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.

Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!

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

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.

There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes.

Improvisation is a compositional method.

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