Conte Candoli interviewed by Monk Rowe, Aspen, Colorado, October 12, 1997 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Career "between big bands and bop" -- Establishing time as a horn player -- Joining Woody Herman Band -- Motivation to finish high school to be with the band -- "Bands were it": popularity of jazz comparable to rock today -- Career did complete 360 after Tonight show -- Racial issues: Black bands getting one-nighters only and being paid by the gig -- Money made with Herman's band/Working at the Lighthouse after accident with Kenton -- Comparing different Kenton bands -- Getting nicknamed "Count"/Meeting Count Basie -- Seeing Basie play drums --Influences: Harry James, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie -- Being asked to replace Clifford Brown -- Meeting Bird/Finding out that Bird wanted to form a band with Bellson and Candoli -- Getting into the studio scene in Los Angeles -- About Johnny Carson -- Tonight Show anecdotes: pranks on Buddy Rich, Rodney Dangerfield -- Recordings with Supersax and on his own -- Working with Al Cohn -- Practicing: "Got to play that thing every day".