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10 Essential Jazz Albums for Beginners

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Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement

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Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

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John Coltrane: Ballads

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Stan Getz & Bill Evans: But Beautiful

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Art Pepper: Winter Moon

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Cannonball: Somethin' Else

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Parker's Jam Sessions

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Keith Jarrett: Koln Concert

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Stanley Turrentine: Blue Hour

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Oscar Peterson: Night Train

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