Phil Woods interviewed by Monk Rowe, Delaware Water Gap, PA, November 8, 1999 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Jazz today : "in a regressive mode" -- Jazz education : "getting in a bus..." -- Place in jazz history : "I'm a bearer of the flame" -- Musical beginnings : sax inheritance -- Schooling at Juilliard -- Playing with Barnet during last year at Juilliard -- Choosing jazz -- Bird stories -- Record date with Benny Carter/Union scale -- First tours : Birdland All-stars, Dizzy Gillespie -- Tour with Quincy Jones : "free and easy" -- Impressions of Europe -- Record companies, then and now -- "The hardest thing about any art is ... making that choice" -- Good tone -- "Sun Suite"/Michel Legrand -- Writing and technology -- "Jazz should not be played to make other jazz people feel comfortable" -- Miles Davis/Cannonball Adderley/Gil Evans -- Playing on Pop recordings -- Value of audience acceptance -- Future projects/Jazz tutor program -- Advice to young musicians : "jazz is only for those who have no choice."