Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, The rough guide to jazz, New York, Rough Guides, , 948 p. (ISBN1843532565, lire en ligne)
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« Even after he left I would listen to a little of Philly Joe in all the drummers I had later. »in(en) Miles Davis et Quincy Troupe, Miles : The Autobiography of Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, New York, Simon & Schuster, , 448 p. (ISBN978-0-671-72582-2, lire en ligne) ; cité dans : Hayim Kobi, op. cit.