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- ↑ Ramsey, Guthrie P. (2013). The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop. University of California Press. p. 173–177. ISBN 978-0-520-24391-0.
- ↑ Ramsey, Guthrie P. (2013). The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop. University of California Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-520-24391-0.
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- ↑ Keyboard. GPI Publications. 1983. p. 25.
- ↑ Oliphant, Dave (1996). Texan Jazz . University of Texas Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-292-76045-5.
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- ↑ "Bouncing with Bud [Storyville] - Bud Powell, Bud Powell Trio | Release Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-11-18.