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| Ornette Coleman | The Shape of Jazz to Come | 1959 |
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| John Coltrane | Giant Steps | 1960 |
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| Eric Dolphy | Out to Lunch! | 1964 |
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| Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | 1961 |
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| Thelonious Monk | Monk's Music | 1958 |
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| Oliver Nelson | The Blues and the Abstract Truth | 1961 |
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