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References
- 1 2 Mark Masters biography at Allmusic
- ↑ AJI home page
- ↑ Review of Everything You Did, Jeff Dayton-Johnson at All About Jazz, published July 27, 2013, retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ Mark Masters discography at Allmusic, is the source of this discography, except Everything You Did.
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