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- ↑ Chick, Stevie (21 July 2014). "Jerry Dammers's Spatial AKA Orchestra (and Reggae Ensemble) review – profound, ecstatic and moving". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
Dammers melds Sun Ra's musical legacy with ska, Dixieland jazz and Jamaican pop in a majestic four-hour show
- 1 2 Lindsay, Bruce (26 May 2012). "Jerry Dammers' Spatial A.K.A Orchestra at the Norfolk And Norwich Festival 2012". All About Jazz. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Chick, Stevie (21 July 2014). "Jerry Dammers's Spatial AKA Orchestra (and Reggae Ensemble) review – profound, ecstatic and moving". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Hobart, Mike (22 July 2014). "Jerry Dammers' Spatial A.K.A. Orchestra (and Reggae Ensemble), Barbican, London – review". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "Jerry Dammers' Spatial A.K.A. Orchestra". Jerry Dammers. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
