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Since you’ve come this far, here’s a picture of a ninetet I created for a Jazz History class at Kansas State University circa 2003. The guy in blue on the left is my favorite jazz vocalist Jimmy Rushing, Mr. 5×5 himself. The guitarist is Béla Fleck, who is standing on my favorite album of his, Live Art. Santa was Cannonball, with Mingus behind him. Satchmo and Duke are there, too. Coltrane’s playing soprano, on the right. Needless to say, I enjoyed the class.