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A man who mainly played this instrument recorded the high-charting instrumental “Grazing in the Grass” and wrote “Soweto Blues” for his wife, Miriam Makeba. The composer of Brazilian-inspired standards like “Blue (-5[1])Bossa,” Kenny Dorham, mainly played this instrument. An artist who mainly played this instrument composed “Spanish Key,” which he included on a rock-influenced album that begins with “Pharaoh’s Dance.” (-5[1])A player of this instrument included “Freddie Freeloader” on a 1959 (10[2])album whose lead track names pianist Bill Evans’s “So What” chords. For 10 points, the lead (10[1])artist of Kind of Blue, Miles (-5[1])Davis, played (-5[1])what (10[1]-5[1])high-pitched (10[2]-5[1])brass instrument? ■END■ (10[6])

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