Jimmy Heath on the beauty of ballads...
Cheryl Bentyne on Mandel as producer...
Slide Hampton on improvisation...
Johnny Mandel remembers his musical beginning...
Buddy DeFranco's first influence...
Todd Barkan calls Mandel a tonal painter...
Buddy DeFranco on playing bebop...
George Avakian on Mandel's attributes...
Jimmy Heath on big bands...
Billy Hart on Liebman's passion...