Keith Ingham interviewed by Monk Rowe, Chautauqua, New York, September 12, 1997 [transcript]
Table of Contents: Biography -- Family piano full of glass from V-bomb/Parents disapproved of jazz -- Learning from records during musicians' union ban/American jazz artists playing in England -- Sneaking jazz records into the house/First LP : Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson -- Learning by ear/Early black players : "swept under the carpet" -- Benny Carter/"Life before bebop" -- "My heroes, the songwriters"/The real golden age -- First gig with Red Allen/First hearing Louis Armstrong/Early jazz "entertainers" -- Playing cruise ship to get to the United States/First contacts in New York -- Opinion on current broadway writing -- Analog vs. digital sound/Fred Astaire recordings -- Eddie Condon : "catalyst for music"/Club atmosphere getting into the music -- "Innovations" quickly become dated/Art Tatum : "mathematical genius" -- Exchange of British rock for American jazz -- Conclusion/Musical melting pot.
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Keith Ingham interviewed by Monk Rowe, Chautauqua, New York, September 12, 1997 [transcript]