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- ↑ Leitch, Peter (2013). Off the Books: A Jazz Life. Montréal: Véhicule Press. ISBN 9781550653489.
- 1 2 Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Peter Leitch". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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