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- ↑ 2008 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award recipients announced ASCAP. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ↑ Roy Assaf & Eddy Khaimovich Quartet. Origin Records. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
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