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- "George's Jazz Room." In The Canadian Encyclopedia Online. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/georges-jazz-room-emc/
- Winsa, Patty. "Doug Cole, founder of Toronto’s first jazz club, has died." Toronto Star, 17 June 2012.
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