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- ↑ Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark (2000). World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides. p. 111. ISBN 9781858286365.
- ↑ Gluck, Bob (2016). The Miles Davis Lost Quintet and Other Revolutionary Ensembles. U of Chicago P. p. 170. ISBN 9780226303390.
- ↑ Grella, George (2015). Miles Davis' Bitches Brew. Bloomsbury. p. 70. ISBN 9781628929454.
- ↑ Berger, Edward; Cayer, David; Martin, Henry (2002). Annual Review of Jazz Studies 11, 2000-2001. Scarecrow Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780810845350.