Benny Powell interviewed by Monk Rowe, New York City, New York, July 27, 1995 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Starting trombone/First gig at age 14 -- Ingredients for success/Spirituality/Trip to Morocco -- Humor and jazz/Joining the Basie band/Jazz family -- Love of bebop/Pranksters -- Faults of jazz education/Work with Basie and Weston -- Defining "artist"/Artist vs. entertainer -- Teaching "the story of jazz" -- "Black people started jazz".