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I'm sorry to hear this. RIP. I picked up a few of his albums in the late '70s and early '80s in part because not many others whom I could find in the record stores were making albums like his. And it was great to hear his sense of humor. Anybody else remember Waiting for Waits?

The draft has begun. BC obtained the first pick from Calgary, and chose Williams from East Carolina. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/30/bc-trades-first-overall-take-jordan-williams/ https://www.tsn.ca/b-c-lions-select-east-carolina-lb-jordan-williams-first-overall-in-cfl-draft-1.1471718 ***** Last team analysis Montreal https://3downnation.com/2020/04/30/2020-cfl-draft-examination-montreal-alouettes/ ***** Draft tracker https://3downnation.com/2020/04/30/2020-cfl-draft-live/ https://www.cfl.ca/live/2020/04/28/cfl-draft-live/ https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/ ***** Commentary https://3downnation.com/2020/04/30/grading-every-pick-in-the-2020-cfl-draft/

I read a different take on the TP shortage the other day. The author said that there are two markets: commercial and residential. Because so many people are staying home, they are buying and using much more residential TP than usual.

Dave, I see that that is on the RockBeat label. Do they do good work?

Team analyses Calgary https://3downnation.com/2020/04/28/2020-cfl-draft-examination-calgary-stampeders/ Toronto https://3downnation.com/2020/04/29/2020-cfl-draft-examination-toronto-argonauts/ BC https://3downnation.com/2020/04/29/2020-cfl-draft-examination-b-c-lions/ ***** Draft previews https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/28/previewing-a-deep-2020-cfl-draft/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/28/5-takeaways-forde-ferguson-talk-2020-cfl-draft/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/29/taking-stock-national-inventory-cfl-teams-heading-draft/ ***** You can follow the draft tomorrow on the league's website cfl.ca "draft tracker" starting at 8:00 pm eastern. You can watch the draft on cfl.ca starting at 10:00 pm. The first two hours will be televised on TSN. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/28/watch-2020-cfl-draft-broadcast-info/

The draft will be held Thursday, the 30th. Team analyses Hamilton https://3downnation.com/2020/04/27/2020-cfl-draft-examination-hamilton-tiger-cats/ Winnipeg https://3downnation.com/2020/04/27/2020-cfl-draft-examination-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ Edmonton https://3downnation.com/2020/04/27/2020-cfl-draft-examination-edmonton-eskimos/ Ottawa https://3downnation.com/2020/04/28/2020-cfl-draft-examination-ottawa-redblacks/ Sask https://3downnation.com/2020/04/28/2020-cfl-draft-examination-saskatchewan-roughriders/ ***** The league has asked the federal government for money. There is concern the league will not survive if no games are played this year. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-financial-assistance-federal-government-1.5548638 https://3downnation.com/2020/04/28/cfl-asks-federal-government-for-up-to-150-million-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/ ***** A look back at... the 2012 draft https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/28/12-draft-successful-recent-memory/ the 2015 draft https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/22/shuffling-deck-2015-re-draft/ the 2019 draft https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/23/shuffling-deck-2019-re-draft/ the history of the draft https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/25/8-historical-notes-need-know-draft/ the first round picks of the past five years https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/27/draft-rewind-five-years-first-rounders/ trades of this year's picks https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/28/summary-draft-day-altering-trades/ ***** Calgary has extended its ban on public events until Aug. 31. https://3downnation.com/2020/04/24/calgary-extends-ban-on-public-events-until-august-31-mayor-naheed-nenshi/ ***** Edmonton laid off some of its people. https://3downnation.com/2020/04/27/eskimos-lay-off-equipment-medical-staff-amid-covid-19-pandemic-report/

Thanks, Michael!

OK, Matthew! I will see your Endless Summer, and raise with this.

FWIW, I have four favorite surf guitar albums. Surfing Sixties https://www.allmusic.com/album/baby-boomer-classics-surfin-sixties-mw0000624419 Legends of Guitar: Surf https://www.allmusic.com/album/guitar-player-presents-legends-of-guitar-surf-vol-1-mw0000674407 King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale https://www.allmusic.com/album/king-of-the-surf-guitar-the-best-of-dick-dale-mw0000653998 Surfin' Hits https://www.allmusic.com/album/surfin-hits-mw0000653959 And two of my favorite tracks...

Matthew, that was my album last year! Sundazed is another good label, isn't it? John, thanks for the affirmation of Ace. For whatever reason, I have always linked them in my mind with Charly.

I enjoy opening up a surf guitar album every May. The Ace label has some. They do good work, don't they?

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The Suspended Harp of Babel features revelatory performances of the choral music of Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962). Kreek’s pieces, incorporating graceful settings of psalms and folk hymns, are juxtaposed here with instrumental fantasias and interludes created for this recording by Marco Ambrosini. Under the direction of Jaan-Eik Tulve, the Vox Clamantis choir - whose previous ECM recordings have addressed works of Arvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Helena Tulve as well as Gregorian chant- prove to be ideal interpreters of a music poised between old and new. The Suspended Harp of Babel was recorded in Tallinn’s Transfiguration Church in August 2018. © *2018 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

I'm going to think about which Monk recording. But this is my favorite composition.

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MARK ROGERS "70 Days" Impacting: April 21 2020 Format(s): Americana, Jazz, Non-Commercial, NPR What is “Seventy Days”? It’s the length of summer. Or, it’s the amount of time the president knew of the Coronavirus Pandemic before taking action. Seventy Days. Enough time to fall in love. Enough time to gather your resources and make a plan. Mark Rogers is a Virginia-based singer-songwriter with unique pop sensibilities. His love for Bossa can sometimes take him into jazz territory but always rooted in the tradition of literary Americana songwriting. https://markrogerssongs.com/

Artist Title Time Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 01 SPORES 04:54 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 02 BEES ARE WALKING 06:04 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 03 HAZMAT WILL TRAVEL 03:55 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 04 Conversions With Kit 03:50 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 05 NACHO JONES 05:03 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 06 SEQUESTERED 04:17 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 07 SCRUPULOSITY 04:19 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 08 ERASER FOOT 04:18 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 09 QUARANTINI 03:35 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino 10 WHAT NEXT 04:21 Mick Rossi & Johnnie Valentino "FALLOUT" Impacting: May 1 2020 Format(s): College, Jazz, Non-Commercial, NPR MICK ROSSI (keyboards, percussion, composer) Rossi’s career has long been defined by the inability to comfortably define him or his work. Performing diverse and progressive work rooted in the New York Downtown scene, he has performed in every major concert hall and arena in the world, including New York City’s MoMA, The Stone, the Knitting Factory, Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, and as faculty member at The New School. He is a longtime member of the Philip Glass Ensemble as well as pianist and percussionist in Paul Simon’s band. He has appeared on eleven recordings with Philip Glass and eight with Paul Simon. Rossi has also conducted for Mr. Glass, including Book of Longing with Leonard Cohen and Dracula with the Kronos Quartet. He has worked with Dave Douglas, Renée Fleming, Eric Friedlander, Steve Reich, Carly Simon, Wadada Leo Smith, Sting, Foday Suso and Robert Wilson, among others. His newest recordings Live At Barbés, Drive, 160, and Cut The Red Wire are available. Johnnie Valentino is an American composer /guitarist and sound designer originally from Philadelphia who now lives in Los Angeles. He is known for his forward leaning approach to guitar that is as unique as it is colorful. His compositions are filled with soulful blends of driving grooves, gritty Americana, surging beats and sophisticated jazz harmonies. He has work on films such as Dirty Dancing, Entrapment, Wonder Boys, In Too Deep & Hurricane… plus, hundreds of children’s tv shows & commercials for Fox Family, Disney, Mattel, NBC, ABC, CBS etc… while still keeping a vigorous recording career with 10 solo recordings & dozens of sideman recordings including R&B hits: Eugene Wilde - Gotta Get You Home Tonight & Foxy Brown- Gotta Get You Home …He has collaborated & worked with Pat Martino, Alex Acuna, Alan Pasqua, Kermit Driscoll, Billy Drewes, Mick Rossi, Vinny Golia, Bob Sheppard, Wadada Leo Smith, Michael Pedicin, Erik Friedlander, Mike Sarin, Bennie Maupin, Gerry Hemingway, Oscar Brashear, Luis Conte, Alphonso Johnson, Russ Johnson, and Clayton Cameron. CONTACT: Johnnie Valentino johnnie@johnnievalentino.com Mick Rossi mick@mickrossi.com Attachments Mick_PaulS.. Jazz Baker.. FALLOUT - .. Back Cover

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Marcin Wasilewski Trio Recruits Tenor Saxophonist Joe Lovano for Arctic Riff, Available June 26 via ECM Listen Now to "Vashkar" from Arctic Riff The first-time creative teaming of Poland’s Marcin Wasilewski Trio and US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced. The alliance plays tunes by Wasilewski and by Lovano, as well as Carla Bley’s classic “Vashkar,” plus collective improvisations with strong input from all four players. Produced by Manfred Eicher, Arctic Riff was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the south of France in August 2019. The album opens with Wasilewski’s rubato ballad “Glimmer of Hope” which, the composer explains, is “based mainly on one motive moving through some tonalities. I was very curious to hear how it would sound with Joe’s tone.” The piano gently prepares for the saxophone’s entry, and Lovano’s very first phrase – underpinned by Michal Miskiewicz’s soulful brushwork – establishes the sensitive atmosphere of intense listening that characterizes the session. Carla Bley’s “Vashkar” follows, a tune interpreted in many different ways over the last half-century. Wasilewski, who first heard it on the album Footloose by the Paul Bley Trio with Steve Swallow and Pete LaRoca, finds new possibilities inside the world that Carla Bley's theme opens up: “I really like Carla’s compositions, and I wanted to play 'Vashkar'’s beautiful melody with Joe.” Lovano bears down authoritatively on that melody before the Polish trio unravel some of its implications. The tenorist had performed Carla Bley’s music as a member of her band in 1983 and, in 1986, with Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, but the present recording marks a first encounter as player with “Vashkar.” “Cadenza” is the first, and at nine minutes the longest, of the collective pieces shaped in the moment on Arctic Riff. “On each of our recordings we’ve tried to explore musical areas that we haven’t documented before. There was no preconceived plan at all for the improvised pieces, but just as we were concluding a musical statement together on ‘Cadenza,’ I had the feeling that it might be good to take it a little further. In that second, I heard Manfred saying through the headphones, ‘Marcin, please continue.’ That was a special moment, and helped to make the whole thing, spontaneously, a better piece of art.” Wasilewski’s elegant ballad “Fading Sorrow” finds ways to keep the music fresh inside the song format. Slawomir Kurkiewicz’s bass feature here, soloing against Wasilewski's subtle chording and discreet drums, is a highlight. Kurkiewicz is also to the fore in the free piece “Arco” which, as its title implies, takes off from his bowed bass entry. “Free improvisation is a very rewarding experience based on mutual trust and openness,” says Kurkiewicz. “As a working trio we’ve played freely many times and It was so touching to see Joe jumping right in there with such directness and clarity. It is great to hear his voice in such a context.” Lovano’s strengths as a player include his enthusiastic capacity to embrace all the things that jazz has been, including its traditional, modern and experimental expressions. Lovano's sly, jaunty tenor sets up “Stray Cat Walk,” soon joined on its nocturnal prowl by Kurkiewicz's bass and Miskiewicz’s drums. Miskiewicz: “The beauty of Joe’s melodies and his amazing rhythmical flow encourage you as a musician to be more creative and spontaneous.” “L’amour fou” is a piece Wasilewski wrote to showcase Lovano’s skills in a fast tempo context; the working title was “Crazy for Lovo.” The tune’s author has a bright sparkling solo here, too, after which Lovano takes flight, buoyed by the spirited rhythm section, and Miskiewicz also has a brief, adroit solo. “A Glimpse” is a kaleidoscopic free miniature of shifting focus, highly alert throughout. Miskiewicz: “From my point of view it's necessary to be deeply concentrated on each single note, and to predict somehow what may happen in the next second, few seconds or sometimes imagine the whole sequence.” A second version of “Vashkar” grants more of the solo space to Lovano. Lovano: “’Vashkar’ is a beautiful, expressive piece of music. Each of the two versions has its own feeling, structure and exploration. I’m glad Manfred decided to include both takes. Carla’s music is inspired and inspiring – and I would say the same for the music we created on Arctic Riff.” Lovano wrote “On the Other Side” for the session, “as a contrast to Marcin’s compositions.” It’s a swinging free flowing piece with a specific sequence of events to be followed: “The drums set up the theme which is a question-and-answer exchange between the tenor and drums and the piano trio. A piano and drums duo follows, then adding bass into a trio moment without piano. Piano then re-enters, leading to the final theme with embellishments. The outcome was just what I was hoping for. “ And, finally, there is Wasilewski's “Old Hat,” a moving ballad in classic jazz style, with tender solos from both Wasilewski and Lovano, its title referencing both the nostalgic flair of the piece and Joe’s penchant for vintage headgear. * * * The Wasilewski Trio’s members have been playing together since high school days in Koszalin, Poland; the present line-up was established in 1993. Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz first recorded for ECM as members of Tomasz Stanko’s quartet on the album Soul of Things in 2001, soon followed by Suspended Night and Lontano. Previous ECM albums in trio format are Trio (2004), January (2007), Faithful(2011), and Live (recorded 2016, released in 2018). For Spark of Life (2014), the trio was joined by Swedish saxophonist Joakim Milder. Wasilewski, Kurkiewicz and Miskiewicz also appear on Norwegian guitarist Jacob Young’s album Forever Young (2013). Joe Lovano made his ECM debut in 1981 with Paul Motian’s Psalm. Further recordings with the Motian/Lovano/Frisell are It Should have Happened A Long Time Ago, I Have The Room Above Her, and Time And Time Again. Lovano has also recorded for ECM with John Abercrombie (Open Land, Within A Song), Marc Johnson (Shades of Jade, Swept Away), and Steve Kuhn (Mostly Coltrane). 2019 saw the release of two critically-acclaimed recordings with Lovano – Trio Tapestry, introducing Joe’s trio with Marilyn Crispell and Carmen Castaldi, and Roma, a live album with Enrico Rava, Giovanni Guidi, Dezron Douglas and Gerald Cleaver. Marcin Wasilewski Trio feat. Joe Lovano · Arctic Riff ECM · Release Date: June 26, 2020 For more information on Marcin Wasilewski, please visit: MarcinWasilewskiTrio.com | Facebook ‌ ‌ ‌ # # #

RIP Lee Konitz! This was one of my first jazz albums. I still think of it fondly.

Brian Andres Debuts New Trio Latino Project On "Mayan Suite," Set for May 15 Release by Bacalao Records Bay Area Drummer Recalibrates Approach to Latin Jazz Tradition with Five Covers, Five Original Compositions By Pianist Christian Tumalan & Bassist Aaron Germain April 15, 2020 Drummer Brian Andres unleashes an electrifying new project with the May 15 release of Mayan Suite, the inaugural recording of his Trio Latino, on Bacalao Records. Though it finds Andres stepping back from his longtime leadership of the eight-piece Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, the new trio (featuring pianist Christian Tumalan and bassist Aaron Germain) shows itself to be every bit as musically rich as the larger ensemble. What's more, the album's striking originals and zesty interpretations find the band equaling that richness with audacity. Indeed, Andres created the trio in the hope of finding just such an emboldened style. With fewer voices, he says, "There's much more space to explore, for creative expression, and with that freedom there's greater responsibilities for all three of us." In fact, Tumalan and Germain fulfill both their freedom and their responsibility in supplying all of Mayan Suite's original compositions. The pianist brings three -- including the title track, a five-part series of hard-grooving miniatures that packs fully realized statements as well as satisfying improvisations into a remarkable seven-and-a-half-minute journey. Yet Tumalan shows no less ambition in the adrenaline rush of "Viento Solar" or the wistful tenderness of "Si Tu Vez." Germain, meanwhile, presents dazzling, dancing Latin syncopation on "Escucha" and a light-stepping aura of mystery on "Higashi Nakano." L. to r.: Aaron Germain, Brian Andres, Christian Tumalan. That is not, however, to understate the merit of the musicians' playing. Andres, Tumalan, and Germain balance their considerable chops with invention and eloquence, whether on the thrilling originals or the fiery renditions of Chick Corea's "Got a Match?" and the standard "On Green Dolphin Street." It's not happenstance that all three are rhythm players: Trio Latino's prowess on Mayan Suite, collectively and as soloists, comes in the service of irresistibly kinetic grooves drawn from the Afro-Latin jazz canon. "Whether it's bomba or mambo, whether there's a hand drummer or not, those rhythms are represented," Andres says. "Aaron and Christian are steeped in those traditions. One of the things about this trio, I wanted us individually to have a voice of our own." Of that, Mayan Suite leaves no doubt. Brian Andres was born Nov. 7, 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio to musical parents: His father played woodwinds, his mother piano and vocals. The younger Andres naturally followed their example, taking up the drums at the age of nine. He continued through high school and into the College-Conservatory of Music before beginning his most intensive education, playing the blues with Cincinnati Slim and the Headhunters. It was the first of many gigs, in many styles. Yet it was while hearing someone else's band -- a salsa band -- that Andres's life was changed. The neck- and shoulder-twisting polyrhythms took him over completely; he immediately formed his own Latin jazz outfit and began consuming the grooves wherever and whenever he could. He was particularly drawn to the concentration of musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of whom, Paul van Wageningen, was so friendly and inspiring that Andres soon made the move to Northern California himself. It was there that Andres found his groove, so to speak. He jelled with Latin musicians of all stripes, found work in multiple projects, and fronted his own Afro-Latin Jazz Cartel -- with whom he recorded his first album, Drummers Speak, in 2007. He has continued at the head of the octet for over a decade: they have received critical acclaim, recorded two more albums (San Francisco, 2013; This Could Be That, 2016), and worked with the cream of the crop of Latin jazz talent in the Bay Area. The Cartel's rhythm section -- the nerve center of the band -- comprises Andres's Trio Latino. The smaller ensemble has taken on a life of its own, one which Andres has now documented with the recording of Mayan Suite. "Covid-19 and the resulting Shelter in Place order has made life very difficult for everyone," says Andres. "Many musicians, myself included, feel a profound sadness during this time, because we are deprived of our most cherished activity -- performing for an audience. Thankfully we can still connect with our instrument alone, in study and practice, which keeps the spirits up, but there is no substitute for performing. Because of this, Trio Latino is looking to do a live online performance sometime soon. We are working out the details now to be able to provide the best presentation possible." Photography: Ben Torres (trio), Javier Cabanillas (Andres) Brian Andres Trio Latino: Viento Solar Web Site: brianandres.com

Winnipeg and BC are cutting their staff's pay. https://3downnation.com/2020/04/16/bombers-cut-payroll-wade-miller-kyle-walters-mike-oshea-included/ https://3downnation.com/2020/04/17/b-c-lions-implement-salary-rollbacks-for-majority-of-team-staff/ https://www.tsn.ca/bc-lions-implement-staff-salary-rollback-1.1467525 ***** Here's something for the kids: Build your own Speedy Banks doll! https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/16/build-brandon-banks-ticats-paper-craft-activity/ ***** Here's a look back at the 2005 draft. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/16/shuffling-deck-2005-cfl-re-draft/ ***** Here's a brief interview with Doug Flutie. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/doug-flutie-randy-ambrosie-coronavirus-pandemic-1.5534944 ***** Diontae Spencer has signed with Denver. https://3downnation.com/2020/04/14/former-cfl-playmaker-diontae-spencer-signs-tender-with-denver-broncos/

Jean-Louis Matinier accordion Kevin Seddiki guitar                                       Accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier has long been a creative presence on ECM recordings, heard on albums of Anouar Brahem, Louis Sclavis and François Couturier, as well as in duo with Marco Ambrosini. Now comes the first documentation of a new endeavour, with guitarist Kevin Seddiki, whose far-reaching musical imagination matches Matinier’s own. Sedikki, who makes his ECM debut here, studied classical guitar with Pablo Márquez and has also worked with many improvisers across the idioms, from jazz to transcultural projects. The range of music addressed on Rivages runs from the traditional “Greensleeves” to Gabriel Fauré’s “Les Berceaux” to compositions and improvisations by both of the protagonists. [ PREORDER ] Avishai Cohen trumpet, effects, synthesizer Uzi Ramirez guitar Yonatan Albalak guitar, bass Aviv Cohen drums Ziv Ravitz drums, live sampling “We’re all coming from jazz, but some of us left it earlier”, Avishai says, summing up the stylistic reach of his cohorts. “Everyone’s bringing in their backgrounds, and that becomes part of the sound of the band.” Textures from electronica, ambient music and psychedelia are part of the blend, so too grooves and beats from rock, pop, trip-hop and more. A wide-open approach is also integral to the Vicious vision. [ BUY ] Wolfgang Muthspiel guitar Scott Colley double bass Brian Blade drums                                            Wolfgang Muthspiel, whom The New Yorker has called “a shining light” among today’s jazz guitarists, returns to the trio format with Angular Blues, the Austrian’s fourth ECM album as a leader, following two acclaimed quintet releases and his trio debut. Like Driftwood – the 2014 trio disc that JazzTimes dubbed “cinematic” and “haunting” – Angular Blues finds Muthspiel paired with longtime collaborator Brian Blade on drums; but instead of Larry Grenadier on bass, it’s Scott Colley, whose especially earthy sound helps give this trio its own dynamic. Muthspiel alternates between acoustic and electric guitar and, along with his characteristically melodic originals – including such highlights as the bucolic “Hüttengriffe” and pensive “Camino” – he essays the first standards of his ECM tenure (“Everything I Love” and “I’ll Remember April”), as well as his first-ever bebop rhythm-changes tune on record (“Ride”). Angular Blues also features a single guitar-only track, “Solo Kanon in 5/4,” with Muthspiel’s electronic delay imbuing the baroque-like rounds with a hypnotic glow. [ BUY ] Carla Bley piano Andy Sheppard tenor & soprano saxophones Steve Swallow bass                                                “Musical mastery of a rare order” is how The Telegraph recently described the unique, collective sound of Carla Bley’s long-standing trio. This striking album of three suites of new music begins with a stoical blues, at first melancholic then hopeful. The second piece is full of plenty of Bley’s dark wit, and the third explores the notion of call-and-response. Throughout, Carla’s distinctive piano is beautifully framed by Swallow’s eloquent, elegant bass guitar and Sheppard’s yearning saxes. [ BUY ] Oded Tzur tenor saxophone Nitai Hershkovits piano Petros Klampanis double bass Johnathan Blake drums                                                This is the ECM debut of New York based, Tel Aviv born saxophonist Oded Tzur, a strikingly original player and musical storyteller. His graceful and fluid tenor sax sound has been influenced by studies with bansuri master Hariprasad Chaurasia, and the concept of raga is subtly embedded in his elegant compositions, played with verve and imagination by his outstanding Israeli-Greek-American jazz group. [ BUY ] © *2020 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

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