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| Something Else!!!! | 1958 | 24 | 118 | 1779 | 
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| The Shape of Jazz to Come | 1959 | 3 | 6 | 308 |
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| Change of the Century | 1960 | 7 | 120 | 745 |
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| Free Jazz - A Collective Improvisation | 1961 | 5 | 97 | 488 |
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| This Is Our Music | 1961 | 14 | 258 | 1621 |
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| Ornette on Tenor | 1962 | 18 | 306 | 1867 |
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| At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 | 1966 | 25 | 245 | 1537 |
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| At the Golden Circle, Vol. 2 | 1966 | 34 | 312 | 1895 |
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| The Art of the Improvisers | 1970 | 73 | 661 | 2648 |
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| Science Fiction | 1972 | 59 | 528 | 2097 |
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| Skies of America | 1972 | 58 | 522 | 2070 |
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| Dancing in Your Head | 1976 | 33 | 378 | 1413 |
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| Song X |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
| Tomorrow Is the Question! | 1959 | 
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| Ornette! | 1962 |
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| Soapsuds Soapsuds | 1977 |
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| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
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Lonely Woman | 1959 |
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