I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing. I don't think it works in other music, other kinds of playing.

But that methodology where players are pitted against other unfamiliar players has been so widely adapted now that anybody plays with everybody.

I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing. I don't think it works in other music, other kinds of playing.

Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone - beginners, children, and non-musicians.

Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area.

In fact its quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.

In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.