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| Art Blakey Quintet | A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 | 1954 |
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| John Coltrane | Giant Steps | 1960 |
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| Miles Davis |
Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | 1957 |
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| Miles Davis | Miles Ahead | 1957 |
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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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| The Quintet |
Jazz at Massey Hall/The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever | 1953 |
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| Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | 1956 |
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