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| | <span style="font-size:82%;">You have found the secret cauldron where the next season's issue of jes' grew gets stirred up & out into cupcake molds. Sometimes there is (the) resistance. </span> | | <span style="font-size:82%;">You have found the secret cauldron where the next season's issue of jes' grew gets stirred up & out into cupcake molds. Sometimes there is (the) resistance. </span> |
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| − | Maria Schneider's '''''[https://www.mariaschneider.com/home/albuminfo?id=1083 Data Lords]''''' falls into that category.
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| − | <blockquote style="padding:8px;border:3px solid #7AA;border-radius:6px;">Whereas Wagner once said “don’t look at the trombones, it only encourages them", I had the sense that Maria Schneider must keep looking at the trombones a lot. And they certainly deliver here.<ref>Sebastien Scotney (24 July 2020), "[https://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-maria-schneider-orchestra-%E2%80%93-data-lords Album: Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords]", ''The Arts Desk''.</ref></blockquote>
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| − | ;Bob Moses, ''When Elephants Dream of Music'', 1983.
| + | <html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_rZIktJy8s</html5media> |
| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fYMiU7OAEU</html5media>
| + | :Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud, bass oud) ; Ricardo Ribeiro (chant) ; Gavino Murgia (saxophone soprano, voix) ; Jarrod Cagwin (batterie et percussions) ; Luciano Biondini (accordéon) ; Kudsi Ergüner (ney) |
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| − | ;Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, "Ethio", 2011.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMyyxYqbLsQ</html5media>
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| − | ::with Michael Leonhardt (trumpet, mellophone, cornet, vibraphone).
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| − | ;Steve Turre, "Morning" (Yusef Lateef), 1995. | + | ;Anadol |
| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGVoVmw1Z9k</html5media>
| + | <html><iframe style="border: 0; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=762300559/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=4ec5ec/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="https://anadol.bandcamp.com/album/felicita">Felicita by Anadol</a></iframe></html><p></p> |
| − | ::Bouncy shells & low brass. | + | <html><iframe style="border: 0; width: 400px; height: 373px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1613331052/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=f171a2/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="https://anadol.bandcamp.com/album/uzun-havalar">Uzun Havalar</a></iframe></html> |
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| − | ;Béla Fleck & Edmar Castañeda, Live at <span style="color:#E0A;">Big Ears</span> Festival, 2019. | + | ;Nyssa Musique, ''Comme au Moulin'', 1985. |
| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOKmRf5QnU</html5media>
| + | < html>< iframe style=" border: 0; width: 400px; height: 406px;" src="https:// bandcamp.com/ EmbeddedPlayer/album= 2721573155/ size= large/ bgcol= ffffff/ linkcol= 0687f5/ artwork= small/ transparent= true/" seamless><a href="https:// nyssamusique. bandcamp.com/album/ comme- au- moulin- 2"> Comme Au Moulin by Nyssa Musique</ a></ iframe></html> |
| − | ::A banjo and a harp. No trombones, promise. <span style="size:80%;">"Jaco" wins. :)</span>
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| − | ==More memorable titles==
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| − | [[File:Mosquito_coast.jpg|thumb|right|Mosquito Coast]]
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| − | ;The Sorcerers, ''In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God'', 2020.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVIg9LY6-AA</html5media>
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| − | A well-spent hour at ''Banzzaï'' (France Musique) led me to this memorable title,<ref>Nathalie Piolé, Fabien Fleurat & Emmanuelle Lacaze (25 Jun 2020), [https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/banzzai/les-ombres-amies-kate-stables-fantasy-orchestra-erroll-garner-chip-wickham-and-more-84806 Les ombres amis], Banzzaï, ''France Musique''. </ref> which is apparently the soundtrack to a documentary about the (re)discovery of ancient ruins in Mosquitia.<ref>Douglas Preston, Dave Yoder (2 March 2015), [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/03/150302-honduras-lost-city-monkey-god-maya-ancient-archaeology/ Lost City Discovered in the Honduran Rain Forest], ''National Geographic''.</ref>
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| − | With unexpected citations and funny deformations throughout—[https://youtu.be/bVIg9LY6-AA?t=354s wait! what are you doing to Antônio & Luiz in the trunk, there ?!]—this made for a doubly smooth tour. ([https://sorcerers.bandcamp.com/album/in-search-of-the-lost-city-of-the-monkey-god @ bandcamp])
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| − | ;Sons of Kemet, '''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Queen_Is_a_Reptile Your Queen is a Reptile]''''', 2018.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S00QHjIhDfk</html5media>
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| − | :Shabaka Hutchings (tenor sax) Theon Cross (tuba), Joshua Idehen (poetry), five drummers. Congo Natty (jongleur)
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| − | ;Arve Henriksen, "Patient Zero", 2017.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSRKgBDxMok</html5media>
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| − | :from a CD called ''Towards Language'' which gets thumbs up from the maskèd many (§). The bamboo sound of his mouthpiece-less trumpet<ref>John Lewis (1 June 2017), [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/01/arve-henriksen-towards-language-review-pushing-the-trumpets-sonic-capacities Arve Henriksen: Towards Language review – pushing the trumpet's sonic capacities], ''The Guardian''</ref> led me back to Steve Turre in Vienne in 1997 and the <span style="font-size:80%;">(very different)</span> sound of some [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJbdWn7ltDg sanctified shells].
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| − | ;:Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, "Hagar's Lullaby", "Prayer", "Sand Rhythm", NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, 2016. | |
| − | ::<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKqnfdBfaEw</html5media>
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| − | ==Menagerie==
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| − | ;Artemis, "The Sidewinder", ''Artemis'', 2020. | |
| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJK23qV1RYY</html5media>
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| − | ::Both the Rolling Stone reporter covering the festival in 2018<ref>Hank Shteamer (6 August 2018), [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/newport-jazz-festival-2018-best-george-clinton-laurie-anderson-706824/ Newport Jazz Festival 2018: 14 Best Things We Saw], ''Rolling Stone''</ref> and the president of Blue Note took note.<ref>Alex Dutilh, Fabien Fleurat, Emmanuelle Lacaze (11 September 2020), [https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/open-jazz/artemis-sept-deesses-chez-blue-note-86602 Artemis, sept déesses chez Blue Note], Open Jazz, ''France Musique''</ref> This is the last song on an album, and not only cuts Lee Morgan & Joe Henderson's famous piece ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJK23qV1RYY §]) in half, but slows it down and reworks it into what ''Sketches of Spain'' might have sounded like with a bass clarinet and a sax fused into the mix: a slitherin' pit of sidewinders getting on with a sunny day.
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| − | ;Tomoko Omura, "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachi-kachi_Yama Revenge of the Rabbit]," ''Branches, v.1'', 2020.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjRSNWzgIXs</html5media>
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| − | ::Tomoku Omura (violin), Glenn Zaleski (piano), Jeff Miles (guitar), Pablo Menares (bass), Jay Sawyer (drums).<ref>[https://jazztimes.com/audio-video/premieres/jt-video-premiere-the-revenge-of-the-rabbit-by-tomoko-omura/ JT Video Premiere: “The Revenge of the Rabbit” by Tomoko Omura], 4 September 2020, ''Jazz Times''</ref>
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| − | ;Eliane Elias, "A Ra (The Frog)", 2009.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV-_p-NPUpA</html5media>
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| − | ::Eliane Elias (piano + vocals), Marc Johnson (bass), Rubens de La Corte (guitar), Rafael Barata (drums)
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| − | ;Michael Leonhart & Avaramina 7, "Theme for a Jaguar Shark", ''The Seahorse & the Storyteller'', 2010.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfFOP3GvKm4</html5media>
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| − | ::19 [https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Leonhart-And-The-Avramina-7-Seahorse-And-The-Storyteller/master/320926 credited] & most creditable musicians. :) There is a Steely Dan/War (-ish) feel to at least one song ("[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1SPr-JP5gM Dreams of an Aquarian]") on the non-instrumental version of the album.
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| − | ;Camille Bertault, "A quoi bon", ''Le Tigre'', 2020.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYpAY0xexU</html5media>
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| − | ::Camille Bertault (vocals), Jacky Terrasson (piano), Christophe Minck (D. Bass), Donald Kontomanou (drums), Minino Garaï (perc.), Stéphane Guillaume (winds), Michael Leonhart (producer, brass & perc.); "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym6YG99TYec Tous ego]" is a fun reminder that the tiger is the boss of its carosse, even in ''"Le Tube"''.
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| − | ;Rabih Abou-Khalil, 1) "Maltese Chicken Farm", ''The Cactus of Knowledge'', 2001. . . . 2) "Is there wine?", ''The Flood and the Fate of the Fish'', 2019.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dMf5u_f7hM</html5media> . . . <html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo3YtsRfc2k</html5media>
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| − | ::1) Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Eddie Allen & Dave Ballou - (trumpet), Gabriele Mirabassi (clarinet), Antonio Hart (alto saxophone), Ellery Eskelin (tenor saxophone), Tom Varner (French horn), Dave Bargeron (euphonium), Michel Godard (tuba), Vincent Courtois (cello), Jarrod Cagwin (drums), Nabil Khaiat (frame drum)
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| − | ::2) Rabih Abou-Khalil (composer, oud), Kudsi Ergüner (ney), Jarrod Cagwin (percussion), Eri Takeya (violin), Gavion Murgia (''[https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantu_a_tenore cantu a tenòre]'', launeddas), Luciano Biondini (accordion)
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| − | ==Under Cover==
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| − | ;Lonnie Smith (2009), "As the World Weeps", ''<span style="color:#800;">Rise Up!</span>''
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| − | ::<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMBGC4oirSs</html5media>
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| − | ::Lonnie Smith's original studio version finishes with a choir reminiscent of Donald Byrd, ''A New Perspective'', but over the voices, there's a rebellious saxophone.
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| − | ;Anat Cohen Quartet & Paquito D'Rivera, "As the World Weeps", ''Claroscuro''
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| − | ::<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6V030_WP78</html5media>
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| − | ::Anat Cohen & Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet), Jason Lindner (piano), Joe Martin (bass), Daniel Freedman (drums), Sixth & I, Washington DC, 2011.
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| − | ::It's arguably a bit closer to the original than the Artemis cover of "The Sidewinder" above, but it <u>un</u>arguably <s style="color:#777;">brings down the house</s> <u>makes the crowd <span style="color:#800;">rise up</span></u>! <span style="font-size:75%;">''Quod erat factum.''</span> The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Hf88I-QaM album version] also features a trombone -- <span style="color:#777;font-size:75%;">(what else?)</span> -- making occasional sounds.
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| − | ==In Memoriam==
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| − | ;Ryo Kawasaki, ''<span style="color:#F70;">Juice</span>'', 1976.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYgvrvL4k8</html5media>
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| − | :<span style="color:#FC2;">as described on the label</span>
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| − | ;Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) <span style="color:#677;">Concierto de</span> <span style="color:#F70;">Aranjuez</span>
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svHsTRRwKg0</html5media> <html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xvSRWpnyw</html5media> <html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSS5p9BdNGU</html5media>
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| − | :Ryo Kawasaki (1947-2020), 1981. (<span style="color:#063;font-weight:bold;">guitar</span>) Dorothy Ashby (1932-1986), 1984. (<span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">harp</span>) Miles Davis (1926-1991), 1960. (<span style="color:#306;font-weight:bold;">trumpet</span>)
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| − | ==!jazz==
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| − | ===Ox on the Roof===
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| − | ;Darius Milhaud, ''Le bœuf sur le toit'', 1920.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv9ii_uc2Rc</html5media>
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| − | ===Sea-sounds===
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| − | ;Dominique Guiot – ''L'Univers De La Mer'', 1978.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKvMLu0oTkU</html5media>
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| − | :most excellent prog food :)
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| − | ===Some bob-foolery===
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| − | overheard at the 2020 Wikiwiki BotSlam gala,<ref><sup>Le</sup>v!v<sup>ich</sup> (4 Aug 2020), "[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AInedibleHulk&type=revision&diff=971198511&oldid=971194849#2020_WikiSlam_Bot_Bracket well that didn't go as planned], 2020 WikiSlam Bot Bracket, ''InedibleHulk's TP''.</ref> from ''Easy Rider'' (1969) ([[It's Alright Ma, I'm only bleeding|lyrics]])
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| − | ;Roger McGuinn, "It's Alright Ma, I'm only bleeding" (Bob Dylan), 1969.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ1icOc8N5M</html5media>
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| − | :Cf. Shirley Jackson, "[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery The Lottery]" (1948) & then "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-po_FUmvM Rainy Day Women #12 and #35]", 1966.
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| − | ==What could possibly go wrong?==
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| − | ;Mary Halvorson / Bill Frisell – ''The Maid With The Flaxen Hair: A Tribute to Johnny Smith'', 2018.
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| − | :<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqhn1wL4woQ</html5media>
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| − | :I'm one of those people who had never listened to Mary Halvorson until someone who shall remain nameless got me looking into prolific women in jazz. I've included the subtitle, so the title doesn't mislead you into thinking this CD is ''all'' about Debussy. In fact, it is a tribute to a guitarist who once taught Bill Frisell "old fuddy duddy corny schmaltzy stuff". Frisell has since recanted this view and has dedicated songs and now, along with Mary Halvorson, an album to him. Described as a case study in "the bankruptcy of modern jazz guitar",<ref>Martin Schray (28 January 2019), [https://www.freejazzblog.org/2019/01/mary-halvorson-bill-frisell-maid-with.html Mary Halvorson / Bill Frisell – The Maid With The Flaxen Hair: A Tribute to Johnny Smith (Tadzik, 2018)] The Free Jazz Collective.</ref> it's ''ipso facto'' worth a listen, or even several. :)
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| − | ;Charles Lloyd & The Marvels, "Vanished Gardens", 2018.
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| − | ::<html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELf0JnBTX6A</html5media>
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| − | ::Charles Lloyd (tenor sax), Bill Frisell (guitar), Eric Harland (drums), Greg Leisz (dobro, pedal steel), Reuben Rogers (bass). The album also features Lucinda Williams (vocals) on five of the ten tracks (including "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXBRWT-LCsM Dust]"). "''Vanished Gardens'' shows how the many currents of American music all flow into a single stream",<ref>Hank Shteamer (27 June 2018), [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-charles-lloyd-and-lucinda-williams-fuse-jazz-and-roots-on-vanished-gardens-666138/ Review: Charles Lloyd and Lucinda Williams Fuse Jazz and Roots on ''Vanished Gardens'']", '' Rolling Stone''.</ref> maybe somewhere between Cairo, Memphis and the Atchafalaya.
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| − | ==Previous issues==
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| − | *[[Jes' grew (summer 2020)|été 2020]]
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