Kurt Elling & the Chicago Jazz All-Stars - "Doodlin"

Recorded November 3, 1993 at the Cook County Jail, featuring Kurt Elling (vocals), Orbert Davis (trumpet), Ed Peterson (tenor saxophone), Bethany Pickens (piano), Larry Gray (bass), Wilbur Campbell (drums) and
Alejo Poveda (percussion).

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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - "Okie Dokie Stomp"

Recorded in 1966 for the TV show The !!!! Beat.

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Johnnie Johnson - "Georgia On My Mind"

Recorded in 2003 in Australia, featuring Johnnie Johnson (piano), Les Karski (guitar), Roy Daniel (bass), and Ace Follington (drums).

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Red Holloway - "Now's The Time"

Recorded in 1995.

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Louis Armstrong - "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"

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Pat Metheny Group - "San Lorenzo"

Recorded in 1978, featuring Pat Metheny (guitar), Lyle Mays (keyboards), Mark Egan (bass), and Danny Gottlieb (drums).

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Chris Potter's Underground - "Ultrahang"

Recorded July 24, 2009 at Jazz Open Stuttgart, featuring Chris Potter (tenor sax), Craig Taborn (Rhodes electric piano), Adam Rogers (guitar), and Nate Smith (drums).

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Atomic Rooster - "Breakthrough"

Recorded in 1972, featuring Vincent Crane (piano, organ), Chris Farlowe (vocals), Steve Bolton (guitar, vocals), and Ric Parnell (drums).

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Charles Lloyd Quartet - "Tagi"

Recorded in July 2011 at Jazz à Porquerolles, featuring Charles Lloyd (tenor saxophone), Jason Moran (piano), Reuben Rogers (bass), and Eric Harland (drums).

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Johnny Winter - "Mean Town Blues"

Recorded in 1970.

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Miles Davis - Live in Oslo 1971

Recorded November 9, 1971 in Oslo, Norway, featuring Miles Davis (trumpet), Gary Bartz (saxophones), Keith Jarrett (keyboards), Michael Henderson (bass), Leon "Ndugu" Chandler (drums), Don Alias (percussion), and James "Mtume" Forman (percussion).

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Dizzy Gillespie - Jivin' In Bebop

Recorded in 1947.

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Tom Waits - "Raised Right Men"

Recorded in 2012 for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

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Anthony Braxton 12+1Tet - "Composition 355"

Recorded October 13, 2012 at the Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea in Venice, Italy, featuring Anthony Braxton (clarinets, saxophones), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, flugelhorn, trumpet, bass trumpet, trombone, shells), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Andrew Raffo Dewar (saxophones, clarinet), James Fei (saxophones), Sarah Schoenbeck (bassoon, shenai),
Reut Regev (trombone), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jessica Pavone (violin, viola),
Erica Dicker (violin, baritone violin), Jay Rozen (tuba), Carl Testa (bass, bass clarinet), and Aaron Siegel (percussion, vibes).

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Count Basie Orchestra - Live at Carnegie Hall 1981

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