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- ↑ "Hannes Zerbe Blech Band" on AllMusic
- ↑ Helmut Sachse, Hannes_Zerbe on Sens Critique
- ↑ "Jazzorchester PROKOPÄTZ" on bigbanddirectory
- ↑ Besprechung Eisleriana (Rondo)
- ↑ Hannes Zerbe on Music Brain
- ↑ junge Welt, 18 December 2019, p. 5.
- ↑ Jazz in Deutschland : das Lexikon ; alle Musiker und Plattenfirmen von 1920 bis heute on WorldCat
