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- ↑ "The Oxcentrics". Internet Archive. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Services To Jazz, BBC Jazz Awards 2008, BBC, May 2008.
- ↑ News: Jazz figures honoured at RAM, LondonJazz, 2009.