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

If you could only play a record once, imagine the intensity you’d have to bring into the listening.

I don't research anything.

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.

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

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.

Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and non-musicians. The skill and intellect required is whatever is available. Its accessibility to the performer is, in fact, something which appears to offend both its supporters and detractors....And as regards method, the improvisor employs the oldest in music-making...Mankind's first musical performance couldn't have been anything other than a free improvisation.