Marian McPartland interviewed by Monk Rowe, Utica, New York, April 26, 1997 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- About piano jazz -- Playing high school and college dates -- Playing during WWII :" We had everything the GI's had except the guns" -- First meeting with husband Jimmy : "He borrowed a baby grand" -- Coming to the states/Gigs in Chicago -- Hickory House salary/Dealing with the club owner -- Big names visiting the Hickory House -- Women in jazz -- Recording her own and others' compositions -- Playing "free" -- Relationship with Alec Wilder -- Jazz education : "We really had kids improvising" -- Jazz for dancing -- Conclusion : parents' reaction to Marian leaving school for Vaudeville.