George Wein interviewed by Monk Rowe, New York City, New York, January 13, 2001 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Singing "Tin Pan Alley" songs as a child -- Piano study/Getting into jazz and forming band -- Sitting in with Lionel Hampton/"We were not playing old music" -- Army experience : "You learned how to handle yourself"/Relief when a-bomb was dropped -- Piano influences/Seeing the reality of jazz life -- Opening Storyville/Starting Newport Jazz Festival -- Joe Williams/Count Basie : "He knew how to pace things" -- Sad story about John Coltrane -- Theory about drugs and jazz -- "The magic horn" and other recordings -- Critics' response"George Wein played good piano, surprisingly"/Power -- Jazz today/In defense of Ken Burns, Wynton Marsalis -- Jazz scholar/Dan Morgenstern.