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- ↑ Sharp, Charles Michael (2008). Improvisation, Identity and Tradition: Experimental Music Communities in Los Angeles. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-109-12377-7 . Retrieved October 8, 2012.
- 1 2 3 Snowden, Don (July 21, 1989). "Sessions of the Universal Congress Of: Unifying Styles". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 13, 2019.
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