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- ↑ Kremsky, Stuart "Mingus Dynasty – Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, Vol. 2". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Big Band Charlie Mingus – Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol.1". CAM Jazz. Retrieved July 4, 2017.