Peter Ecklund interviewed by Monk Rowe, San Diego, California, February 14, 1998 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Considers himself "A musician, rather than a jazz musician" -- Improvisation: "Creating your personal language" -- Sign language for sharps and flats -- Rock 'n Roll was "Hoodlums music" when he grew up/Woody Allen -- A Week in the life -- New approaches to "authentic jazz" -- "Trad jazz" festivals/A musician is a small businessman -- Playing on Ken Burns' Civil War soundtrack -- Picking tunes at jazz parties: "Too many horn players" -- Current music scene: "New ways of mixing old stuff together" -- Grateful Dead/Big band gigs -- Discourages "Exclusive approach to music" for students.