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Wayne Shorter
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Miles Davis
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Freddie Hubbard
457,125 listeners
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Weather Report
517,320 listeners
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Lee Morgan
504,813 listeners
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Joe Henderson
381,271 listeners
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Chick Corea
620,327 listeners
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McCoy Tyner
600,171 listeners
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George Duke
306,690 listeners
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