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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 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 (-5[1])“Pharaoh’s Dance.” (10[1])A player of this (-5[1])instrument included “Freddie Freeloader” on a 1959 (10[1])album whose lead track names pianist Bill Evans’s “So What” chords. For 10 points, (10[1])the lead artist of Kind of Blue, Miles Davis, played what high-pitched brass (10[1])instrument? ■END■ (10[4])

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