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- ↑ "Merging Schuller’s Threads" The Boston Music Intelligencer. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ↑ Nastos, Michael G. "Orange Then Blue | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ "An AAJ Interview With Chris Speed" All About Jazz. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
