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Old 07-31-2006, 10:19 PM   #8 (permalink)
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No. 1 is easy, Ellington. Along with Louis, who sort of invented modern jazz. How you could leave off Charlie Parker is beyond me. Monk, Miles, Mingus, Coltrane. That rounds out the top 5.

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