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SCOTT JOPLIN, DUKE ELLINGTON, MAHALIA JACKSON, JOHN COLTRANE, ALL AMONG SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THEIR INFLUENCE, THOUGH, WASN'T LIMITED TO THEIR MUSIC. THEY ALL ...