The Stars of Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology
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For the new six-CD set, producer Richard James Burgess and his advisory committee tried to squeeze in as many of the major figures and movements of jazz's first 85 years as they could. Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology includes Latin jazz, fusion and works from Vietnamese and South African musicians.
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