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- ↑ Jazz: The First 100 Years. Henry Martin and Keith Waters. Cengage Learning, 2005. ISBN 0-534-62804-4. p. 215
- ↑ Alberts, Don (2013). "Bud Powell". A Diary of the Underdogs: Jazz in the 1960s in San Francisco. Lulu Press. ISBN 1257225650 . Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- 1 2 "In Walked Bud" at Allmusic – retrieved on 3 July 2009
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (June 28, 1988). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
