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240:Harry "Sweets" Edison
134:Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
438:At Basin Street East
413:The Birth of a Band!
639:Going to the Movies
541:Phineas Newborn Jr.
521:I Keep Comin' Back!
283:From Boogie to Funk
212:Phineas Newborn Jr.
756:(Third ed.).
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100:Years active
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49:May 23, 1932
832:1989 deaths
827:1932 births
664:Red Garland
565:Ben Webster
529:With others
493:Sonny Stitt
445:Newport '61
391:Triple Play
329:Paris Blues
249:Discography
186:Ben Webster
174:Sonny Stitt
142:Red Garland
821:Categories
810:Grove Jazz
719:References
396:RCA Victor
383:Blue Hodge
269:As sideman
204:Pine Bluff
83:Occupation
54:, Arkansas
52:Pine Bluff
45:1932-05-23
30:Birth name
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684:Blue Note
572:Big Brass
483:Down Home
476:Riverside
471:The Chant
463:Sam Jones
254:As leader
194:in 1961.
150:Sam Jones
104:1957–1967
23:Les Spann
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686:, 1962 )
668:Jazzland
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86:Musician
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