Bayley, Amanda. Recorded music: performance, culture, technology. New York:Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Ferriano, Frank Jr. “A study of the school jazz ensemble in American music education”. Ed. D thesis, Columbia University, 1974.

“Image and Multimedia Collections.” University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, accessed April 8, 2012, http://contentdm.unl.edu/

“Jazz Orchestra.” University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, accessed April 12, 2012, http://music.unl.edu/ensembles/jazz_ensemble_I.shtml

Knoll, Robert E., Prairie University. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press and the Alumni Association of the University of Nebraska, 1995.

Lees, Gene. Jazz lives: 100 portraits in jazz. New York: Firefly Books, 1994.

McKeage, Kathleen M. “Gender and Participation in High School and College Instrumental Jazz Ensembles.” Journal of Research in Music Education  52, no. 4 (Winter 2004): 343-356.

Tirro, Frank. Jazz: a history. New York: Norton, 1993.

“UNL Big Band.” University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, accessed April 12, 2012, http://music.unl.edu/ensembles/jazz_ensemble_II.shtml