Keter Betts interviewed by Monk Rowe, Sarasota, Florida, April 11, 1996 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Positive experiences with music curriculum in high school -- Getting "bitten" and learning drums at an Italian parade -- Meeting Milt Hinton and moving to bass -- Early gigs/Joining Earl Bostic and going on the road/Gig with Dinah Washington -- Recording/Old union scale -- Working with Cannonball/Band personnel changes -- Working with Charlie Byrd -- Touring in Europe and Japan -- Jazz vs. Classical: playing what you think, not what you see -- Playing for the audience: "music is a language within itself" -- Working with Ella Fitzgerald and Tommy Flanagan -- Music today: "food for your body, music for your mind" -- Playing schools/Working with children -- Losing audience to the suburbs -- Racial issues: segregated clubs/"The rope" -- Conclusion: Shakespeare: "Pity the poor man who has no music within his soul".