1. Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations I Music and Society, by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said (Ara Guzelimian, editor; Pantheon Books, 2002).

2. “Jazz Powwow”, Interview with John-Carlos Perea, by Jesse Varela; East Bay Express (Emeryville, California; eastbayexpress.com); November 21, 2001.

3. Liner notes: First Dance, Aerep Music (San Francisco), recorded 1999.

4. East Bay Express interview, November 2001

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid.

7. Liner notes: First Dance.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid.

10. Alcatraz is Not An Island, PBS/KQED documentary, 2002.

11. Barenboim and Said, Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society.

12. Lyric from “Polar Bear Stomp”, by Jim Pepper. As sung on Polar Bear Stomp, recorded May 3, 1991; released on CD (986 551-6) by Universal Music GmbH (Austria), 2003.

13. As quoted by John-Carlos Perea; East Bay Express interview, November 2001.

14. Barenboim and Said, Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society.

15. Liner notes: First Dance.

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Published in In Motion Magazine November 9, 2004