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1167:"Shake 'em Up and Let 'em Roll" – Pye Records – 1970
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2191:Contemporary
2082:Chamber jazz
2036:Saxophonists
2006:Clarinetists
1978:Third stream
1815:Chamber jazz
1715:Scat singing
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2510:Jazz mugham
2505:Azerbaijani
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2424:Rare groove
2410:Jazz theory
2400:Jazz poetry
2385:Contrafacts
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2186:Cobblestone
2107:Smooth jazz
2097:Jazz fusion
2041:Trombonists
1954:Sacred jazz
1939:Smooth jazz
1872:Jazz fusion
1755:Jazz violin
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1710:Jam session
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1042:Hello Dolly
871:Pye Records
828:Hello Dolly
673:"Samantha"
635:Discography
483:The Jazzmen
348:Live It Up!
343:New Orleans
65:22 May 1930
3079:Categories
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2940:Jump blues
2784:Ethno jazz
2747:Australian
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2324:Copenhagen
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2056:Violinists
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2016:Guitarists
1924:Organ trio
1909:Modal jazz
1882:Latin jazz
1862:Gypsy jazz
1760:Vocal jazz
1745:Jazz piano
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1215:References
987:In Concert
750:"So Do I"
461:Manchester
434:Acker Bilk
430:Don Lusher
396:Acker Bilk
389:Lady Diana
331:Bob Wallis
323:Ken Colyer
319:Alex Welsh
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307:Diz Disley
258:Brenda Lee
61:1930-05-22
46:Birth name
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