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- ↑ Jazz Review: 2003 (Lee Prosser)
- ↑ "All About Jazz: CD/LP Review, June 25, 2003". Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ↑ YouTube, JOD doing "How Long Has This Been Going On," June 5, 2011
- ↑ Richens, Mark. The Commercial Appeal. Michael Waldrop to premiere new album, Time Within Itself, March 2, 2015
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