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- 1 2 3 4 Carlos Malcolm: Orovio, Helio: Cuban Music from A to Z, DukeUniversity Press, Durham, U. S., 2004
- 1 2 Carlos Malcolm: CMBF Radio Musical Nacional: http://www.cmbfradio.cu/articulo.php?art=2639 Archived 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
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