Bobby Militello interviewed by Monk Rowe, Buffalo, New York, October 14, 2002 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Growing up with his mother's jazz records -- Memorizing jazz records/Training with a saxophone taskmaster -- "I'm an ear player"/Expanding harmonic possibilities for improvisation -- Playing strip shows and learning to read impossible charts -- Big breaks : first "real solo"/Gig with Maynard Ferguson/Learning to back up vocalists -- Career breaks with Dave Brubeck and Doc Severinsen -- Refusing to play funk : "bastardizing my craft" -- Owning a jazz club/Positive outlook on the state of jazz -- "If you're going to blow a great solo you can't have analytical thought get in your way" -- Teaching jazz : "Don't ever try and play it the same way."