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1325:More Smiles
1309:Fellini 712
1200:John Bodwin
1181:Herb Geller
1171:Shake Keane
1156:Jimmy Woode
1146:Kenny Clare
1113:John Surman
1093:Ă…ke Persson
894:Voce, Steve
747:Wilmer, Val
701:LKJ Records
603:(MPS, 1968)
457:(LKJ, 1991)
419:Bossa Negra
402:Discography
319:section of
186:(1950) and
57:West Indies
45:30 May 1927
25:Shake Keane
1420:Categories
1333:Off Limits
1277:All Smiles
1253:Sax No End
1186:Phil Woods
1161:Art Farmer
1074:Carl Drewo
819:28 January
706:28 January
651:References
582:Sax No End
462:As sideman
250:flugelhorn
153:Vincentian
53:St Vincent
41:1927-05-30
1317:All Blues
1196:Stan Getz
1191:Zoot Sims
1141:Fats Sadi
778:cite book
729:Edgbaston
482:Free Form
368:Kingstown
246:free jazz
204:BBC Radio
172:Caribbean
49:Kingstown
1088:Nat Peck
1078:Tony Coe
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614:L'Oubili
510:Movement
501:Abstract
352:Erik Bye
321:Brooklyn
222:highlife
184:L'Oubili
234:calypso
218:cabaret
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443:Dig It
361:Bergen
356:Norway
117:Awards
112:(1979)
79:Norway
75:Bergen
1285:Faces
620:Ixion
390:, by
330:Arena
230:mento
188:Ixion
149:Keane
145:Shake
123:Prize
1293:More
984:ISBN
961:ISBN
927:2016
853:ISBN
821:2021
808:ISBN
784:link
708:2021
677:2016
281:Lyon
238:jazz
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