Norris Turney interviewed by Monk Rowe, Aspen, Colorado, October 11, 1997 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Playing paper horns as a child: "I always improvised" -- Non-music jobs during World War II -- Finding accommodations on the road -- Making record during recording ban/Small group jazz dance bands -- Effect of Rock 'n Roll/"Walking the bar" -- Charlie Parker's followers/Joining Ellington's band -- Broadway work and pension -- "Tough life" in music/Recent recordings -- "You can't teach people to improvise" -- Current work : "Semi-retired".