Buddy DeFranco interviewed by Monk Rowe, Sarasota, Florida, April 13, 1996 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Difficulty of clarinet: "Agony pipe" -- Winning Tommy Dorsey swing contest -- Early jazz schooling/Basie loved to hear about DeFranco's grandfather and Benny Goodman -- Road experiences: Learning to stay away from the "Gray middle section of boozers and dopers"/Experiences with Raeburn band -- Importance of swing dance/Bop lost the dancers -- Adventures in bebop: First hearing Charlie Parker -- Record companies' reaction to bebop -- Joining Basie small group with Joe Williams/Basie vs. Dorsey -- Racial issues: Harassment at hotel/Definition of jazz --Basie restarting Big Band -- About leading the Glenn Miller Orchestra/Pop artist "Guru" syndrome -- Oscar Peterson as accompanist: "Made you sound good" -- Jazz today/Current projects/About his clarinet -- Story about Basie's instructions to DeFranco and Clark Terry: "Not too many notes."