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John Coltrane (absolute faves are Giant Steps & My Favorite Things)
Miles Davis (his hard bop with Hancock/Williams/Tyner/Carter as on My Funny Valentine + Four More & Live at the Plugged Nickel)
Sonny Rollins (favorites are his work with Miles, Blakey & Bud Powell although I have no Sonny Rollins records or cds)
Charles Mingus (favorite is Mingus Ah Um)
Art Blakey (favorite is first Jazz Messengers album)
Thelonius Monk (favorite is 'Round Midnight)
Horace Silver (favorites are Song for My Father & Opus de Funk)
Donald Byrd (favorite is Black Byrd)
Joe Henderson (I have no Joe)
the neglected:
Herbie Hancock Quartet (Empyrean Isles which features Mr. Freddie Hubbard)
Freddie Hubbard (Hub-Tones)
Bud Powell & Art Tatum (everything they touch)
Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh (Crosscurrent/Intuition --- the true Birth of The Cool before Lee Konitz spread it over into Davis' camp.)
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