Holloway discusses her upbringing, aspirations, traveling, first career moves, and her family. Half way through the clip, the interviewer introduces Claude Trenier. The two speak about Trenier's late twin brother, his childhood, his musical experiences, and family. Both guests answer audience questions.
Horne talks about her stage shows, compares American and European audiences, her fondness for show music, her working relationship with Billy Strayhorn, and how he has wrote some of her songs.
Hornsby, CEO of the Las Vegas, Nevada Visitors Center and Convention Authority, answers questions about the current economic climate in Las Vegas, visitor volume, increases in ticket prices, value for money, fuel prices, and how Las Vegas' sells itself.
Jackson discusses a then-recent earthquake, her relationship with her daughter, an upcoming reunion charity performance by the Jackson family, and past performances of the Jackson Five.
Jaffee talks about arriving at 52nd Street in New York City in the 1930s, the era of speakeasies, then jazz clubs, and then the striptease joints. He talks about living over a club called the "Three Deuces", Louis Primo, Martha Raye, Jackie Gleason, and many other characters that populated the street.
James, of the Bob James Trio and Four Play, talks about what it is like to be a jazz keyboardist and record producer, his early and later career, international performances, and audience reactions.
In this interview, Jarwood talks about his business, the Onyx Club, on 52nd Street, New York City, other clubs in the area, drugs and crime, Lionel Hampton, and his thoughts on 52nd street. In the second portion, Olman, wife of Jarwood's business partner Chauncey Olman, discusses her aversion to marijuana usage in the Onyx Club, and the safety of the area during the 1940s.