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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.

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The argument we always used to use was that keeping records in the catalog was good for people that were coming new to the music, but I think that was talking over a ten year or fifteen year time span.

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There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don’t concern me anymore.

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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.

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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!

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To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.

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We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that’s where our studies were and our inspiration came from.

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

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

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Quotes by Evan Parker

Evan Parker

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.

The argument we always used to use was that keeping records in the catalog was good for people that were coming new to the music, but I think that was talking over a ten year or fifteen year time span.

There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don’t concern me anymore.

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.

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!

To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.

We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that’s where our studies were and our inspiration came from.

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

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

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