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Andrew Hill
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Ornette Coleman
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Anthony Braxton
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Cecil Taylor
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Sam Rivers
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John Coltrane
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Wayne Shorter
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Albert Ayler
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Charles Mingus
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Jackie McLean
168,177 listeners
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