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- ↑ "Tokyo Union". Grove Music Online. 1 January 2003. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J451700.
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- ↑ Atkins, E. Taylor (2001). Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan. Duke University Press. p. 353. ISBN 9780822380030.
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