Mike Wofford interviewed by Monk Rowe, San Diego, California, February 13, 1998 [video]
Table of Contents: Biography -- Latin influences in San Diego music scene -- Current venues for jazz/Views on jazz in the concert hall -- Importance of New York in jazz careers -- Hearing Billie Holiday recordings as a youth/Interest in contemporary classical music -- "Absorbed" by Gerry Mulligan album/Saturation of the jazz market -- Early piano study/Learning to play jazz -- Major gig with the Lighthouse All-Stars/Regional jazz styles/New York attitude -- Sarah Vaughan : Freedom for an accompanist -- Work with Ella Fitzgerald -- "I never turned down work"/"A blue collar musician" -- Getting into studio work/"Rice-a-Roni" commercial -- Bringing professionalism to every gig -- Conclusion : Current projects.