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- ↑ "Newark Jazz Elders - "New Jersey's Living Legends Jazz Band" --Gov. Jon Corzine". Newarkjazzelders.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-18. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ↑ Jazz Greats Speak: Interviews with Master Musicians Roland Baggenæs - 2008 - Page 23 1461660017 One is called “Quiet Afternoon,” and it was recorded by tenor saxophonist Buddy Terry on the Mainstream label. I think that was the first tune anybody recorded of mine."
- ↑ Jimmy Heath, Joseph McLaren I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath 1439901996 - Page 160 Jimmy and the other Jazzmobile instructors, like Lisle Atkinson, Frank Foster, Buddy Terry, Jimmy Owens, Sharon Freeman, and Norman Simmons, opened up the world of jazz professionalism for those of us older students who aspired to play ...
- ↑ All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music 087930717X Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine - 2002 " .... and the boogaloo- tinged "One Track Mind"; there are some surprisingly gutsy solos from lesser-known tenor player Edlin "Buddy" Terry, ..."
- ↑ "Soulful and Versatile Saxophonist Buddy Terry, One of Newark's Jazz Elders, Has Died at 78". www.wbgo.org. 5 December 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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