Jack Lesberg interviewed by Monk Rowe, Aspen, Colorado, October 11, 1997 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Playing after hours clubs in high school -- Move to bass/Coconut Grove fire in 1942/Lessons with Fred Zimmerman -- "Bell telephone hour" gig/"Eddie Safranski and I were the two hot guys" -- Eddie Condon Club/Asked by Leonard Bernstein to audition for the symphony -- Television work and wages/Logistics of studio work : overtime radio registry -- Musicians' hangouts/Hit parade/Scale for studio work -- Milt Hinton/Instruments waiting around the city for studio musicians -- Playing with Louis Armstrong and the All Stars -- Working in Australia/Jazz today -- 52nd Street in the Condon days -- Organizing Aspen festival/Practicing with John Bunch.