A Whole Generation Of Young Whites Have

You Get A Show Where People Are Jumping Up And Dancing, But It's Not A Critical Event In The Sense Of Profound Catharsis. Essentially It's Celebratory.

To Some Degree, Yeah, Because I Have To Play A Certain Number Of Originals That Might Be Considered Avant-garde Material. I Realize Though, That Only A Few People In The Audience Actually Know What That Music Is, Or Understand It.

Music And Culture Are Intrinsically Improvisational, Existential.

In America, For A Brief Time, People Who Followed John Coltrane Were Studied And Considered Important, But It Didn't Last Long. The Result Is That The Kind Of Music I Played In The '60's Is Completely Dismissed In This Country As A Wrong Turn, A Suicidal Effort.

I Find That Here In The States, Audiences Are Generally Less Knowledgeable, From The Cognitive Point Of View, Though They Are Emotionally More Receptive.