZ Center 2017 (SFJAZZ)
  9. Allison Miller & Carmen Staaf, Science Fair (Sunnyside)
  10. Bill Frisell, Music IS (Okeh)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Woody Shaw, Tokyo '81 (Elemental)

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Eugene Holley, Jr. (DownBeat, Publishers Weekly, Hot House, Chamber Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  2. Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sonic Creed (Motéma)
  3. Todd Marcus, On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) (Stricker Street)
  4. Andy Milne & Dapp Theory, The Seasons of Being (Sunnyside)
  5. Tia Fuller, Diamond Cut (Mack Avenue)
  6. Nicole Mitchell, Maroon Cloud (FPE)
  7. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  8. Ralph Peterson's Aggregate Prime, Inward Venture: Alive Vol. 5 at the Side Door (Onyx Productions)
  9. Matthew Shipp, Zero (ESP-Disk)
  10. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Presence (Smoke Sessions)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Craft)
  3. Dexter Gordon, Tokyo 1975 (Elemental)

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Larry Hollis (Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Harold Mabern, The Iron Man: Live at Smoke (Smoke Sessions)
  2. John Scofield, Combo 66 (Verve)
  3. Christopher Hollyday, Telepathy (Jazzbeat Productions)
  4. Gary Smulyan, Alternative Contrafacts (SteepleChase)
  5. Chris Pasin, Ornettiquette (Planet Arts)
  6. Joe Magnarelli, Magic Trick (SteepleChase)
  7. Buster Williams, Audacity (Smoke Sessions)
  8. Ronnie Cuber, Ronnie's Trio (SteepleChase)
  9. Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco, You're Driving Me Crazy (Legacy)
  10. Salvo Losappio, Long Story Short (Gut String)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Dexter Gordon Quartet, Espace Cardin 1977 (Elemental Music)
  2. Art Pepper, Unreleased Art Pepper Vol 10: Toronto (Widow's Taste)
  3. Woody Shaw, Live in Bremen 1983 (Elemental Music)

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Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino)

NEW RELEASES

  1. El Eco With Guillermo Nojechowicz, Puerto de Buenos Aires 1933 (Zoho -17)
  2. Pedro Giraudo & The WDR Big Band, An Argentinian in New York (Zoho)
  3. Bobby Sanabria, West Side Story Reimagined (Jazzheads)
  4. Antonio Adolfo, Encontros: Orquestra Atlantica (AAM Music)
  5. John Petrucelli, Presence (self-released)
  6. Duduka Da Fonseca Trio, Plays Dom Salvador (Sunnyside)
  7. Anne Sajdera, New Year (Bijuri)
  8. Stacey Kent, I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions (Okeh -17)
  9. Charles Pillow Large Ensemble, Electric Miles (MAMA)
  10. Verve Jazz Ensemble, Connect the Dots (Lightgroove Media)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

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Note: Original Vocal pick -- Maggie Herron, A Ton of Trouble (Herron Song) -- changed due to ballot priority.

Tom Hull (tomhull.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joakim Milder-Fredrik Ljungkvist-Mathias Landraeus-Filip Augustson-Fredrik Rundkvist, The Music of Anders Garstedt (Moserobie)
  2. Peter Kuhn Trio, Intention (FMR)
  3. Kira Kira, Bright Force (Libra)
  4. Rich Halley 3, The Literature (Pine Eagle)
  5. Rodrigo Amado, A History of Nothing (Trost)
  6. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Radiant Imprints (OFF)
  7. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  8. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  9. Kevin Sun, Trio (Ectomorph Music)
  10. Martin Küchen & Landaeus Trio, Vinyl (Moserobie)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Alexander Von Schlippenbach/Aki Takase, Live at Café Amores (NoBusiness)
  2. Art Pepper, Unreleased Art Pepper Vol 10: Toronto (Widow's Taste)
  3. Fred Hersch Trio, '97 @ The Village Vanguard (Palmetto)

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Edward Simon, Sorrows & Triumphs (Sunnyside)
  2. Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble, Atwood Suites (Origin)
  3. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside)
  4. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
  5. Ben Wendel, The Seasons (Motéma)
  6. Aaron Parks, Little Big (Ropeadope)
  7. Noah Preminger & Frank Carlberg, Whispers and Cries (Red Piano)
  8. Tim Berne & Matt Mitchell Duo, Angel Dusk (Screwgun)
  9. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  10. Walking Distance, Freebird by Walking Distance feat. Jason Moran (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Keith Jarrett, La Fenice (ECM)
  3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

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Robert Iannapollo (Cadence, New York City Jazz Record, ARSC Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jason Kao Hwang Burning Bridge, Blood (True Sound)
  2. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  3. No Fast Food, Settings for Three (Corner Store Jazz)
  4. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Mizu (Long Song)
  5. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  6. Harvey Sorgen-Joe Fonda-Marilyn Crispell, Dreamstruck (Not Two)
  7. Samuel Blaser, Early in the Mornin' (Out Note)
  8. This Is It!, 1538 (Libra)
  9. Dave Liebman-Tatsuya Nakatani-Adam Rudolph, The Unknowable (RareNoise)
  10. Ab Baars-Kaja Draksler-Joe Williamson, Fish Scale Sunrise: No Queen Rises (Relative Pitch)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Bobby Naughton-Leo Smith-Perry Robinson, The Haunt (NoBusiness)
  2. Beaver Harris-Don Pullen 360° Experience, A Well Kept Secret (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

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Willard Jenkins (The Independent Ear, WPFW "Jazz & Justice Radio" [Washington DC], JazzTimes, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  2. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  3. Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)
  4. Elio Villafranca, Cinque (ArtistShare)
  5. Joey Alexander, Eclipse (Motéma)
  6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  7. Tia Fuller, Diamond Cut (Mack Avenue)
  8. Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sonic Creed (Motéma)
  9. Chucho Valdés, Jazz Batá 2 (Mack Avenue)
  10. Allan Harris, The Genius of Eddie Jefferson (Resilience Music)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Randy Weston, Sound (African Rhythms)
  3. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)

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David Brent Johnson (Jazz Director and Night Lights host, WFIU [Bloomington, IN])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
  2. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  3. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  4. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  5. Renee Rosnes, Beloved of the Sky (Smoke Sessions)
  6. Todd Marcus, On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) (Stricker Street)
  7. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  8. Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)
  9. Charles Pillow Large Ensemble, Electric Miles (MAMA)
  10. Monika Herzig, Sheroes (Whaling City Sound)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
  2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Complete Recordings 1922-1925 (Rivermont)

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Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  3. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  4. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  5. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  6. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
  7. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
  8. Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, Time Like This (Intakt)
  9. Kris Davis & Craig Taborn, Octopus (Pyroclastic)
  10. Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
  2. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)
  3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

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Note: Thumbscrew vote was for Theirs,

T.R. Johnson (WWOZ 98.7 FM [New Orleans])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  2. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  3. Christian Sands, Facing Dragons (Mack Avenue)
  4. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Radiant Imprints (OFF)
  5. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  6. Kat Edmonson, Old Fashioned Gal (Spinnerette)
  7. Walter Wolfman Washington, My Future Is My Past (Anti-)
  8. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
  9. The Nels Cline 4, Currents Constellations (Blue Note)
  10. The Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band, Chinese Butterfly (Stretch/Concord)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Donald Byrd, Fancy Free (Blue Note -17)
  2. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Dexter Gordon, Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (Run Out Groove)

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Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Felipe Salles and Interconnections Ensemble, The Lullalby Project and Other Works for Large Ensemble (Tapestry)
  2. Rudy Royston, Flatbed Buggy (Greenleaf Music)
  3. Jim McNeely & The Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Barefoot Dances and Other Visions (Planet Arts)
  4. Kate McGarry, The Subject Tonight Is Love (Binxtown)
  5. Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Back to the Sunset (Dafnison)
  6. Henry Conerway III, With Pride for Dignity (self-released)
  7. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  8. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  9. Benjamin Boone & Philip Levine, The Poetry of Jazz (Origin)
  10. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Wes Montgomery, In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording (Resonance)
  3. Fred Hersch Trio, Heartsongs (Sunnyside)

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George Kanzler (Hot House, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside)
  2. Diane Moser, Birdsongs (Planet Arts)
  3. Neal Kirkwood, Blue Inventions (Present Eye)
  4. Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy La Tradición (Miel)
  5. Adrian Cunningham & Ken Peplowski, Duologue (Arbors Jazz)
  6. Dmitry Baevsky & Jeb Patton, We Two (Jazz & People)
  7. Miggy Augmented Orchestra, Colorful (ArtistShare)
  8. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Presence (Smoke Sessions)
  9. Aaron Goldberg, At the Edge of the World (Sunnyside)
  10. Michael Dease, Reaching Out (Posi-Tone)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
  3. Gordon Beck, Jubilation! Trios, Quartets and Septets in Session 1964-1984 (Turtle)

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Fred Kaplan (Slate)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  2. Fred Hersch Trio, Live in Europe (Palmetto)
  3. Ben Allison, Quiet Revolution (Sonic Camera)
  4. Dave Douglas Quintet, Brazen Heart: Live at Jazz Standard: Saturday (Greenleaf Music)
  5. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside)
  6. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  7. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints, Scandal (Greenleaf Music)
  8. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams, Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
  9. Mary Halvorson & Bill Frisell, The Maid With the Flaxen Hair (Tzadik)
  10. Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson, Temporary Kings (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Keith Jarrett, La Fenice (ECM)
  3. Erroll Garner, Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)

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Matthew Kassel (JazzTimes, DownBeat, New York Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  2. David Virelles, Igbó Alákorin (The Singer's Grove), Vol. I & II (Pi)
  3. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  4. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  6. Duduka Da Fonseca Trio, Plays Dom Salvador (Sunnyside)
  7. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  8. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
  9. Camille Thurman, Waiting for the Sunrise (Chesky)
  10. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
  2. Sonny Rollins, Way Out West [Deluxe Edition] (Craft)
  3. Alice Coltrane, Lord of Lords (Superior Viaduct)

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Yoshi Kato (DownBeat, San Francisco Chronicle)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  2. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  4. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  5. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  6. Shamie Royston, Beautiful Liar (Sunnyside)
  7. Walter Smith III, Twio (Whirlwind)
  8. Edward Simon, Sorrows & Triumphs (Sunnyside)
  9. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  10. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
  3. Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau, Long Ago and Far Away (Impulse!)

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Elzy Kolb (Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  2. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  3. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside)
  4. Allison Miller & Carmen Staaf, Science Fair (Sunnyside)
  5. Nicole Mitchell, Maroon Cloud (FPE)
  6. Shakers n' Bakers, Heart Love (Little i Music)
  7. Anteloper, Kudu (International Anthem)
  8. Josephine Davies' Satori, In the Corners of Clouds (Whirlwind)
  9. JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant)
  10. Meg Okura-Sam Newsome-Jean-Michel Pilc, NPO Trio Live at the Stone (Chant)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Woody Shaw, Live in Bremen 1983 (Elemental Music)
  3. Gary Burton, Take Another Look: A Career Retrospective (Mack Avenue)

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Stuart Kremsky (IAJRC, Mr. Stu's Record Room)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Andy Biskin, 16 Tons: Songs From the Alan Lomax Collection (Andorfin)
  2. Noah Preminger & Frank Carlberg, Whispers and Cries (Red Piano)
  3. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  4. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  5. Samuel Blaser, Early in the Mornin' (Out Note)
  6. The Nels Cline 4, Currents Constellations (Blue Note)
  7. Jamie Saft Quartet, Blue Dream (RareNoise)
  8. Fred Hersch Trio, Live in Europe (Palmetto)
  9. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints, Scandal (Greenleaf Music)
  10. Denny Zeitlin, Wishing on the Moon (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Frank Morgan/George Cables, Montreal Memories (High Note)
  2. Teddy Wilson, Classic Brunswick & Columbia Teddy Wilson Sessions 1934-42 (Mosaic)
  3. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Theirs.

David Kunian (Offbeat, DownBeat, 64 Parishes, New Orleans Jazz Museum)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dr. Michael White, Tricentennial Rag (Basin Street)
  2. Gregory Agid Quartet, Jamz (Bubble Bath)
  3. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  4. The Rempis/Daisy Duo & Guests, Dodecahedron (Aerophonic)
  5. Ceramic Dog [Marc Ribot], YRU Still Here? (Northern Spy)
  6. Mars Williams, Presents an Ayler Xmas: Volume 2 (Soul What)
  7. Terence Blanchard Featuring the E-Collective, Live (Blue Note)
  8. Dave McMurray, Music Is Life (Blue Note)
  9. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  10. Nicola Conte Presents Cosmic Forest: The Spiritual Sounds of MPS (MPS)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Time Sessions (Tompkins Square -17)
  3. Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, Sound (Delmark)

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