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- 1 2 Owens, Thomas (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 718. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
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