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Notes
- ↑ Not Brand X appears in Will Smith's list of ten best albums of 2007 in JazzTimes and in Duck Baker's list of ten best albums of 2007 in Coda.
Citations
- 1 2 Conrad, T., "Sacha Perry: The Third Time Around", JazzTimes , April 26, 2019.
- ↑ Philippou, E., "The power of jazz piano", Cypress Mail, January 16, 2019.
- ↑ Iannelli, E. J., "Sacha Perry: Eretik", All About Jazz , August 13, 2005.
- ↑ Kaven, L., liner note, Eretics (Smalls, 2005).
- ↑ Gross, L., "Sacha Perry / Not Brand X", All About Jazz, November, 2007.
- ↑ Dorward, N., "Chris Byars / Photos in Black, White and Gray", Coda, July 2007.
