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Title: Music to listen to while watching whales die
Review: In the 1970s and 1980s I bought most of the ECM catalog as albums were released. This was the first one I actually hated. I also hated Jan Garbarek's "Afric Pepperbird" but was already a Garbarek fan from "Dansere" and "Witchi-Tai-To" and if I had listened to "Afric Pepperbird" first, I might never have bought other Garbarek albums, as I have never purchased another Stanko recording. It is common to comment on a trumpet player's technique, but Stanko has none upon which to comment. For reference, my preferred trumpeters are Kenny Wheeler and Roy Hargrove.
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