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Coleman Hawkins
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Charlie Christian
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Charlie Parker
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George Russel
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Miles Davis
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Ray Brown
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Gerry Mulligan
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Lee Konitz
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Horace Silver
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Cecil Taylor
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Bill Evans
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Ornette Coleman
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Sonny Rollins
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Bebop
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Cool Jazz
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Chick Corea
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Vietnam War
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Modal Jazz
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Hard Bop
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Free Jazz
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1953
Eisenhower becomes president -
First American Satellite
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Alaska and Hawaii become states
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Fusion Jazz
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Wynton Marsalis
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Civil Rights Act
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MLK assassination
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Brad Mehdaw
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Jason Moran
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Persian Gulf War
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Bill Clinton becomes president
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House of Representatives votes to impeach Clinton
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Attacks on the World Trade Center
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George Bush becomes president
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Hurricane Katrina
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First African American President
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Boston Marathon bombing
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MLLK speech "I had a dream"