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- ↑ Armstrong, Louis (2001). Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writings. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780195140460 . Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ↑ "Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra". Red Hot Jazz Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
