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- 1 2 Lavezzoli, Peter (April 1, 2001). The King of All, Sir Duke: Ellington and the Artistic Revolution. A&C Black. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-8264-1328-4.
- ↑ Steed, Janna Tull (1999). Duke Ellington: A Spiritual Biography . Crossroad Publishing Company. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8245-2351-0.
- ↑ The real book. Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. 1 September 2004. p. 10. ISBN 9780634060380.
- ↑ Saul, Scott (June 30, 2009). Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties. Harvard University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-674-04310-7.
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