Roland Hanna interviewed by Monk Rowe, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 15, 2000 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Playing classical to get "control and command" over piano -- Classical improvisers/Lionel Hampton anecdote : "he'd never stop playing" -- Early playing : "bang on it out in the barn"/Exposure to jazz through Tommy Flanigan -- Choosing jazz : "the music of my people" -- Art Tatum/Playing in the service -- Early jazz gigs with Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus and Sarah Vaughan : "I learned more with Sarah Vaughan than...in all five years at Julliard" -- Goodman's restrictions on music/Work with Mingus -- Work with Sarah Vaughan/Story about power of early 1960's musicians union --Racial incident with Al Hibbler -- Playing in Liberia and being knighted -- Diverse inspirations : Perugia -- Forming the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band -- Teaching jazz hands on : "I have to make myself available for them" -- About Michael Hanna/Improvisation : "I try to let the music develop itself."