Dick Hyman interviewed by Monk Rowe, Clearwater Beach, Florida, March 17, 2001 [video]
Table of Contents: Biography -- Working with Woody Allen -- Writing music for commercials -- Top musicians from the New York studio scene -- Blues-based pop and rock music : "in those days we didn't really respect it much, we just did it" -- Session work : piano parts -- Royalties and pay for session musicians/Hearing himself on the oldies station/Working as a "Whistler" -- Sound effects : slapping his thighs for a record/"I was willing to try almost anything" -- Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson albums -- Relationship between tempo and "Swing" -- Improvisation : kaleidoscope analogy -- About Milt Hinton/About Bucky Pizzarelli's strumming -- Comments on Thelonious Monk/About Ken Burns' "Jazz" -- Conclusion.