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836:Richard Morton and Brian Cook,
681:Plays the Music of Harold Arlen
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796:Chell, Samuel (11 June 2007).
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580:I Get a Kick Out of You
367:The Swinging Mr. Rogers
212:The Curtis Counce Group
656:(Mercury/EmArcy, 1956)
38:Background information
701:Swinging Lester Young
56:Kansas City, Missouri
947:Exploring the Future
664:That Old Black Magic
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613:(Contemporary, 1956)
610:The West Coast Sound
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232:Exploring the Future
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628:New Orbits in Sound
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528:Blow Hot Blow Cool
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593:Stan Kenton
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554:Bill Holman
550:Bill Holman
492:(Dig, 1956)
417:With others
303:Herb Geller
200:Discography
169:Harold Land
157:Lyle Murphy
149:Stan Kenton
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489:Tanganyika
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271:Dimensions
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175:, pianist
97:Instrument
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473:Evolution
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185:Elmo Hope
139:Biography
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432:Playboys
372:Atlantic
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