Abe Most interviewed by Monk Rowe, Los Angeles, California, February 13, 1999 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Interest in swing through Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw -- "Dime a dance" gigs -- Playing opposite Coleman Hawkins/Open marijuana use and its effects on players -- Les Brown : "a hard swing band"/Parental support -- Military service/On the road -- Resentment of vocalists/Joining Tommy Dorsey in the late big band era -- Describes a day in the studio -- Film scoring and click track use/Hank Mancini -- About "synthetic" reeds -- Recreating Shaw and Goodman for Time-Life swing series -- About "Northern exposure" -- Decreasing numbers of studio orchestra personnel -- Playing with Sam Most/"Abe Most day" -- Attitude towards bop/About his recordings -- Charlie Parker anecdote/Bop clarinetists.