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- ↑ Both Sides Now: Doctor Jazz Label Discography, accessed November 26, 2019
- ↑ Both Sides Now: Signature Label Discography, accessed November 26, 2019
- ↑ Bob Thiele Los Angeles Times obituary
- ↑ "Bob Thiele, 73, Record Producer for Jazz Legends (Published 1996)". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2023-06-22.
- ↑ Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 382. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
