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| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | Moanin' | 1958 |
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| John Coltrane | Giant Steps | 1959 |
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| Miles Davis | Jeru/Birth of the Cool | 1954 |
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| Erroll Garner | Concert by the Sea | 1955 |
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| Dexter Gordon | Our Man in Paris | 1963 |
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| The Mahavishnu Orchestra | Inner Mounting Flame | 1971 |
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| Wes Montgomery | The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery | 1960 |
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| Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | 1956 |
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| Horace Silver | Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers | 1956 |
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