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| Art Blakey Quintet | A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 | 1954 |
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| John Coltrane | Blue Train | 1957 |
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| John Coltrane | Giant Steps | 1960 |
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| Erroll Garner | Concert by the Sea | 1956 |
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| Herbie Hancock | Maiden Voyage | 1965 |
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| Jackie McLean | Let Freedom Ring | 1962 |
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| Charles Mingus | Pithecanthropus Erectus | 1956 |
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| Bud Powell |
The Amazing Bud Powell | 1951 |
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| Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | 1956 |
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| Wayne Shorter | Speak No Evil | 1965 |
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