Joe Bushkin interviewed by Monk Rowe, Los Angeles, California, February 15, 1999 [transcript only]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Early piano study/First gigs: "Happy to get $3 a night" -- Playing opposite Art Tatum -- Years in the service with Joe Anderson -- Louis Armstrong: "He was a stickler for listening to himself" -- Post warentertainment tax -- End of World War II and the atomic bomb -- Recordings with Billie Holiday -- Writing for Frank Sinatra/Dorsey and the Pied Pipers -- Early integrated bands -- 1950's pop instrumental music/Irving Berlin -- Tommy Dorsey anecdote -- Working with Eddie Condon, Benny Goodman.