By The Mid-70s, I Wanted To Get

In The Early 1970s. 1971, '72. The Rooms Were Closing Down, Record Labels Weren't Signing Acoustic Acts Any More. Although They Had Been Pretty Much Been Getting Out Of That For Some Time Before That.

And Then Adds With A Laugh, 'but In Retrospect I Think He May Have Been More Sophisticated Than We Were.'

If I Do A Piece In My Living Room, If I Practice It - And I Have The Tapes To Prove This - It's Not Going To Be As Good As Doing The Same Piece In Front Of An Audience.

If There Was Ever Any Truth To The Trickle-down Theory, The Only Evidence Of It I've Ever Seen Was In That Period Of 1960 To 1965. All Of Sudden They Were Handing Out Major Label Recording Contracts Like They Were Coming In Cracker Jack Boxes.

I Cut Myself Off From The Mainstream Of Jazz. It Stood Me In Good Stead Later On, As A Musician.