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“INSANE BUT ALSO WONDERFUL”

You’ve spent much of 2023 touring the improvisatory Love In Exile album with Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily. How’s that been?

Pretty insane, but also pretty wonderful. It’s been extremely challenging to come up with new music every night, but it’s also a great exercise to create succinct pieces of music on the spot, that are not just free-jazz jam sessions.

Has spending all this time together on tour heightened your onstage telepathy?

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