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Miles Davis Quintet
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Yusef Lateef
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Duke Pearson
123,130 listeners
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Eric Alexander
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Bud Shank
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Lester Young
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Mary Lou Williams
143,730 listeners
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Ben Webster
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Joe Henderson
335,273 listeners
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