Monk Rowe, Hamilton College
I think every musician in need of a manager would like to find one that was a musician first. In my interview with John for the Hamilton College Jazz Archive in May of 1995 he spoke about negotiating with Columbia Artists for an upcoming major tour with Joe Williams and Nancy Wilson. The subject was what the sidemen would get. John replied to Columbia’s offer with, “oh,na, na, na…they have to get more than that. And they have to get certain conditions and certain things for them. So it’s always been like that-because I still feel like a musician.”
Monk Rowe
The Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive