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- ↑ AllMusic Circle Biography accessed January 21, 2011
- ↑ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ↑ "ECM website". Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
