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INTERVIEW: Pharoah Sanders and Wadada Leo Smith

Guelph Jazz Festival, ICASP

Published: 2014-08-19

A plenary interview presented as part of the 2013 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium. INTERVIEW with Pharoah Sanders and Wadada Leo Smith, conducted by Eric Lewis.

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Improvisation is, simply put, being and living this very moment. No one can hide in music, and improvising in music is to be truly in this very moment and being completely yourself, with all your qualities and faults. It is probably the most honest state for a human being to be in.

– John McLaughlin in an interview with Daniel Fischlin.