Vi Redd interviewed by Monk Rowe, Los Angeles, California, February 13, 1999 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Music-saturated home/Singing -- Flute trouble/Records played in her home -- About Alma Hightower/Father's drumming -- One of the first female bandleaders in late 1940's L.A./First recording -- Posing as a singer to get around british musicians' ban -- Merging of black and white musicians' unions -- Playing with Dizzy Gillespie/Influences/Importance of knowing the lyrics to : "Play like you're singing" -- About soprano saxophone : "Fish horn"/Started teaching to be closer to family -- Women in jazz : "You have to be aggressive" -- NEA work with Benny Powell/State of jazz today -- Relationship between gospel and jazz -- Movement of pop music away from melody -- Inspiring young players/Strong parenting -- Advises students to stay away from drugs and alcohol : "It's a false sense of who you really are".