Eddie Locke interviewed by Monk Rowe, New York, NY, January 13, 2001 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Time as a pendulum -- Detroit's musical environment/Barry Harris -- Bop and Locke/First New York gig : "cut out those jokes" -- Taken in by Jo Jones/"A Great day in Harlem" photo -- Jo Jones : "he was a magician"/Technique when drum heads were calf skin -- Metropole battles : Zutty Singleton and Buddy Rich -- Roy Eldridge : "the only one who was ever named jazz" -- Roy Eldridge : energy/Building solos/Battles -- Coleman Hawkins : love of classical music/Warm relationship -- Recording : AandR man picked the songs/Thelonius Monk loved Coleman Hawkins -- Coleman Hawkins : "a little father...always encouraging me" -- Jo Jones' advice : "you've got to unlearn yourself"/Empathy between players -- Avant garde jazz : "they played ugly"/"This feeling for the music will fit in anywhere" -- Record with Earl Hines/Problem of teaching jazz : "jazz is a life experience also" -- Eldridge and Hawkins preferring him -- "Jazz came from another place, not from school" -- Bandstand rapport can't be taught/Story about J. C. Heard.