For some reason, I've just finally stumbled across a short but fascinating interview with Don Byron dating January 1, 2000: the very day we were all sitting around wondering if all the computers in the world were going to fritz out.
In it he speaks of the importance of Benny Goodman, but then reflects upon the influence (on him personally) of Tony Scott, Jimmy Hamilton, and Buster Bailey. This interview gives a better musical context to Byron's thoughts than I've run across before--I think it helps explain Byron's musical perspective very well. The last paragraph is brilliant.
