Paul Smith interviewed by Monk Rowe, Los Angeles, California, February 14, 1999 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Electronics in the studios/Matching keyboard to delayed attack of strings -- About accompanying singers : "Play 10% of what you're capable of playing" -- Big band thrills/Early piano talent/Goal to be a studio musician -- Praise for Art Tatum/Improvisation is innate -- Work with Ozzie Nelson/Session with Ricky Nelson/1940's pay -- Music in the service/Tony Bennett/German children fighting in World War II -- Dorsey audition/Playing the Vaudeville circuit -- Sums up studio business and evolution of musical styles/Bop initiated rock -- Deterioration of studios/Playing a whole date with a shoe on one hand -- Chose studio work to be near family/Work with Sammy Davis, Jr. -- Accompanying Ella Fitzgerald : "The Intimate Ella" Album -- Work with Steve Allen -- Compliment from Count Basie/Musical preferences -- Dorsey wouldn't tolerate racial slights/Story about peanut butter in Japan.