Helen Oakley Dance interviewed by Monk Rowe, San Diego, California, February 12, 1998 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- First woman producer/Liking jazz at age 8 -- Seeing Fletcher Henderson in 1933/Squirrel Ashcroft -- Meeting Duke; Becoming "family"/First record produced -- Staging Goodman concert/Bringing in Teddy Wilson -- Duke assists with career move to Irving Mills/Producing small band records -- Ellington "family"/Small group sessions -- Ellington's inspirations/Battle of swing: Webb vs. Goodman -- Swing battle between Webb and Basie/Aftermath with Webb -- Depression era Chicago/Savoy scene -- Romance with Stanley -- T-Bone Walker book project.