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| Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Out | 1959 |
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| John Coltrane | Giant Steps | 1960 |
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| Benny Goodman | The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert | 1950 |
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| Joe Henderson | Page One | 1963 |
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| Charles Mingus | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | 1960 |
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| Wes Montgomery | The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery | 1960 |
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| Oliver Nelson | The Blues and the Abstract Truth | 1961 |
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| Wayne Shorter | Speak No Evil | 1965 |
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| Horace Silver | Song for My Father | 1965 |
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