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- ↑ David Taylor's British Jazz website Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby and Priestley, Brian Rough Guide to Jazz Rough Guides, 2004 ISBN 1-84353-256-5 ISBN 978-1-84353-256-9 at Google Books
- ↑ John Picard Biography, AllMusic , Retrieved 21 May 2020
- ↑ John Picard Profile Who's who of British Jazz by John Chilton, Archive.org, Retrieved 26 May 2020.
