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| Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Out | 1959 |
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| Eric Dolphy | Out to Lunch! | 1964 |
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| Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook | 1956 |
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| Charles Mingus | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | 1960 |
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| Charles Mingus | The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | 1963 |
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| Sonny Rollins | The Bridge | 1962 |
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| Cecil Taylor | Unit Structures | 1966 |
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| The Youngbloods | Elephant Mountain | 1969 |
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