Charles McPherson interviewed by Monk Rowe, San Diego, California, February 12, 1998 [transcript only]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Writing : "until it flows, it's the loneliest, most miserable thing" -- Hearing territory bands as a child -- First hearing Charlie Parker : "it made perfect sense to me"/Hearing Miles Davis in Detroit club -- Study with Barry Harris -- Lonnie Hillyer/Getting gig with Charles Mingus/Incident with Mingus and gangsters in club -- Work with Mingus : "it was an extremely hard gig" -- Charlie Parker's influence/Finding his own sound -- Playing in the film Bird -- Leaner years/Move to San Diego -- Defining art/Jazz as art -- Internalizing music/Learning beyond mechanics of medium -- Making saxophone tone like a human voice -- Future of jazz.