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Jazz pianist Wynton Kelly recorded a version of the third movement "On the Trail" on his 1964 album It's All Right!.
Jazz organist Shirley Scott also recorded "On the Trail" on her 1967 album Girl Talk.
In 1969 "101" Strings recorded and released an LP of "The Grand Canyon Suite" on Somerset/Stereo Fidelity Records (SF-7900-A)
In 1982 Isao Tomita created an electronic version of the Grand Canyon Suite on the album with the same name.
Grand Canyon Suite on the album Refugee by the band Refugee has no resemblance to the suite by Ferde Grofé.
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