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Bobbi Humphrey
185,435 listeners
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Mandrill
160,105 listeners
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George Duke
291,591 listeners
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Leroy Hutson
141,155 listeners
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Donald Byrd
456,084 listeners
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Roy Ayers
454,583 listeners
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Gene Dunlap
35,962 listeners
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Terry Callier
262,932 listeners
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Charles Earland
50,852 listeners
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