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- 1 2 Dave Kopplin. "Jazz Suite No. 1". Hollywood Bowl. On the occasion of the work's first performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel in March 2011.
- 1 2 Alex Burns (22 January 2020). "Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1". classicalexburns.com.
- ↑ Richard Whitehouse (2004). Shostakovich: Ballet Suits Nos. 1–4 (PDF) (Liner notes). Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky. Naxos. 8.557208.
- ↑ "Lightweight fare from Shostakovich done by a suitably characterful Russian band", Gramophone , August 2002
