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Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis |
3.8313
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Jazz, Misc., Pop |  |
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Giant Steps by John Coltrane |
3.7061
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Jazz, Misc., Pop | |
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Belafonte at Carnegie Hall by Harry Belafonte |
3.6624
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Broadway & Vocalists, Folk, Interna. | |
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Blues & Roots by Charles Mingus |
3.6432
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Jazz, Misc., Pop | |
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Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster by Gerry Mulligan |
3.6333
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Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz, Pop | |
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Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus |
3.5981
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Jazz, Misc., Pop | |
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Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics by Art Pepper |
3.5890
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Jazz, Pop | |
N/A |
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Monterey Concerts by Cal Tjader |
3.5883
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Interna., Jazz, Latin | |
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| 9 |
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Live at the Half Note by Lee Konitz |
3.5633
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Jazz, Pop | N/A |
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Blowin' the Blues Away by Horace Silver |
3.3347
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Jazz, Pop | |
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Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions by Ike Quebec |
3.3341
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Blues, Jazz, Pop | |
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The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman |
3.3341
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Jazz, Misc., Pop | |
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Complete Vee-Jay Recordings, Vol. 1 by Bill Henderson |
3.3341
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Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz, Opera & Vocal Music | |
N/A |
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Red Garland at the Prelude, Vol. 1 by Red Garland |
3.3341
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Jazz, Pop | |
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New Soil by Jackie Mclean |
3.2524
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Jazz, Pop | |
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Abbey Is Blue by Abbey Lincoln |
3.2358
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Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz, Pop |
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Blue Soul by Blue Mitchell |
3.2106
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Jazz, Pop | |
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Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book by Ella Fitzgerald |
3.1341
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Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz, Misc. | N/A |
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Sabroso! by Mongo Santamaria |
2.9981
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Interna., Jazz, Latin | |
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Out of the Blue by Sonny Red |
2.9981
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Blues, Jazz, Pop | N/A |
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Blues-ette by Curtis Fuller |
2.9981
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Jazz, Pop | |
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| 22 |
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Odds Against Tomorrow by Modern Jazz Quartet |
2.9981
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Jazz | N/A |
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Jackie's Bag by Jackie Mclean |
2.9981
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Jazz, Pop | |
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| 24 |
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The Fox by Harold Land |
2.9981
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Jazz, Pop | |
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Modern Jazz Classics by Art Pepper |
2.9981
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Jazz, Pop |
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Back in Town by Mel Torme |
2.9981
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Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz, Pop | N/A |
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The Jazz Singer by Eddie Jefferson |
2.9981
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Jazz, Pop | |
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| 28 |
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Kind of Blue by Miles Davis |
2.7234
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Jazz, Misc. |
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| 29 |
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Tomorrow Is the Question! by Ornette Coleman |
2.6621
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Jazz, Pop | |
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| 30 |
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Roamin' with Richardson by Jerome Richardson |
2.6621
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Jazz, Pop | |
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Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band!/Swinging Brass by Oscar Peterson |
2.6621
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Jazz, Pop | N/A |
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| 32 |
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Dixieland Blues by Johnny Maddox |
2.3261
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Jazz, Pop | |
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The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 6 by Dinah Washington |
2.2941
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Blues, Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz | N/A |
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| 34 |
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Anatomy of a Murder by Duke Ellington |
2.2247
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Jazz, Soundtracks | N/A |
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| 35 |
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The Little Giant by Johnny Griffin |
2.1261
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Jazz, Pop |
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| 36 |
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Pete Fountain's New Orleans by Pete Fountain |
1.9901
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Jazz, Pop | |
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| 37 |
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Paris Jam Session by Art Blakey |
1.9901
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Jazz, Pop | |
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| 38 |
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Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife.... by Charles Mingus |
1.9901
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Jazz |
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| 39 |
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Change of the Century by Ornette Coleman |
0.3465
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Jazz, Pop | |
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| 40 |
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Time Out by Dave Brubeck |
0.3454
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Jazz |
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Thelonious Alone in San Francisco by Thelonious Monk |
0.2994
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Jazz, Pop | |
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