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- ↑ Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker playing "Hot House" in 1952 on television, YouTube Archived November 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ under Stan Getz' names, the 1947 LP Groovin High included "Hot House" as one of the tracks showing an early appreciation for the tune as a jazz standard
- ↑ Hot House is on long list of over 500 recordings [ permanent dead link ], Allmusic.com
- ↑ "Chaka Khan overview". Allmusic.com .
- ↑ Nat Hentoff (1988). East To Wes (booklet, page 4). Emily Remler. Concord Records. CCD-4356.
- ↑ "Private Concert overview". Allmusic.com .
- ↑ Print Music for Hot House
- ↑ All About Jazz, CD review by Jack Bowers Archived 2004-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ [http://www.allmusic.com/album/up-your-brass-r619666 Up Your Brass. Allmusic.com
- ↑ James Moody: Moody 4B (2010) All About Jazz review, By DAN BILAWSKY, August 18, 2010
- ↑ San Diego's James Moody and Switchfoot win Grammys, Sign-On San Diego, February 13, 2011
