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J. R. Monterose and Jackie McLean use their saxophones to imitate foghorns and cars on this musician’s cover of Gershwin’s “A Foggy Day.” (20[2])That song (20[1])appears on a 1956 album by this musician whose cover depicts a white, orange, and black humanoid figure. (20[1])Long, (20[1])one-chord vamps performed (20[1])by (20[2])this musician’s (20[1])Jazz Workshop were developed into tracks (20[2])like (*) “Haitian Fight Song.” (10[2])An album by this artist (10[2])is titled after the original scientific name of Java (10[1])Man. (10[1])This musician, who titled one album after his last name five (10[1])times, (10[2])included “Fables of (10[1])Faubus” on a 1959 (10[1])album that also contains (10[1])an elegy to Lester Young titled “Goodbye Pork (10[1])Pie Hat.” (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])name this eccentric (10[1])jazz bassist that recorded an album titled (10[1])“[him] Ah Um.” ■END■ (10[2])

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