Ray Conniff interviewed by Monk Rowe, San Diego, California, February 14, 1998 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- First musical exposure/40 year wait for success -- Arranging for approval of musicians/Leaving Harry James over Bop -- "Lean years"/"S'Wonderful" album development: "Big band style for the people" -- Early Artie Shaw arrangement -- Hearing Latin records as a child/Marketing towards Latin countries -- Discouraging imitators -- "Lightening arranger" chord transposing device -- Scoring: Learning from Tchaikovsky/Economy of notes -- First conducting job -- Work with Rosemary Clooney/Dick Hyman whistling on arrangement -- Business contract on each album -- Length of album cuts/Variable quality of records -- Developments in recording technology -- Shortcomings of synthesizers -- "I love movies" album/Choosing approach for a new arrangement -- Gives credit to DJ's and musicians/CEO's.