Bill Berry and Buster Cooper interviewed by Michael Woods, Los Angeles, California, September 3, 1995 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- First instruments/Daily practice: "every time you pick the thing up it's a challenge" -- Early gigs/Work with territory bands -- "Sleeper bus" bands/Experimental learning vs. jazz education -- Integration in music/"Play with people who are better than you are" -- Ellington band: "didn't operate like any other band" -- Ellington-Stayhorn collaboration -- Ellington band book: "you're a musician, fix it" -- Statesmen of jazz -- Jazz around the world/Radio days -- Spirituality and humility in music -- On the road with the Ellington "family"/Joe Williams.