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- ↑ University of Illinois at Chicago biography page for Larry Gray Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Chicago Sessions | Larry Gray Trio • Three Equals One". chicagosessions.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25.
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