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“minusbaby Presents… Some Summers Are Cool” [2011] by Various Artists

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• “Death & Resurrection” by Ahmad Jamal (From “Jamal Plays Jamal” [1974])
• “Little Sunflower” by Dorothy Ashby (From “Afro-Harping” [1968])
• “I Am Singing” by Yesterdays New Quintet (From “Stevie, Vol. 1” [2002])
• “30 Spokes” by Yohimbe Brothers (From “Tao of Yo” [2003])
• “Glistening Glyndebourne” by John Martyn (From “Bless the Weather” [1971])
• “Food Stamps” by The 24-Carat Black (From “Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth” [1973])
• “Baianá” by Barbatuques (From “O Seguinte É Esse” [2005])
• “The Mexican” by Babe Ruth (From “First Base” [1972])
• “Ghana’e” by Willie Colón (From “The Big Break - La Gran Fuga” [1971])
• “Vitória” by Azymuth & Marcos Valle (“O Faboloso Fittipaldi [Trilha Sonora do Filme]” [1973])
• “Country Fried Chicken” by Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen (From “Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen” [1975])
• “Rock Creek Park” by The Blackbyrds (From “City Life” [1975])
• “What Yo Life Can Truly Be” by De La Soul (From “A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays”” [1991])
• “Mt. Airy Groove” by Pieces of a Dream (From “We Are One” [1982])
• “Take the ‘A’ Train” by Piero Umiliani (From “Ode to Duke Ellington” [2000])
• “Tonight” by Bill Baron Orchestra (From “West Side Story Bossa Nova” [1963])

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