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- ↑ Grey, Hilarie (25 April 2019). "Bob Mamet: Adventures in Jazz". Jazz Times . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ↑ Kogan, Rick (28 June 2013). "Bob Mamet feeling at home in Chicago". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
