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- ↑ Cf. Joe Henderson Discography & Chronology at Jazz Discography. Retrieved November 25, 2012
- ↑ Jazz great Henderson gets musical start in Lima the419 | Our Founders Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Original liner notes to Page One by Kenny Dorham
- ↑ Mel Martin, Interview with Joe Henderson Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine , in The Saxophone Journal, March/April 1991. Retrieved April 24, 2007.
- ↑ Scott Yanow, Allmusic Biography Retrieved June 25, 2009.