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References
- 1 2 Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford University Press US, 2007 ISBN 9780195320008
- ↑ The Michigan Chronicle 19 March 1960.
- 1 2 Milt Jackson discography
- ↑ Prestige Records catalog
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