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Dave Sumner's Best Releases/Downloads of 2011

By Dave Sumner
December 25, 2011
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It's never easy compiling best of lists, but here are twelve albums for which my enthusiasm hasn't ebbed during the course of the year. A free download is available for each of them, except for the Avital (which I'm in the process of obtaining) and the Haarla (which I'll never get). Enjoy!

Tunnel Six Lake Superior Origin/OA2	Kekko Fornarelli Room of Mirrors Auand	Paul Lieberman Ibeji Self Produced
Steven Lugerner Narratives Armored Records	Joe Locke VIA Origin/OA2	Rafal Sarnecki The Madman Rambles Again Fresh Sound New Talent
Susana Santos Silva Devil's Dress Toap Records	Omer Avital Free Forever Smalls Records	Iro Haarla Vespers ECM
Jean Lapouge Temporare Musea	Will Collier Those Who Wait F-ire	Jacob Karlzon The Big Picture Challenge Records

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