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| Cannonball Adderley |
Something Else | 1958 |
 
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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 |
Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | 1957 |
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| Eric Dolphy |
Out to Lunch | 1964 |
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| Duke Ellington |
…And His Mother Called Him Bill | 1968 |
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| Thelonious Monk |
Brilliant Corners | 1957 |
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| Thelonious Monk |
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco | 1960 |
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| Oliver Nelson |
The Blues and the Abstract Truth | 1961 |
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| Sonny Rollins |
Saxophone Colossus | 1956 |
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