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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Alumni Profile: Lee Alexander '93 – Stroke of Luck", Berklee Today (Summer 2007).
- ↑ Information taken from Come Away with Me, Feels Like Home, and Not Too Late.
- ↑ Amos Lee Official Site Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 9 Aug. 2010)
- ↑ Noam Weinstein Official Site Archived 2011-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Lee Alexander", Bass Player, August 2004. Archived 2007-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Norah Jones: Lee Is My Partner In Everything". Contactmusic.com. 3 February 2004.
- ↑ Craig McLean, "Norah Jones interview" Telegraph, 9 February 2010.
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