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Spotlight on Pharoah Sanders with the Latin Jazz Quintet
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Space is the place : the lives and times of Sun Ra
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Flanagan, Andrew; Chinen, Nate (September 24, 2022).
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1726:Offering: Live at Temple University
1710:Live at the Village Vanguard Again!
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2362:References
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2009:(Columbia)
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