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- ↑ Jazz Party at A Modernist blog (January 14, 2011).
- ↑ "Art Ford", Book 'em, Danno!, April 4, 2015.
- ↑ Linda A. Fowler, "A Jazz Party to Remember", NJ.com (May 8, 2008).