Jack Sheldon interviewed by Monk Rowe, Los Angeles, California, February 15, 1999 [video]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Discipline in jazz : "It's a structured music" -- Keyboardist father tried to keep him out of the music business -- Joe Morello : first gig in the Grand Old Opry -- First gig with his father -- Pit band responsibility/Formal training -- Lessons with Joe Morello -- Lounge show mishaps -- Playing for dancers/Defines laying it down -- Cruise gigs/Being mistaken for Gene Krupa -- "It's much better to be asked to play louder than softer" -- Jazz today/Ghost bands -- Advice to young musicians : "Live the music".