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Editor's Choice
Best of 2004
By
NILS JACOBSON,
Published: January 4, 2005
Nils Jacobson
Still scratching his head and wondering if it's realSelected picks representing the top recorded events in jazz and beyond for 2004....
Jazz
 Omar Sosa Mulatos (Ota) |  The Vandermark 5 Elements of Style... (Atavistic) |  Enrico Pieranunzi FelliniJazz (Cam Jazz) |
 Rabih Abou-Khalil Morton's Foot (Enja/Justin Time) |  Ted Sirota Breeding Resistance (Delmark) |  Tomasz Stanko Suspended Night (ECM) |
South Africa
 Shiyani Ngcobo Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo (World Music Network) |  Various Artists Tales of Urban S.A. (Sheer Sound) |  Abdullah Ibrahim Trio Cape Town Revisited (rec. 1997) (Enja/Justin Time) |
Africa (Other)
 Jean-Jacques Avenel Waraba (Songlines) |  Youssou N'Dour Egypt (Nonesuch) |  Habib Koité & Bamada Foly! Live Around The World (World Village) |
Misc.
 Isaiah Owens You Without Sin Cast The First Stone (CaseQuarter) |  Skalpel Skalpel (Ninja Tune) |  Ned Sublette Cuba and its Music (Chicago Review Press) |
