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- ↑ Hasse, John Edward, Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press: New York, 1995, p. 297.
- ↑ Liner notes to Chandos Records CHAN 9226
- ↑ Ellington, Edward Kennedy (1976) Music is My Mistress, Da Capo Press ISBN 978-0306800337, p. 189