Jane Ira Bloom interviewed by Monk Rowe, Clinton, New York, March 3, 1998 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- "It's an improviser's job to reflect and react to their own time" -- Choosing saxophone because "it was shiny"/Decision to pursue music -- New Haven club scene while at Yale -- Early piano study/"Long apprenticeship" to Joe Viola -- Improvisation and internalization/Using the melody as training wheels for students -- Women in jazz/Proliferation of compact discs -- Electronics and music/NASA commission -- Innovative piece for Carnegie Hall performance/Film work -- Artists' life of self-employment/Dealing with adversity --Work on small and large labels -- Composition inspirations/Current work -- Modern dance work/Advice to students: "take any opportunity you can" -- Racial bias in the music business -- Music is "more ambiguous and abstract and emotional ... than these words convey".