I'd met Roscoe in Europe quite a few times over the years, and we'd say hi and so on, but this was the first time we'd actually played together.

I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.

So what starts is ad hoc and you never know where it's going to lead, so it's important to keep an open mind about those things.

You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.

Remarkable only the very best arrangers can get a sound like that from four horns

In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the soprano.

Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or Gene Coleman, pretty soon you know that they're going to be part of the bigger scene anyway.