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| Miles Davis | Jeru/Birth of the Cool | 1954 |
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| Miles Davis | Miles Ahead | 1957 |
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| Herbie Hancock | Takin' Off | 1962 |
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| Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette | Standards Live | 1986 |
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| Thelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners | 1957 |
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| Thelonious Monk | Monk's Music | 1958 |
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| The Quintet |
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| Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | 1956 |
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