Eddie Bert interviewed by Monk Rowe, Danbury, Connecticut, November 20, 2001 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography --Humorous story about starting trombone -- First jazz record was Lester Young/Meeting the Basie Band at the Famous Door in 1938 -- Choosing jazz career and first going on the road -- First recorded solo/Time limit on early recordings -- War years/Union recording ban -- Shuffling between big bands/Life on the road -- About Stan Kenton: stopped the band because it was swinging -- Struggling to get off the road/Never used teaching degree -- Playing with Benny Goodman -- About Charles Mingus/Learning music by rote -- About the 1962 Mingus town hall concert -- Working with Thelonious Monk: knowing which notes to leave out/Defining bebop -- About Thad Jones-Mel Lewis recording/Work overseas -- Looking back on music career/Wishes he'd played with Duke Ellington.