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- ↑ "Gary Barone". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz . 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
- ↑ Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival. "The Current State of College Jazz" (PDF). terradise.org.
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