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References
- New Orleans jazzman who once stood in for Satchmo's sick bassist, Obituary from The Guardian
- Narvin Kimball, Preservation Hall banjoist, dies at 97, Obituary
- New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon, Third Edition, Louisiana State University Press, 1984
- Preservation Hall by William Carter, W.W. Norton & Company, 1991
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