Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language.

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.

So I'm looking to the saxophone as a resource which has its own unique set of possibilities. I'm looking to exploit them and develop them and have the fullest range of possibilities of the saxophone be known.

So in the sense that we were all dealing with that freer approach, yes, it was certainly one of the first contacts, perhaps the first contact, when Peter came that summer. So it's a very pivotal moment that is documented there.

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.

When you add a period of 25 years between the playing and the listening, then the whole question of meaning gets very complicated.

My roots are in my record player.