Sam Most discusses the tonality of his flute playing.

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Sam Most discusses big bands.

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Sam Most on songwriting.

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Q: “How old were you when you started playing professionally, eighteen or nineteen? You would have caught the tail end of the big bands – did you work with big bands?”

A: “Well, I did work partly. I had a two weeks stint with Tommy Dorsey. My brother helped get me a few of those things. You know, he was with Tommy Dorsey at that time and I guess, he was leaving or someone else was leaving and somehow, I got the call. I was twenty and I couldn't read too well, so I did about two weeks and Tommy was very nice. Like he’d just keeps waving me, "Take another one, kid.” You know, solos. He was very nice about it and then they like me, but I couldn't ... really, I wasn't experienced enough at that time and I'm glad I got the chance. Then I went out about a year with Shep Fields, remember that Rippling Rhythm. He used to blow the bubbles every night and we went out, you know, in the tour of the United States and commercial places and, I guess, I, you know, played a lot with everybody. I don't have a whole, what do you call that, well, list of credits on them in the book, you know, just many, many people I played for, though. But yeah, I did quite a lot of big bands and small groups.”