The Meters - "Look-A-Py-Py/Jungle Man"

Recorded October 13, 1974 for the television program Soundstage.

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Traffic - "John Barleycorn"

Recorded 1994.

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King Crimson - "Elephant Talk"

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Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet - "Cry Me A River"

Featuring George Adams (tenor sax), Don Pullen (piano), Cameron Brown (bass) and Lewis Nash (drums).

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Brian Auger and the Trinity with Julie Driscoll - "Season of the Witch"

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Aretha Franklin - "Chain Of Fools"

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Sonny Rollins - "Four"

Recorded 1968 in Denmark, featuring Rollins (tenor sax), Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass), and Kenny Drew (piano).

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Al Kooper & Friends - "Something Going On"

Recorded 1994 at the Bottom Line in New York City.

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Jeff Beck - "Blue Wind"

Featuring Beck (guitar), Jan Hammer (keyboards) and Simon Phillips (drums).

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J Geils Band - "Pack Fair and Square"

Recorded 1979 in Germany.

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Gil Scott-Heron - "Is That Jazz?"

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Tower of Power - "Only So Much Oil In The Ground"

Recorded July 12, 2006 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, featuring Emilio Castillo (tenor sax), Stephen "Doc" Kupka (baritone sax), Tom Politzer (tenor sax), Mike Bogart (trumpet), Adolfo Acosta (trumpet), David Garibaldi (drums), Francis "Rocco" Prestia (bass), Roger Smith (keyboards), Bruce Conte (guitar) and Larry Braggs (vocals).

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Mingus Dynasty - "Cumbia and Jazz Fusion"

Featuring Randy Brecker (trumpet), George Adams (saxophone), Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Hugh Lawson (piano), Mike Richmond (bass), and Dannie Richmond (drums).

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The Gap Band - "Oops Upside Your Head"

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Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson - "Perdido"

Recorded 1973, featuring Ben Webster (tenor sax), Oscar Peterson (piano), Niels Henning Orsted Petersen (bass) and Tony Inzalaco (drums).

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Otis Spann - "Blues Don't Love Nobody"

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Louis Armstrong - "Stompin' at the Savoy"

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Billie Holiday - "What A Little Moonlight Can Do"

Recorded July 1958, featuring Holiday (vocals) and Mal Waldron (piano).

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Al Green - "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"

Recorded 1974 for the television program Soul Train.

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Dave Douglas Quintet - "Elk's Club"

Recorded at the 2007 Jazz Baltica festival, featuring Douglas (trumpet), Donny McCaslin (saxophone), Uri Caine (keyboards), James Genus (bass) and Clarence Penn (drums).

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Earth Wind and Fire - "Can't Let Go"

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Bill Bruford Band - "Feels Good To Me"

Recorded for the British TV program The Old Grey Whistle Test, featuring Bill Bruford (drums), Allan Holdsworth (guitar), Dave Stewart (keyboards), Neil Murray (bass) and Annette Peacock (vocals).

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The Horace Silver Quintet and the Elvin Jones Trio

Recorded 1968 for Danish television, featuring Horace Silver (piano), Bill Hardman (trumpet), Bennie Maupin (tenor sax), John Williams (bass) and Billy Cobham (drums) on "Nutville" and "Song For My Father"; and Elvin Jones (drums), Joe Farrell (saxophone) and Jimmy Garrison (bass) on "Village Greene," "Sweet Little Maia" and "Ginger Bread Boy."

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